Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Reinforcement fabrics

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Fabric system used in the construction of steep slopes and retaining walls. By stabilising the soil mass, they reduce the stress on the retaining wall with corresponding decrease in load-bearing ...

Fused ribbon

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Acetate fabrics in wide widths may be cut into narrow ones by the application of heat. A hot knife blade caused the edges to sear and bead, thereby doing away with selvages on the edges of the ...

Fused filaments

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A group of filaments bonded together in a tow by drips or frictional effects and thereby resistant to filament separation and crimp deregistering.

A finishing process used in the manufacture of woollen and worsted fabrics. The cloth is subjected to moisture, heat friction, chemicals, and pressure which cause it to mat and shrink appreciably in ...

Fused acetate

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A hard particle of acetate material ofalmost any shape or size other than recognisable fiber.Sometimes fused acetate particles resemble rock-like,hardened drops of acetate dope; in other cases ...

Flash ageing

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A process for rapid reduction and fixation of vat dyes obtained when the printed fabric is padded with caustic soda and sodium hydrosulfite and immediately steamed in air-free steam.