- Industry: Textiles
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A pressing machine capable of generating high temperatures and pressures. Used for pressing and processing permanent-press fabrics.
Industry:Textiles
A solid material that melts quickly upon heating, then sets to a firm bond upon cooling. Use of this type adhesive provides almost instantaneous bonding.
Industry:Textiles
A term describing a medium-sized broken-check effect; the check is actually a four pointed star.
Industry:Textiles
Manufactured, continuous filament fibers, having voids created by introduction of air or other gas in the polymer solution or by melt spinning through specially designed spinnerets.
Industry:Textiles
Coarse plain-weave fabric of uneven yarns that have a handspun appearance.
Industry:Textiles
A pongee-type fabric of the very best Chinese wild silk. Honan is sometimes woven with blue edges.
Industry:Textiles
A coarse, open, basket-weave fabric that gets its name from the plain-weave fabric of jute or hemp used for sacking in which hops are gathered.
Industry:Textiles
A test for flame resistance in which a specimen is mounted in a horizontal holder and exposed to an open flame for a specific time to measure burning rate and char-hole diameter.
Industry:Textiles
Staple with a higher degree of potential shrinkage than regular staple of the same generic fiber. When blended with regular staple and treated (in yarn or fabric form) to induce shrinkage, it produces a high degree of bulk in the product.
Industry:Textiles
In tow opening processes, partial or complete filament breakage within a confined spread of tow, usually circular or oval in shape. Not to be confused with splitting or partial crimp deregistration, which are linear.
Industry:Textiles
