Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

Contributors in Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

Processes in which additives are applied to change the aesthetic and functional properties of a material. Examples are the application of antioxidants, flame-retardant, wetting agents, and stain and ...

Carrierless dyeing variants

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Polymers that have been modified to increase their dyeability. fibres and fabrics made from these polymers can be dyed at the boil without the use of carriers.

Continuous polymerization

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In polymer manufacture, linkage of the various stages of polymerization so that materials flow without interruption from the addition of raw materials to delivery of the finished polymer from the ...

Clumps

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In nonwoven fabrics, an irregularly shaped grouping of fibres caused by insufficient fibre separation.

Char length

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In flammability testing, the distance from the edge of the sample exposed to the flame to the upper edge of the charred or void area.

Commingled yarn

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In aerospace textiles, two or more continuous multifilament yarns, the filaments of which have been intermixed with each other without adding twist or otherwise disturbing parallel relationship of ...

Crystalline

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Made up of crystals. The term crystalline applies to sections of all chemical fibers, which consists of alternate crystalline and amorphous (noncrystalline) regions. These regions are influenced by ...