- Industria: 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.
Polyethylene fiber modified with boron used in the nuclear industry for reducing neutron transmission.
Industry:Textiles
A lightweight fabric of silk or manufactured fibers made in a plain weave with an open mesh. Used for curtains and evening wear.
Industry:Textiles
1. The line or area of contact between two contiguous rollers.
2. A defect in yarn consisting of a thin place.
Industry:Textiles
The product of the needle loom. Needled fabrics are used for rug pads, papermaker’s felts, padding, linings, etc.
Industry:Textiles
The process of converting batts or webs of loose fibers into a coherent nonwoven fabric on a needle loom.
Industry:Textiles
A small knot of entangled fibers that usually will not straighten to a parallel position during carding or drafting.
Industry:Textiles
An open fabric made by knotting the intersections of thread, cord, or wires to form meshes. Net can be made by hand or machine in a variety of mesh sizes and weights matched to varying end uses, i.e., veils, curtains, fish nets, and heavy cargo nets.
Industry:Textiles
In a fiber production process the total throughput less waste and inferior or off-grade material.
Industry:Textiles
A groove that houses a needle in the cylinder or dial of a circular-knitting machine or the needle bed of a flat-bed machine.
Industry:Textiles
