Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

Industry: Textiles

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air conditioning

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A chemical process for sealing short, fuzzy fibers into a yarn. Fabrics made from air-conditioned yarns are porous. Because they allow more air circulation,these fabrics are also cooler. 2. ...

beater

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The machine which does most of the opening and cleaning work on a fiber picker and opener. Revolving at high speed, it beats against the fringe of fiber as the latter is fed into the machine. ...

backwinding

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. Rewinding yarn or fiber from one type of package to another. 2. Winding yarn as it is deknit.

blend

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A yarn obtained when two or more staple fibers are combined in a textile process for producing spun yarns (e.g., at opening, carding, or drawing). 2. A fabric that contains a blended yarn (of ...

adipic acid

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1,4-butanedicarboxylic acid. It is used in the polymerization reaction to form nylon 66 polymers and in the manufacture of polyurethane foams.

This proprietary process owned by KBC is a method in which the oscillations of a musical chord are “caught” on a quartz plate and the vibration patterns photographed. The patterns thus obtained are ...

transfer coating

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

This method involves applying the coating to a temporary substrate and then adding an adhesive coating (tie coat) to allow transfer by roller of the coating to the desired substrate.