Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

cabinet

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A basic part of the manufactured-fiber spinning machine where, in dry spinning, the filaments become solidified by solvent evaporation and, in melt spinning, the filaments are solidified by cooling.

1. The waviness of a fiber expressed as crimps per unit length. 2. The difference in distance between two points on an unstretched fiber and the same two points when the fiber is straightened under ...

calendering rolls

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The main cylinders on a calender. 2. Smooth or fluted rolls used on carious fiber-processing machines such as pickers and cards to compress the lap or sliver as it passes between them.

cord

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The product formed by twisting together two or more plied yarns. 2. A rib on the surface of a fabric (e.g., corduroy and whipcord).

crystallinity

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The state of quality of being crystalline. 2. The extent to which a polymer exists in a lattice structure.

chip

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The form of polymer feedstock used in fiber production. 2. The feedstock for a pulp digestor. 3. A defect in a nonwoven fabric.

commercial weight

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. In natural fibers, the dry weight of fibers or yarns plus the commercial moisture regain. 2. In manufactured fibers, the dry weight of staple spun yarns or filament yarns after scouring by ...