Textiles

Textiles

Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.

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dry forming

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The production of fiber webs by methods that do not use water or other liquids, i.e., air-laying or carding.

draft ratio

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The ratio between the weight or length of fiber fed into various machines and that delivered from the machines in spun yarn manufacture. It represents the reduction in bulk and ...

degumming

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The removal of gum from silk by boiling in a mildly alkaline solution. Usually accomplished on the knit or woven fabric.

dampening in tire cord

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The relative ability to absorb energy and deaden oscillation after excitation.

draw ratio

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The ratio of final to original length per unit weight of yarn, laps, slivers, slubbings, rovings, etc., resulting from drawing.

esterification

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The chemical process of combining an acid and an alcohol to form an ester. Cellulose acetate is an ester formed by the reaction of acetic acid and the hydroxyl groups of ...