Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

Industry: Textiles

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Manufactured fibers

Extractables

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The material that can be removed from textiles by means of a solvent (in many cases, water).

Doffing

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The operation of removing full packages, bobbins, spools, roving cans, caps, etc., from a machine and replacing them with empty ones.

Draw-twisting

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The operation of stretching continuous filament yarn to align and order the molecular and crystalline structure in which the yarn is taken up by means of a ring-and-traveler device that inserts a ...

Draw-winding

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The operation of stretching continuous filament yarn to align or order molecular and crystalline structure. The drawn yarn is taken up on a parallel tub or cheese, resulting in a zero-twist yarn.