- 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.
A coarse, durable bast fiber of Cannabis sativa found all over the world. Used primarily for twines, cordage, halyards, and tarred riggings.
Industry:Textiles
The principal noncellulosic polysaccharides in wood. Wood contains 28 to 35% hemicelluloses, the balance being cellulose and lignin.
Industry:Textiles
1. The angle formed by the path of a ply and the major axis in a yarn or tire cord.
2. The angle between the tangent to a yarn and the minor axis of the package on which it is wound. Also called wind angle.
Industry:Textiles
A term describing the plain background color against which a design is created.
Industry:Textiles
A mechanism on a warp-knitting machine that directs warp threads to the latchneedles.
Industry:Textiles
Cutting device that consists of a single blade that descends between guides for chopping fibers, plastic strands, etc.
Industry:Textiles
A term covering a wide range of substances. Strictly, gums are carbohydrate high polymers, either soluble or dispersible in water, that are derived from vegetable origins. Loosely, the term gum is used to mean resins, saps, natural rubber, chicle, starch, cellulose derivatives, and many other products. In textile printing, the term refers to print-paste thickeners.
Industry:Textiles
The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,and other qualities perceived by touch.
Industry:Textiles
A fabric that has been printed by hand with wooden or linoleum blocks.
Industry:Textiles
