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Exam 3 Flashcards

1
Q

An assemblage of fibers, filaments or materials twisted or laid together so as to form a continuous strand that can be made into a textile fabric.

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Yarn

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2
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The process of producing a yarn from staple fibers; the production of a fiber by extruding a solution through tiny holes in a spinneret

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Spinning

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3
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One step in yarn spinning. Staple fibers are drawn together in a somewhat parallel arrangement to form a very weak rope of fibers called carded sliver.

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Carding

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4
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An additional step in the production of smooth, fine, uniform spun yarns made of long-staple fibers

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Combing

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5
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A yarn made from filament fibers; includes smooth or bulky types

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Filament Yarns

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6
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A filament yarn consisting of a single fiber

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Monofilament Yarns

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7
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a yarn that has been processed to have a greater covering power or apparent volume as compared with a conventional yarn

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Bulk Yarn

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8
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The process of adding bulk to yarns or modifying fabric surfaces

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Texturing

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9
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A continuous strand of staple fibers held together by some mechanism

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Spun Yarns

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10
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One strand of fibers held together by some mechanism

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Single Yarns

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11
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Two or more strands of fibers held together by twist or some other mechanism

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Ply Yarns

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12
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Two or more ply yarns held together by twist or some other means

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Cord Yarns

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13
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A yarn alike in all its parts

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Simple Yarns

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14
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Yarns that have deliberately unlike parts and that are irregular at intervals compared with simple basic yarns

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Fancy Yarns

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15
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A yarn specifically designed for stitching together fabrics or other materials

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Sewing Thread

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16
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The spiral arrangement of fibers around the yarn axis

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Yarn Twist

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17
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The size of a yarn

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Yarn Number

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18
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Yarn or manufactured fiber size and its defined as weight in grams for 9000 meters of fiber or yarn

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Denier

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19
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A yarn regular in appearance along its length made with both staple and filament fiber components

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Composite Yarns

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20
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A very weak rope of fibers produced in intermediate steps in the production of spun yarns

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Sliver

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21
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A step in the production of some spun yarns. The drawn sliver is reduced in size, fibers are made more parallel, and a small amount of twist inserted.

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Roving

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22
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A smooth, straight, and uniform wool or wool-like yarn that has been processed to remove short fibers and make the remaining fibers more parallel; refers to wool or wool blend yarns

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Worsted Yarn

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23
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A slightly irregular bulky wool or wool-like yarn that has not been combed; refers to wool or wool blend yarns.

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Woolen Yarn

24
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A process for producing spun yarns. A series of operations removes fibers from a bale, removes debris, makes the fibers parallel, draws them into a fine strand, and adds twist to hold them together.

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Ring Spinning

25
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A spun yarn process that eliminates roving and twisting

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Open End Spinning

26
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The process of twisting and texturing synthetic fiber filament yarns

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Throwing

27
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An assembly of filament fibers to facilitate handling and processing during the production of manufactured staple fibers

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Tow

28
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Unwinding silk from the cocoon

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Reeling

29
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Process of twisting silk filaments into a yarn

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Throwing

30
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Regular or conventional yarns; a yarn of filament fibers that have not been crimped or textured

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Smooth-filament yarns

31
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Inexpensive yarn produced from extruded polymer films

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Tape Yarns

32
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Are made of fibers that are connected in a network arrangement

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Network Yarns

33
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Thermoplastic filament or spun yarns with a high degree of potential elastic stretch, rapid recovery, and high degree of yarn curl

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Stretch Yarn

34
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Filament or spun yarns with notable greater apparent volume than a conventional yarn

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Textured Yarn

35
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Are produced from extruded polymer films

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Tape Yarns

36
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Are made of fibers that are connected in a network arrangement

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Network Yarns

37
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What two create pills?

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Nylon and Polyester

38
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What creates lint?

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Cotton and Rayon

39
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Texturing of Filament Yarns

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False-twist
Draw texturing
Stuffer box
Air-Jet
Knit-Deknit

40
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Characteristics of Spun Yarns

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Fuzzy surface
Higher twist
Short fibers
Protruding fiber ends
More comfortable

41
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Spun Yarn Processing

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Cotton System
Woolen System

42
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Spinning Wheel

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14th century

43
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Spinning Jenny

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18th Century

44
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Most widely used system

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Cotton System

45
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Loosens fibers from bale form and cleans and blends fibers

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Opening

46
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Aligns fibers and forms them into a thin web brought together as a soft, weak rope of fibers called a carded sliver

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Carding

47
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Increases parallelism of fibers and combines several carded or combed slivers into one drawn sliver

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Drawing

48
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Aligns fibers in parallel arrangement

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Combing

49
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Not combed (cotton or cotton blends)

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Carded Yarns

50
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Cotton or cotton blends

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Combed Yarn

51
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Not combed (wool or wool blend)

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Woolen Yarns

52
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combed wool or wool blends

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Worsted Yarn

53
Q

Intimate mixture of fibers of different generic types, composition, length, diameter, or color spun together into one yarn.

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Blend

54
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Yarns of different generic types within a fabric

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Mixture

55
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Ply yarns are used; at least one strand of the ply yarn is a different generic fiber type

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Combination

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