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2. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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   Cotton duck, sometimes known as duck cloth, or simply duck, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric similar to canvas. It is more tightly woven than canvas and is used in a variety of applications where durability and a certain degree of water resistance is preferred. crash Crash is a rough fabric made from yarns that are usually undyed. The ...

3. Cordura - Wikipedia

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   JanSport used the canvas-like nylon in their original daypacks in the 1970s, and now exclusively uses polyester Cordura. [7] In the 1980s, 1000 denier (D) Cordura nylon was adopted for duffle bags. [8] During the 1990s, European workwear clothing brands adopted the 1000D and 500D fabric for reinforcements.

4. Heather (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Two yarns of different colors or may be of two different types are twisted together to make one. The texture of the resultant yarn is other than regular yarn. The process helps in producing fancy yarns. [11] [12] [13] Jaspe is similar yarns produced by twisting different colored yarns or spinning yarn from two different colored rovings. [14 ...

5. Yarn - Wikipedia

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   Yarn is selected for different textiles based on the characteristics of the yarn fibres, such as warmth (wool), light weight (cotton or rayon), durability (nylon is added to sock yarn, for example), or softness (cashmere, alpaca). Yarn is composed of twisted strands of fiber, which are known as plies when grouped together. [19]

6. Textile - Wikipedia

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   Eisengarn, meaning "iron yarn" in English, is a light-reflecting, strong material invented in Germany in the 19th century. It is made by soaking cotton threads in a starch and paraffin wax solution. The threads are then stretched and polished by steel rollers and brushes.

7. Blend (textile) - Wikipedia

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   A blend is a mixture of two or more fibers.In yarn spinning, different compositions, lengths, diameters, or colors may be combined to create a blend. [1] Blended textiles are fabrics or yarns produced with a combination of two or more types of different fibers, or yarns to obtain desired traits and aesthetics.