Ilaphu leTencel, elikwabizwa ngokuba yiLyocell fiber, liye laba sisixhobo esiphambili kumzi mveliso wamalaphu wale mihla ngenxa yokufunxa ukufuma okugqwesileyo, ukuphefumla, kunye neepropathi ezinobuhlobo bokusingqongileyo. Inkqubo yokwenziwa kwayo idibanisa ubuchule beekhemikhali kunye noomatshini bokuqinisekisa umgangatho ophezulu wefayibha kunye nokusebenza kakuhle kwelaphu.
Ilaphu leTencel lenziwa ikakhulu kwintlama yemithi yendalo, ngokwesiqhelo ukusuka kwimithi ye-coniferous elawulwa ngokuzinzileyo okanye yomthi oqinileyo. Okokuqala, iinkuni zilungiswa ukuze zisuse ukungcola kwaye zivelise i-pulp. Le pulp iye inyibilikiswe kusetyenziswa inkqubo yokusonta okunyibilikayo (NMMO) ukwenza isisombululo sokusonta. Isitshixo kule nkqubo kukusetyenziswa kwe-N-methylmorpholine{4}}N-i-oxide (NMMO) njenge-solvent, i-cellulose echithwa phantsi kobushushu obuphezulu kunye noxinzelelo ngelixa igcina isakhiwo sayo se-molecular.
Isisombululo esijikelezayo sinyanzeliswa nge-spinneret kwi-bath ye-coagulation, apho i-solvent iyasuswa kwaye i-cellulose iphinda idibanise ukwenza i-filaments. Le nkqubo ayigcini nje ngokumisela i-fiber morphology yokuqala kodwa ikwachaphazela iimpawu zayo zomzimba ezilandelayo. Iintsinga ezisaqalayo zingena kwisithuba-amanyathelo okulungisa afana nokuzolula, ukuvaswa, kunye nokuthambisa ukuqinisa amandla kunye nokuthamba.
Amalaphu e-tencel akholisa ukulukwa kusetyenziswa umsesane okanye umoya{0}ubuchule bokusonta, ukuqinisekisa ukulungelelaniswa kwefayibha kunye nokufikelela ekuxineni kunye nokuziva. Ngexesha lokudaya kunye nokugqiba, amalaphu e-Tencel, ngenxa yeempawu zabo ezintle zokudaya, zinokudaywa ngeedayi ezihambelana nokusingqongileyo, okukhokelela kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zemibala kunye neepateni.
Inkqubo yokwenza ilaphu ye-Tencel ayigxininisi kuphela imveliso esebenzayo kodwa kunye nokukhuselwa kwendalo kunye nokuzinza. I-solvent ye-NMMO enokuphinda isetyenziswe inciphisa kakhulu ukukhutshwa kwamanzi amdaka, ihlangabezana neemfuno zokwenza uhlaza lwangoku. Kwixesha elizayo, ukuqhubela phambili kobuchwepheshe kuya kwandisa ngakumbi inkqubo yokwenziwa kwelaphu le-Tencel, liqhubela ishishini lempahla elukiweyo lisingise kuphuhliso olusebenzayo nolungenabungozi kokusingqongileyo.
