- Industry: Textiles
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The force generated by thermoplastic materials when they are subjected to elevated temperatures.
Industry:Textiles
Widthwise or lengthwise contraction of a fiber, yarn, or fabric, usually after wetting a redrying or on exposure to elevated temperature.
Industry:Textiles
The separation of compressed fibers in pulp sheets prior to acetylation in acetatemanufacture.
Industry:Textiles
Any compound that will inactivate a metallic ion by forming a water-soluble complex in which the metal is held in a nonionizable form. This results in prevention of the usual precipitation reactions of the metal.
Industry:Textiles
1. Overcasting the cut edge of a fabric to prevent raveling. 2. Finishing the edge of a carpet by oversewing rather than binding. Generally, the sides of a carpet are serged and the ends bound.
Industry:Textiles
Staple fiber less than 0.75-ingh long. Typically used in wet-laid nonwoven processes to make fabrics, or as reinforcement in plastics, concrete, asphalt, and othermaterials.
Industry:Textiles
A manner of folding fabric. The piece is folded from both ends into twelve or sixteen folds. The length of the fold depends upon the length of the piece.
Industry:Textiles
A relatively short streak caused by a lustrous section of a filament yarn. The principalcause is excessive tension applied to a yarn during processing.
Industry:Textiles
