- Industry: Textiles
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Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 global technology and specialty materials company with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas, United States.
A firm, glossy, Jacquard-patterned fabric that may be made from linen, cotton, rayon, silk, or a combination of these with various manufactured fibers. Similar to brocade, but flatter and reversible, damask is used for napkins, tablecloths, draperies, and upholstery.
Industry:Textiles
A firm 2 x 1 or 3 x 1 twill-weave fabric, often having a whitish tinge, obtained by using white filling yarns with colored warp yarns. Heavier weight denims, usually blue or brown, are used for dungarees, work clothes, and men’s and women’s sportswear. Lighter weight denims with softer finish are made in a variety of colors and patterns and are used for sportswear and draperies.
Industry:Textiles
A dyeing operation in which the aqueous dyebaths are maintained at temperatures greater than 100°C by use of pressurized equipment. Used for many manufactured fibers.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric produced on a circular-knitting machine equipped with two sets of latch needles situated at right angles to each other (dial and cylinder).
Industry:Textiles
A fabric that contains elastic threads. Such fabrics are used for girdles, garters, and similar items.
Industry:Textiles
A dyeing method based on solubility of a dye in some liquid other than water, although water may be present in the dyebath.
Industry:Textiles
A dry-spinning machine in which the airflow within the drying cabinet is in the same direction as the yarn path (downward).
Industry:Textiles
A defect frequently seen in wet-formed nonwoven fabrics; an unusually long fiber will become entangled with groups of regular-length fibers at each end, thus producing a dumbbell-shaped clump.
Industry:Textiles
A crease mark or impression extending fillingwise across the fabric near the beginning or end of the piece.
Industry:Textiles
A crossed end; an end broken during warping that when repaired was not free or was tied in with an adjacent end or ends overlapping the broken end. The end draws or pulls back when unwound on the slasher.
Industry:Textiles
