- Industry: Textiles
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Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 global technology and specialty materials company with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas, United States.
A unicellular, natural fiber composed of almost pure cellulose. As taken from plants, the fiber is found in lengths of 3/8 to 2 inches. For marketing, the fibers are graded and classed for length, strength, and color.
Industry:Textiles
A type of specialty or novelty yarn having slubs or enlarged sections of varying length.
Industry:Textiles
A type of roller coating that is actually a laminating operation. The coating is formed into a sheet, then joined with the fabric.
Industry:Textiles
A rotating or sliding piece or projection used to impart timed or periodic motion to other parts of a machine. It is used chiefly as a controlling or timing element in machines rather than as part of a power transmission mechanism. Cams are particularly important in both knitting and weaving machinery.
Industry:Textiles
A type of fading lamp which utilizes an arc between two carbon electrodes as the source of radiation.
Industry:Textiles
A two-component fiber with specific ability to crimp on hot or hot/wet treatment because of differential shrinkage.
Industry:Textiles
A tubular weft-knit fabric made of a circular-knitting machine.
Industry:Textiles
A term used for bonded fabrics to indicate that the face fabric and lining have similar shrinkage. This is necessary to avoid puckering.
Industry:Textiles
A term used to describe a fabric treated chemically to improve its resistance to and recovery from wrinkling.
Industry:Textiles
A system of spinning employing a stationary, highly polished metal cap just large enough to fit over the take-up bobbin, which revolves at a high rate of speed. The cap controls the build and imparts sufficient tension to the yarn for winding. The yarn is twisted and wound onto packages simultaneously.
Industry:Textiles
