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A term that refers to long periods of time when certain needles are removed from the knitting cycle. The process is used to make sweater cuffs.
Industry:Textiles
A machine for bonding a nonwoven web by mechanically orienting fibers through the web. The process is called needling, or needlepunching. Barbed needles set into a board punch fiber into the batt and withdraw, leaving the fibers entangled. The needles are spaced in a nonaligned arrangement. By varying the strokes per minute, the advance rate of the batt, the degree of penetration of the needles, and the weight of the batt, a wide range of fabric densities can be made. For additional strength, the fiber web can be needled to a woven, knit, or bonded fabric. Bonding agents may also be used.
Industry:Textiles
1. The sudden reduction in the diameter of an undrawn manufactured filament when it is stretched.
2. Narrowing in width of a fabric or film when it is stretched.
Industry:Textiles
1. A thin, metal device, usually with an eye at one end for inserting the thread, used in sewing to transport the thread. 2. The portion of a knitting machine used for intermeshing the loops. Several types of knitting needles are available.
3. In nonwovens manufacture, a barbed metal device used for punching the web’s own fibers vertically through the web.
Industry:Textiles
Flat metal plate with slots at regular intervals in which the knitting needles slide on the knitting machine.
Industry:Textiles
A class name for various genera of fibers (including filaments) of (1) animal (i.e., silk and wool); (2) mineral (i.e., asbestos); or (3) vegetable origin (i.e., cotton, flax, jute, and ramie).
Industry:Textiles
A fabric defect on the surface that is characterized by undesirable unevenness caused by many minor deformations. Mussiness is independent of the presence of soil.
Industry:Textiles
A fine, lightweight, plain-weave fabric, usually of combed cotton. The fabric is often mercerized to produce luster and is finished soft. Nainsook is chiefly used for infants’ wear, lingerie, and blouses.
Industry:Textiles
Any nonelastic woven fabric, 12 inches or less in width, having a selvage on either side, except ribbon and seam binding.
Industry:Textiles
