- 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.
Air maintained at 70°F (21°C) and 65% relative humidity. When international testing is involved, a standard temperature of 20°C or, by agreement, 27°C may be used. Special humidity and temperature conditions are sometimes prescribed for the testing of certain textiles for specific service predictions, resistance to water or biological action, etc.
Industry:Textiles
The undesired pickup of color by a fabric:
# when immersed in water, dry-cleaning solvent, or similar liquid medium that contains dyestuffs or coloring material not intended for coloring the fabric; or
# by direct contact with other dyed material from which color is transferred by bleeding or sublimation.
Industry:Textiles
Fiber that is heat or chemically treated to set the fiber properties and prevent deterioration, shrinkage, etc.
Industry:Textiles
A term used to describe the tendency of a fiber or fabric to return to its original shape after being subjected to external influence, such as tension, heat, or chemicals.
Industry:Textiles
Rolls used to apply pressure for removal of water or chemicals from fabric.
Industry:Textiles
The portion of a screen-printing apparatus consisting of a blade that forces the print paste through the screen onto the fabric.
Industry:Textiles
A nonwoven fabric produced by entangling fibers in a repeating pattern to form a strong fabric free of binders.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric made from staple fibers that may contain one or a blend of two or more fiber types.
Industry:Textiles
1. A yarn consisting of staple fibers usually bound together by twist. 2. A melt-spun fiber before it is drawn.
Industry:Textiles
Nonwoven fabrics formed by filaments that have been extruded, drawn, then laid on a continuous belt. Bonding is accomplished by several methods such as by hot roll calendering or by passing the web through a saturated-steam chamber at an elevated pressure.
Industry:Textiles
