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2. Thread (yarn) - Wikipedia

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   Some threads can be used for applications up to 800 °C (1472 °F). There are a variety of different sewing threads available which have different applications and benefits. Kevlar-coated stainless steel sewing threads have a high-temperature and flame-resistant steel core combined with Kevlar coating designed to facilitate easier machine ...

3. Yarn - Wikipedia

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   Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles. [1] Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufactured sewing threads may be finished with wax or other lubricants to withstand the stresses involved in ...

4. Tiger tail wire - Wikipedia

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   Tiger tail is easier to use than many other kinds of thread, and it does not require the use of a sewing needle. [9] Tiger tail has high ultimate tensile strength and is therefore extremely difficult to tear, [10] but if it is creased or twisted, tiger tail has a tendency to kink and then become brittle in the kinked area. [11]

5. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...

6. Twaron - Wikipedia

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   Twaron (a brand name of Teijin Aramid) is a para-aramid, high-performance yarn. [1] It is a heat-resistant fibre, helps in ballistic protection and cut protection. [2] Twaron was developed in the early 1970s by the Dutch company Akzo Nobel's division Enka BV, later Akzo Industrial Fibers.

7. Embroidery thread - Wikipedia

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   Perle cotton (also known as pearl cotton, or by the French coton perlé) is an S-twisted, 2-ply thread with high sheen, sold in five sizes or weights (No. 3, 5, 8, 12 and 16 (Finca), with 3 being the heaviest and 16 the finest). It is suitable for many different types of embroidery.