Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

Grinning

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A flaw in fabric, especially a ribbed fabric, that occurs when warp threads show through the covering filling threads or when the threads have slipped leaving open spaces on either side. 2. A ...

A cord, round steel wire, or thin flat steel strip with a loop or eye near the centre through which one or more warp threads pass on the loom so that the thread movement may be controlled in weaving. ...

Heat-setting

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The process of conferring dimensional stability and often other desirable properties such as wrinkle resistance and improved heat resistance to manufactured fibers, yarns, and fabrics by means of ...

Harsh fibre

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Fibre that is rough or coarse to the touch, but not fused or bonded filaments.

Harness chain

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A mechanism used to control the vertical movements of the harness, orshaft, on a loom.

Harness

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A frame holding the heddles in position in the loom during weaving.

Hardness

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. When used in reference to water, hardness is the total parts per million (ppm) of calcium an CaCO3 plus the magnesium expressed as equivalent CaCO3 (ppm hardness (as CaCO 3 ) = (ppm Ca x 2.497 ...