- Industry: Textiles
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In the floor coverings industry, a distinctive threadline in the back of a carpet that enables the installer to assemble breadths of carpet so that the pile lays in one direction or so that patterns match.
Industry:Textiles
A class name for various genera of fibers (including filaments) produced from fiber-forming substances which may be:
(1) polymers synthesized from chemical compounds, e.g., acrylic, nylon, polyester, polyethylene, polyurethane, and polyvinyl fibers;
(2) modified or transformed natural polymers, e.g., alginic and cellulose-based fibers such as acetates and rayons; and
(3) minerals, e.g., glasses. The term manufactured usually refers to all chemically produced fibers to distinguish them from the truly natural fibers such as cotton, wool, silk, flax, etc.
Industry:Textiles
Fiber obtained from the leaf stalks of the abaca plant. It is generally used for cordage.
Industry:Textiles
The core around which the impregnated filaments are placed to form a specified shape in composite manufacture.
Industry:Textiles
A term describing fabric that is sold in the condition in which it comes from the loom.
Industry:Textiles
The maximum extension of a looped yarn at maximum load, expressed as a percentage of the original gauge length.
Industry:Textiles
Carpet construction in which the tufts are formed into loops from the supply yarn.
Industry:Textiles
The strength of a compound strand formed when one strand of yarn is looped through another strand, then broken. It is the breaking load in grams divided by twice the measured yarn denier or decitex. Loop tenacity, when compared with standard tenacity measurements, is an indication of the brittleness of a fiber.
Industry:Textiles
