Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

A soft, flimsy, loose-textured, plain weave cloth most frequently used in flags. Bunting was originally made from cotton or worsted yarns, but today’s flags are made primarily from nylon or acrylic ...

batting

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A soft, bulky assembly of fibers, usually carded. Battings are sold in sheets or rolls and used for warm interlinings, comforter stuffings, and other thermal or resiliency applications.

buckram

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A scrim fabric with a stiff finish, often used as interlining.

bolt

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A roll or piece of fabric of varying length.

bedford cord

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A rib-weave fabric with raised lengthwise cords produced by using stuffing threads in the warp. Since the fabric is strong and wears well, it is used for upholstery, suits, riding habits, and work ...

abnormal crimp

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A relative term for crimp that is either too low or too high in frequency and/or amplitude or that has been put into the fiber with improper angular characteristics.

acid recovery

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A reclamation process in chemical processing in which acid is extracted from a raw material, by-product, or waste product. In the manufacture of cellulose acetate, acetic acid is a major by-product. ...