Dye-liquor is a term used in the textile industry to describe the liquid solution or bath containing dyes and various auxiliary chemicals that are used to dye textile materials. It is an essential...
It is a type of cloth in which different colours of weft replace one another in succeeding horizontal sections of a design. Thus a figure is formed in more colours than there are series of weft...
A toothed, comb-like part of a LOOM. Its function is to hold the strands of longitudinal yarn (WARP) in alignment between its teeth and also to push each transverse thread (PICK) tight against the...
Organzine is a type of silk yarn that is used in the production of high-quality silk fabrics. It is made from two or more strands of raw silk that have been twisted together in a process called...
The permeablity, or the ease with which air passes through material. Air porous ness determines such factors as the wind resistance of sailcloth, the air resistance of parachute cloth, and the...