Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Finish composition

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Physical and chemical analysis of the lubricant applied to yarns to reduce friction and improve processibility.

1. A relative measure of fibre size expressed in denier or tex for manufactured fibers. For cotton, fineness is expressed as the mean fibre weight in micrograms per inch. For wool, fineness is the ...

Fine end

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A warp yarn of smaller diameter than that normally used in the fabric. 2. A term for a defect in silk warp yarn consisting of thin places that occur when all the filaments required to make up ...

Filament winding

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In the fabrication of composites, the process of placing reinforcing fibres over a rotating form, (mandrel) to make the product shape. Prepreg fibres or dry fibres that are treated in a resin bath ...

Philtre aid

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A powder added to a solution to be filtered that forms a porous bed to improve filtration.

Philtre cloth

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Any cloth used for filtering purposed. Nylon, polyester, vinyon, PBI, and glass fibres are often used in such fabrics because they are not affected by most chemicals.

Filling

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In a woven fabric, the yarn running from selvage to selvage at right angles to the warp. Each crosswise length is called a pick. In the weaving process, the filling yarn is carried by the shuttle or ...