Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

Plastic

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A high polymer, usually combined with other ingredients such as curatives, plasticizers, and fillers. It can be moulded under heat and pressure and then machined accurately in its hardened state. ...

A manufactured fibre in which the fiber-forming substance is a long chain aromatic polymer having recurrent imidazole groups as an integral part of the polymer chain. (FTC definition). The polymer ...

Polyamide

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A synthetic polymer and the fibres made from it in which the simple chemical compounds used for its production are linked together by amide linkages (-NH-CO-).

Plying

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Twisting together two or more singles yarns or ply yarns to form, respectively, ply yarn or cord.

Plyfil®

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A proprietary system of making two-fold long-and-short staple yarns by using ultra¬high drafting. The slightly twisted ends produced are not useable yarns but are well suited for subsequent ...

Potash

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A common name for potassium or potassium compounds. Generally used to mean potassium carbonate.

Powder-bonded nonwoven

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A manufactured product in which a carded web is produced and treated with a thermoplastic powder that has a melting point less than that of the fibre in the web. The powder is heated to its melting ...