Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

needle slot

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A groove that houses a needle in the cylinder or dial of a circular-knitting machine or the needle bed of a flat-bed machine.

needle set-out

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A term that refers to long periods of time when certain needles are removed from the knitting cycle. The process is used to make sweater cuffs.

needle loop

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A loop of yarn drawn through a loop made previously.

needle loom

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A machine for bonding a nonwoven web by mechanically orienting fibers through the web. The process is called needling, or needlepunching. Barbed needles set into a board punch fiber into the batt ...

necking

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The sudden reduction in the diameter of an undrawn manufactured filament when it is stretched. 2. Narrowing in width of a fabric or film when it is stretched.

needle

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A thin, metal device, usually with an eye at one end for inserting the thread, used in sewing to transport the thread. 2. The portion of a knitting machine used for intermeshing the loops. ...