The fiber burn test is a widely used method in the textile industry to identify and determine the composition of fibers or fabrics. It involves burning a small sample of the material and observing...
A hollow, U-shaped rotor, mounted open-side-down on top of a spindle of a FLY frame. It is rotated independently of the spindle and serves to twist the roving and wind it on bobbins which are held on...
In textiles, extensibility refers to the ability of a fabric to stretch or elongate under stress. This property is important in many applications, including clothing, upholstery, and industrial...
To align strands of FILLING YARN and push them up close together as they are woven. The REED accomplishes this by advancing and receding from the cloth after each passage of the SHUTTLE, driving each...
A woven fabric, usually cotton or maybe linen, with loop pile on one or both sides. Pile, also jacquard and dobby combined with pile. It has either all over loops on both sides of the fabric or...