- Industry: Textiles
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Extra yarns running in the warp direction through a woven fabric to increase the fabric’s strength and weight.
Industry:Textiles
The crimping unit consists of two feed rolls and a brass tube stuffer box. By compressing the yarn into the heated stuffer box, the individual filaments are caused to fold or bend at a sharp angle, while being simultaneously set by a heating device.
Industry:Textiles
A mechanism for crimping in which a fiber bundle (e.g., tow or filament yarn) is jammed against itself, causing it to crimp. By the suitable application of heat (usually wet steam) and pressure to the stuffed tow, a high and permanent crimp can be forced into the bundle.
Industry:Textiles
1. A chemical process for removing color from dyed cloth by the use of various chemicals. Stripping is done when the color is unsatisfactory and the fabric is to be redyed. 2. The physical process of removing fiber that in embedded in the clothing of a card.
Industry:Textiles
A term describing any cloth having irregular stripes or streaks of practically the same color as the background.
Industry:Textiles
A term used in the manufacture of rayon. Rayon filaments are stretched while moist and before final coagulation to decrease their diameter and increase their strength.
Industry:Textiles
Qualitative term to describe a textured yarn. A stretch yarn develops more stretch than bulk in the finished fabric.
Industry:Textiles
In conversion of tow-to-top, fibers are hot stretched and broken rather than cut to prevent some of the damage done by cutting.
Industry:Textiles
A general term for plant fibers obtained from stems, stalks, leaves, bark, grass, etc. They are made into hats, bags, shoes, mats, etc., by weaving, plaiting, or braiding.
Industry:Textiles
