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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. Ageing (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    In stoving, temperature or heating was the consideration, while it ignored moisture application. When block printed material (one of the earliest forms of printing textiles) containing iron or aluminium mordants was thought to require merely heat to adhere to fabric, it was used. Those chambers were named "stoves."

  5. Steaming - Wikipedia

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    Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. This is often done with a food steamer, a kitchen appliance made specifically to cook food with steam, but food can also be steamed in a wok. In the American Southwest, steam pits used for cooking have been found dating back about 5,000 years.

  6. Stenter - Wikipedia

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    Hot air drying and tentering machine. A stenter (sometimes called a tenter) [1] is a machine used in textile finishing. It serves multiple purposes, including heat setting, drying, and applying various chemical treatments. This may be achieved through the use of certain attachments such as padding or coating. [2] [3]

  7. Ashmead College - Wikipedia

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    The school was founded in 1974 as the Seattle Massage School. In 1999 the school began operating under the Ashmead College name. [1] In August 2003, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. purchased Career Choices, Inc., the owner of Ashmead College, as a wholly owned subsidiary. [2]

  8. Clothes iron - Wikipedia

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    An electrical cord with heat-resistant silicone rubber insulation; 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;

  9. Fabric softener - Wikipedia

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    Fabric softeners impart anti-static properties to fabrics, and thus prevent the build-up of electrostatic charges on synthetic fibers, which in turn eliminates fabric cling during handling and wearing, crackling noises, and dust attraction. Also, fabric softeners make fabrics easier to iron and help reduce wrinkles in garments.