- Branche: Textiles
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A watery or solvent suspension; e.g., titanium dioxide mixed with water for additionto polymers.
Industry:Textiles
A thick place in a yarn or a piece of lint entangled in yarn, cord, or fabric.
Industry:Textiles
A machine used in textile processes prior to spinning that reduces the sliver andinserts the first twist.
Industry:Textiles
The product of the slubber, it is the intermediate stage between sliver and roving.
Industry:Textiles
Any type of yarn that is irregular in diameter; the irregularity may be purposefulor the result of error.
Industry:Textiles
A mechanical or electronic device designed to aid in the detection andremoval of slubs or neps in yarns, usually during coning.
Industry:Textiles
A yarn defect consisting of a lump or thick place on the yarn caused by lint or smalllengths of yarn adhering to it. Generally, in filament yarn, a slub is the result of broken filamentsthat have stripped back from the end to which they are attached.
Industry:Textiles
A continuous strand of loosely assembled fibers without twist. Sliver is delivered bythe card, the comber, or the drawing frame. The production of sliver is the first step in the textileoperation that brings staple fiber into a form that can be drawn (or reduced in bulk) andeventually twisted into a spun yarn.
Industry:Textiles
Circular knitting coupled with the drawing-in of a sliver by the needles toproduce a pile-like fabric, usually for high-pile coats or heavy linings.
Industry:Textiles
Yarn of a flat, tape-like character produced by slitting an extruded film.
Industry:Textiles
