Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Inspection

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The process of examining textiles for defects at any stage of manufacturing and finishing.

Instron tensile tester

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A high precision electronic test instrument designed for testing a variety of material under a broad range of test conditions. It is used to measure and chart the load-elongation properties of ...

Interlock knit

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

To produce an interlock knit, long and short needles are arranged alternately in both the dial and cylinder; the needles in the dial and cylinder are also positioned in direct alignment. When the ...

Intermingling

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. Use of air jets to create turbulence to entangle the filaments of continuous filaments yarns, without forming loops, after extrusion. Provides dimensional stability and cohesion for further ...

Islands-in-the-sea

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A type of component fibre described as multiple-interface or filament-in-matrix. The "island" are fibrils of one or more polymers imbedded in the "sea" (or matrix) consisting of another polymer. ...

Ionomer

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A polymer having covalent bonds between the constituents of the long-chain molecules and ionic bonds between the chains.

Isotherm

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Constant temperature line used on graphs of climatic conditions or thermodynamic relations, such as pressure-volume relations at constant temperature.