- Industry: Textiles
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A device for transferring stitches from the cylinder to the dial or vice versa on a circular-knitting machine.
Industry:Textiles
A technique for freeing a plugged hole in a spinneret by rubbing the face with a piece of wood. Use of the technique has been discouraged because of damage to the spinneret.
Industry:Textiles
The force required to delaminate a structure or to separate the surface layer from a substrate. Peel adhesion is the usual measure of the strength of the bond between fiber reinforcements and rubber in tires and other mechanical rubber goods.
Industry:Textiles
In beaming, a defect caused by a portion of an end sticking or remaining on the beam, causing the filament to strip back or peel until it is broken. Although they are often associated with ringers, peelers are not necessarily defects that will circle the beams.
Industry:Textiles
A finishing process for velveteen consisting of applying friction with blocks of wood or soapstone to impart a gloss or sheen to the fabric.
Industry:Textiles
Post-chlorinated vinyl chloride polymer. The post-chlorination process increases chlorine content form 57% to 64%. The resulting polymer is soluble in acetone and can be wet spun.
Industry:Textiles
A heavyweight, soft satin of silk or manufactured fiber with a fine cross rib and a dull luster. The term is French for “skin of silk.”
Industry:Textiles
A fabric with an irregular or rough surface texture formed by either a special weave or by the use of highly twisted yarns that shrink when they are wet.
Industry:Textiles
1. An arrangement of form; a design or decoration such as the design of woven or printed fabrics.
2. A model, guide, or plan used in making things, such as a garment pattern.
Industry:Textiles
In a circular-knitting machine, a slotted device for controlling individual needles so that patterns can be knit in the fabric.
Industry:Textiles
