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  2. Ageing (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    Initially, colours were fixed through the action of sunlight, air, and dew, which evolved into ageing rooms and, more recently, rapid-aging systems (in the form of steam-cabinets). [ 6 ] Stoving was the early name used to describe the process of ageing in wooden or brick chambers heated by a furnace beneath.

  3. Clothes steamer - Wikipedia

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    Clothes steamer. A clothes steamer, also called a garment steamer or simply a steamer, is a device used for quickly removing wrinkles from garments and fabrics with the use of high temperature steam. [1] They can for example be used to straighten wrinkles on shirts by releasing tension in the fabric so that it straightens itself. Steamers can ...

  4. Heatsetting - Wikipedia

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    Heat setting is a term used in the textile industry to describe a thermal process usually taking place in either a steam atmosphere or a dry heat environment. The effect of the process gives fibers, yarns or fabric dimensional stability and, very often, other desirable attributes like higher volume, wrinkle resistance or temperature resistance ...

  5. Clothes iron - Wikipedia

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    Injection of steam through the fabric during the ironing process; A water reservoir inside the iron used for steam generation; An indicator showing the amount of water left in the reservoir, Constant steam: constantly sends steam through the hot part of the iron into the clothes;

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  7. Tunnel finisher - Wikipedia

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    The machine processes each garment through several stages. First, the garment passes through a steam chamber to make the fabric moldable. Then wrinkles are removed by a strong hot air flow alongside the garments. Finally, the garment is dried by cooler air before it leaves the tunnel finisher.

  8. Sharkskin - Wikipedia

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    Sharkskin is a twill weave fabric created using acetate, rayon, worsted wool, lycra, and other plastic fibers. The arrangement of darker and brighter threads in a twill weave creates a subtle pattern of lines that run across the fabric diagonally and a two tone, lustrous appearance.

  9. Stenter - Wikipedia

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    The machine works by holding the fabric's edges while it is fed from rollers, allowing it to advance gradually while maintaining its dimensions. Eventually, the stretched sheet is pulled off at a specific speed by a second set of rollers. At the delivery end, the edges are released by the stenter pins or clamps that were holding it. [4]