Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Drop stitch

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. An open design made in knitting by removing some of the needles at set intervals. 2. A defect in knit fabric.

Doffer

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The last or delivery cylinder of the card from which the sheet of fibres is removed by the doffer comb. 2. An operator who removes full bobbins, spools, containers, or other packages from a ...

Dip

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. Immersion of a textile material in some processing liquid. The term is usually used inconnection with a padding or slashing process. 2. The rubber compound with which tyre cordsand other ...

Decating mark

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A crease mark or impression extending fillingwise across the fabric near the beginning or end of the piece.

Draw-back

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A crossed end; an end broken during warping that when repaired was not free or was tied in with an adjacent end or ends overlapping the broken end. The end draws or pulls back when unwound on the ...

A continuous computer-controlled process for manufacturing tufted carpets with intricate patterns from undyed yarn. The carpet is dyed as it is tufted and the colours and pattern are clearly visible ...

Duck

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A compact, firm, heavy, plain weave fabric with a weigh of 6 to 50 ounces per square yard. Plied yarn duck has plied yarn in both warp and filling. Flat duck has a warp of two single yarns woven as ...