despatch assorted home yarn spun yarns spun yarns yarns are continuous strands of fibers that can be woven or knitted into fabrics. natural staple fibers usually requires processes such as spinning to make yarns. silk yarn, extracted from silk cocoon are continuous filament yarns. most of the synthetic...
the other fabric constructions, lace making is worth mentioning. felts are fabrics made directly from fibers without making yarns. a wide variety ofwovenfabrics are available in today's market. an average consumer is unaware of many fabrics and their suitability for a specific end use. clothing refers...
despatch assorted home fiber manmade mineral fibres manmade mineral fibres a variety of inorganic materials are made into fine fibers and used for structural strengthening or insulation; they are known as man-made mineral fibers (mmmf). types of man-made mineral fiber have names such as mineral wool...
in production of technical textile fabrics fabric air permeability is a measure to what extent it gives air passing through the fabric. the porosity of fabric is the demonstration of the air gap as a percentage within the fabric. it has been important for especially the tent fabric and parachute. continue...
you can see a review of the dry weight of some selected fibers. polypropylene: g / cm nylon: g / cm polyester: g / cm cotton: g / cm wool: g / cm the reason why polypropylene is lighter than the other substances is due to the fibers. the fibers have the lowest density of all the commercial fibers. the...
pod of the cotton plant. fibers are typically / inch to inches long. the longest staple fibers, longer than / inch, including the pima and egyptian varieties, produce the highest quality cotton fabrics. count of cloth - the number of ends and picks per inch in a woven fabric. if a cloth is x , it means...