- Branche: Textiles
- Number of terms: 9358
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 global technology and specialty materials company with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas, United States.
In textiles, a compound used in durable-press applications for white fabrics. It provides chlorine resistance but causes loss of tensile strength.
Industry:Textiles
In strength and stretch testing, the load below which the specimen shows elasticity and above which it shows permanent deformation.
Industry:Textiles
In quality control, the lowering of the grade and/or value of a product due to the presence of defects.
Industry:Textiles
In fibers, a graphic or tabular presentation of the proportion or percentage (by number or by weight) of fibers having different lengths.
Industry:Textiles
In an electrical insulating material, the voltage at which electrical breakdown occurs, i.e., the voltage at which current will flow and/or the material melts.
Industry:Textiles
An in-rubber test used to predict the fatigue resistance of tire cords and other industrial yarns.
Industry:Textiles
Any of a number of heated revolving cylinders for drying fabric or yarn. They are arranged either vertically or horizontally in sets, with the number varying according to the material to be dried. They are often internally heated with steam and Teflon-coated to prevent sticking.
Industry:Textiles
Blends of fibers made at the draw frame by feeding in ends of appropriate card sliver. This method is used when blend uniformity is not a critical factor.
Industry:Textiles
In a circular-knitting machine, a circular steel plate with radially arranged slots for needles. A knitting machine equipped with both a dial and a cylinder can produce double-knit fabrics.
Industry:Textiles
High temperature piece dyeing in which the dye liquor is circulated via a Venturi jet thus providing the driving force to move the loop of fabric.
Industry:Textiles
