- Branche: Textiles
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The process in which a solution of the fiber-forming substance is extruded into a liquid coagulating medium where the polymer is regenerated, as in the manufacture of viscose or cuprammonium rayon.
Industry:Textiles
The production of a nonwoven fabric web from an aqueous suspension of fibers by filtering the short fibers onto a screen belt or perforated drum.
Industry:Textiles
1. A finished edge on knit goods, especially hosiery. In women’s stockings, it is a wide band knitted from heavier yarn than the leg and folded on itself. 2. A small cord covered with fabric and sewn along a seam or border to add strength. 3. A seam made by folding the fabric double, generally over a cord, and sewing it. 4. A term sometimes used for piqué.
Industry:Textiles
Silk that has been treated with metallic salts during dyeing and finishing to increase the fabric’s weight and improve its drape. Over-weighting can cause deterioration of the fabric.
Industry:Textiles
1. Any one of the various methods, shuttle, rapier, water jet, etc., for making a pick during weaving. 2. A marriage of warp knitting and weaving brought about by inserting a length of yarn across the width of the knitting elements and fastening the weft yarn between the needle loop and the underlap.
Industry:Textiles
1. The wide film of fibers that is delivered from the card. 2. A similar product of other web-forming equipment, such as that formed by air deposition and used to make nonwoven fabrics. 3. A term loosely used for lightweight nonwoven fabrics.
Industry:Textiles
The method or process of interlacing two yarns of similar materials so that they cross each other at right angles to produce woven fabric. The warp yarns, or ends, run lengthwise in the fabric, and the filling threads (weft), or picks, run from side to side. Weaving can be done on a power or handloom or by several hand methods.
Industry:Textiles
Strong, narrow fabric, closely woven in a variety of weaves and principally used for belts and straps that have to withstand strain (e.g., automobile seat belts, reinforcement of upholstery, suspenders, etc.). Elastic webbing is made with spandex or rubber yarns in part of the warp or filling, or both.
Industry:Textiles
A system or pattern of intersecting warp and filling yarns. There are three basic two dimensional weaves plain, twill, and satin. All other weaves are derived from one or more of these types.
Industry:Textiles
An instrument used in measuring the weather resistance of textiles. It can simulate various weather conditions such as sunlight, rain, dew, and thermal shock. Weathering is accelerated to the degree that the effects of years of normal use are attained in only a few days.
Industry:Textiles
