Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Carded yarn

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A cotton yarn that has been carded but not combed. Carded yarns contain a wider range of fibre lengths and, as a result, are not as uniform or as strong as combed yarns. They are considerably ...

A fabric containing: (1) different fibres in the warp and filling (e.g., a cotton warp and a rayon filling), (2) ends of two or more fibres in the warp and/or filling, (3) combination yarns, (4) both ...

Cut yarn

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A defective yarn, i.e., cut partially or completely through, resulting from malprocessing.

Coagulation bath

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A liquid bath that serves to harden viscous polymer strands into solid fibres after extrusion through a spinneret. Used in wet spinning processes such as in rayon or acrylic fibre manufacture.

Colour index (ci)

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A listing of dyes and chemical structures published by the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Each structure is assigned a name according to chemical composition. Each dye is assigned a number ...

Crepe

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A lightweight fabric characterised by a crinkling surface obtained by the use of: (1) hard-twist filling yarns, (2) chemical treatment, (3) crepe weaves, and (4) embossing.

Coverstock

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A lightweight nonwoven material used to contain and conceal an underlying core material. Examples are the facing materials that cover the absorbent cores of diapers, sanitary napkins, and adult ...