Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A headless tube upon which yarn or thread is wound. 2. Thread or yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder with tapered ends. 3. Filling yarn wound upon a tapered tube (generally paper).

Crinkle

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A wrinkled or puckered effect in fabric. It may be obtained either in the construction or in the finishing of the fabric. 2. The term is sometimes incorrectly used to describe the crimp of ...

Crystalline growth

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The expansion and development of a crystal. The process involves diffusion of the crystallising material to special sites on the surface of the crystal, incorporation of the molecules into the ...

Chalkiness

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A dull, whitened appearance sometimes associated with certain extra-dull colors. 2. A fillingwise fabric defect observed as bands varying lustre or sheen.

Various substances that can be added to the dyebath to aid dyeing. They may necessary to transfer the dye from the bath to the fibre or they may provide improvements in leveling, penetration, etc. ...

Dwell time

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The time during a process in which a particular substance remains in one location (e.g., the time during which molten polymer remains in a spinning pack.)

Dewpoint

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The temperature at which a gas begins to condense as a liquid at a given pressure. Thus in air, it is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated when cooled with no further addition of ...