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Manufactured fibers
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Manufactured fibers
degradation
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The loss of desirable physical properties by a textile material as a result of some process or physical/chemical phenomenon.
density
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The mass per unit volume (usually expressed as grams per cubic centimeter).
extractables
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The material that can be removed from textiles by means of a solvent (in many cases, water).
doffing
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The operation of removing full packages, bobbins, spools, roving cans, caps, etc., from a machine and replacing them with empty ones.
draw-twisting
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The operation of stretching continuous filament yarn to align and order the molecular and crystalline structure in which the yarn is taken up by means of a ring-and-traveler device that inserts a ...
draw-winding
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The operation of stretching continuous filament yarn to align or order molecular and crystalline structure. The drawn yarn is taken up on a parallel tub or cheese, resulting in a zero-twist yarn.
dip treating
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The process of passing fiber, cord, or fabric through an adhesive bath,followed by drying and heat-treating of the adhesive-coated fiber to obtain better adhesion.
