Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

crimp energy

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The amount of work required to uncrimp a fiber.

compliance

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The ability of a fiber to yield under stress; the ratio of the change in strain to the change in stress that produces it; the reciprocal of the textile modulus.

cockled yarn

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Spun yarn in which some fibers do not lie parallel to the other fibers but instead are curled and kinked, forming a rough and uneven surface on the yarn. The general cause is fiber overcut to the ...

Resistance to fading; i.e., the property of a dye to retain its color when the dyed (or printed) textile material is exposed to conditions or agents such as light, perspiration, atmospheric gases, or ...

cyclic stress-strain

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Repeated loading of a yarn on a tensile testing machine and the determination of the physical properties of the yarn during these cycles.

compressibility

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Refers to the ease of reducing the bulk of fabric, carpet, batting, or other material. May be high or low, soft or hard.

compact spinning process

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A term generally referring to a spinning process carried out using any one of the several small spinning machines of compact design offered by equipment vendors as “packaged” units in which spinning ...