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A pick that is caught on a warp yarn knot for a short distance which produces a triangular hole in the fabric. Hang picks usually result from knots that are tied incorrectly, shuttletension that is too loose, or harness that is timed too early.
Industry:Textiles
Although the terms carbon and graphite are used interchangeably to describe these fibers, graphite fibers are more accurately defined as fibers that are 99+% carbonized while the term carbon is used for any fiber carbonized to 93 to 95% or more.
Industry:Textiles
A term used in fabric bonding for the preliminary bond created in the first stage of curing by the wet adhesive process. At this point, the bond is not fully cured and hence is “green.”
Industry:Textiles
1. A fine, loosely woven fabric in leno weave made with dyed filling yarns and having a clipped dobby design. 2. A silk cord constructed by twisting together several twisted strands.
Industry:Textiles
1. A unit of linear density equal to the weight in grams of 10 kilometers of yarn, filament, fiber, or other textile strand.
2. The system of yarn numbering based on the use of grex units.
Industry:Textiles
1. A flaw in fabric, especially a ribbed fabric, that occurs when warp threads show through the covering filling threads or when the threads have slipped leaving open spaces on either side. 2. A condition that occurs when the carpet backing shows through the pile. 3. A printing term referring to either poor cover where the background shade shows through the print, or to the “two-tone” appearance of a shade printed with incompatible dyes.
Industry:Textiles
A cord, round steel wire, or thin flat steel strip with a loop or eye near the center through which one or more warp threads pass on the loom so that the thread movement may be controlled in weaving. The heddles are held at both ends by the harness frame. They control the weave pattern and shed as the harnesses are raised and lowered during weaving.
Industry:Textiles
The process of conferring dimensional stability and often other desirable properties such as wrinkle resistance and improved heat resistance to manufactured fibers, yarns, and fabrics by means of either moist of dry heat.
Industry:Textiles
