Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Braid

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A narrow textile band, often used as trimming or binding, formed by plaiting several strands of yarn. The fabric is formed by interfacing the yarns diagonally to the production axis of the ...

1. A general term for any system of yarn which interlaces on the back of a textile material. 2. A knit or woven fabric or plastic foam bonded to a face fabric. 3. A knot or woven fabric bonded to a ...

Cowoven fabric

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In aerospace textiles, a fabric in which a reinforcing fibre and a matrix fibre are adjacent to each other as one end in the warp and/or filling direction.

Crimp setting

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

An aftertreatment to set the crimp in yarn or fiber. Usually heat and steam are used, although the treatment may be chemical in nature.

Ceramic fibre

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

An aluminium silicate fibre made by heating aluminium fluoride at 1000¬1200°C with silica and water vapor. The crystals, or "whiskers," obtained are up to 1 cm long and have high strength. Ceramic ...

Calender coating

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A type of roller coating that is actually a laminating operation. The coating is formed into a sheet, then joined with the fabric.

Cam

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A rotating or sliding piece or projection used to impart timed or periodic motion to other parts of a machine. It is used chiefly as a controlling or timing element in machines rather than as part ...