Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

beam dyeing machine

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A machine for dyeing warp yarns or fabrics that have been wound onto a special beam, the barrel of which is evenly perforated with holes. The dye liquor is forced through the yarn or fabric from ...

box loom

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A loom using two or more shuttles for weaving fabrics with filling yarns that differ in fiber type, color, twist, level, or yarn size. The box motion is automatic, changing from one shuttle to ...

brushing

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A finishing process in which rotating brushes raise a nap on knit or woven fabrics. Brushing is used on sweaters, scarves, knit underwear, wool broadcloths, etc.

A filament yarn in which filaments have been cut or broken to create hairiness (fibrillation) to simulate the surface character of spun yarns. Abraded yarns are usually plied or twisted with other ...

box mark

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A fine line parallel to the filling caused by shuttle damage to a group of filling yarns.

biconstituent fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A fiber extruded from a homogeneous mixture of two different polymers. Such fibers combine the characteristics of the two polymers into a single fiber.