- Industry: Textiles
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The intertwining of three or more strands to make a cord. The strand form a regular diagonal pattern down the length of the cord.
Industry:Textiles
The porosity or the ease with which air passes through material. Air permeability determines such factors as the wind resistance of sailcloth, the air resistance of parachute cloth, and the efficacy of various types of air filters. It also influences the warmth or coolness of a fabric.
Industry:Textiles
The operation of winding warp yarns onto a beam usually in preparation for slashing, weaving, or warp knitting.
Industry:Textiles
The maximum load (or force) applied to a specimen in a tensile test carried to rupture. It is commonly expressed in grams-force (kilograms-force), pounds, or newton’s.
Industry:Textiles
The last operation of the loom in weaving, in which the last pick inserted in the fabric is “beat” into position against the preceeding picks.
Industry:Textiles
The greatest distance, measured parallel to the selvages, between a filling yarn and a straight line drawn between the points at which this yarn meets the selvages. Bow may be expressed directly in inches or as a percentage of the width of the fabric at that point.
Industry:Textiles
The force that holds different materials together at their interface and resists separation into two layers.
Industry:Textiles
The flameless, glowing combustion of certain solid materials that occurs after the removal of an external source of ignition or after the cessation of combustion of the material.
Industry:Textiles
