- Industry: Textiles
- Number of terms: 9358
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Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 global technology and specialty materials company with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas, United States.
The rubbing-off of dye from a fabric as a result of insufficient dye penetration or fixation, the use of improper dyes or dyeing methods, or insufficient washing and treatment after the dyeing operation. Crocking can occur under dry or wet conditions.
Industry:Textiles
The row of loops or stitches running across a knit fabric, corresponding to the filling in woven fabrics.
Industry:Textiles
The quality of color expressed as a function of wavelength and purity.
Industry:Textiles
The process of passing a fabric through a solution of resin or elastomer, then through squeeze rolls to remove excess and leave a thin surface layer on the base fabric. In this process, both sides can be coated in one pass.
Industry:Textiles
The process of measuring quantities of absorbed or evolved heat, often used to determine specific heat.
Industry:Textiles
The process of opening a tow band by causing the peaks and valleys of the crimp to lay randomly rather that uniformly.
Industry:Textiles
The process of making a corespun yarn. It consists of feeding the core yarn (an elastomeric filament yarn, a regular filament yarn, a textured yarn, or a previously spun yarn) into the front delivery roll of the spinning frame and of covering the core yarn with a sheath of fibers during the spinning operation.
Industry:Textiles
The mounting of supply packages in a creel to feed fiber to a process, i.e., beaming or warping.
Industry:Textiles
The parts of a testing machine that are used to hold a specimen while it is subjected to force. (Also called jaws.)
Industry:Textiles
The precipitation of particles from a suspension in a liquid, usually resulting in formation of a gel.
Industry:Textiles
