Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

Finished fabric

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Fabric that is ready for the market, having passed through the necessary finishing processes.

Pressley index

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A measure of the strength of fibre bundles determined under prescribed conditions and expressed in an arbitrary unit, pounds per milligram.

1. A decrease in pressure that is caused by friction between a flowing liquid and a constricting container. The pressure drop is increased by a reduction in diameter of the container. 2. The change ...

Preoxidized fibre

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In carbon fibre production, a fibre that results from a relatively low-temperature (200-500°C) heat treatment in the presence of oxygen which converts the precursor fiber, PAN or rayon, to an ...

Print

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A fabric with designs applied by means of dyes or pigments used on engraved rollers, blocks, or screens.

Primary colours

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Magenta, yellow, and cyan (red, yellow, blue); these are the subtractive primaries used when mixing dyes, paints, etc., to make all other colors. In the CIE (Commission Internationale de ...

Pretension

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The relatively low tension applied to remove kinks and crimp when mounting a specimen preparatory to making a test or to a textile processing operation, etc.