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A filament yarn in which filaments have been cut or broken to create hairiness (fibrillation) to simulate the surface character of spun yarns. Abraded yarns are usually plied or twisted with other yarns before use.
Industry:Textiles
A fine line parallel to the filling caused by shuttle damage to a group of filling yarns.
Industry:Textiles
A fiber extruded from a homogeneous mixture of two different polymers. Such fibers combine the characteristics of the two polymers into a single fiber.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric-based roofing system that is supported and held in place by air pressure.
Industry:Textiles
A direct spinning process for converting manufactured fiber tows to spun yarn that incorporates prestretching and tow breaking with subsequent drafting and spinning in one operation.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric that does not lie flat, caused by sections of tight or loose yarns in either the warp or the filling.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric similar to faille, only heavier, with a fine weave and widthwise cords. Originally, bengalines were made of a silk, wool, or rayon warp with a worsted or cotton filling and used for dresses, coats, trimmings, and draperies. Modern bengalines are made with filament acetate or polyester warps. Also, some bengalines have fine spun warps with 2- and 3-ply heavier spun yarns for filling cord effects.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric similar to brocade with a satin or twill figure in high relief on a plain or satin background.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric having reinforcing fibers in two directions, i.e., in the warp (machine) direction and filling (cross-machine) direction.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric defect in which the filling yarn does not run at a right angle to the warp. The principal cause is improper processing on the tenter frame.
Industry:Textiles
