Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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flyer spinning

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A method of spinning by means of a driven flyer. It is used primarily for spinning worsted and coarser yarns. (Also see FLYER, 1.)

flyer

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A device used to insert twist into slubbing, roving, or yarn, and to serve as a guide for winding it onto a bobbin. The flyer is shaped like an inverted U that fits on the top of the spindle and ...

fly

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The short, waste fibers that are released into the air in textile processing operations such as picking, carding, spinning, and weaving.

fluorescence

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Emission of electromagnetic radiation, usually as visible light, that is caused by the flow of energy into the emitting body. The emission ceases abruptly when the excitation ceases.

A term describing the appearance of a carpet after loose fiber fragments left during manufacture have worked their way to the surface. Fluffing is not a defect; it is simply a characteristic of new ...

flocking

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A method of cloth ornamentation in which adhesive is printed or coated on a fabric, and finely chopped fibers are applied all over by means of dusting, air-blasting, or electrostatic attraction. In ...

flock

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The material obtained by reducing textile fibers to fragments by cutting or grinding. There are two main types precision cut flock, where all fiber lengths are approximately equal, and random cut ...