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2. Felt - Wikipedia

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   Felt is used extensively in pianos; for example, piano hammers are made of wool felt around a wooden core. The density and springiness of the felt is a major part of what creates a piano's tone. [41] [42] As the felt becomes grooved and "packed" with use and age, the tone suffers. [43]

3. Nonwoven fabric - Wikipedia

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   Nonwoven fabric or non-woven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment. The term is used in the textile manufacturing industry to denote fabrics, such as felt , which are neither woven nor knitted . [ 1 ]

4. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, ... Boiled wool; Bombazine; Bouclé ... Felt; Filet/Lacis lace; Fishnet; Flannel;

5. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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   felt Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers. The fibers form the structure of the fabric. felting The process of making felt is called felting. fiber Fiber is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to pieces of thread. Fibers are often used ...

6. Melton (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Melton cloth, woven in a twill form and traditionally made of wool, is a very solid cloth whose finishing processes completely conceal the twill weave pattern. It is thick, because of having been well fulled, which gives it a felt-like smooth surface, and is napped and very closely sheared. Melton is similar to Mackinaw cloth. Because of its ...

7. Fulling - Wikipedia

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   Scotswomen walking (fulling) woollen cloth, singing a waulking song, 1772 (engraving made by Thomas Pennant on one of his tours). Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it ...