Types of Textiles Flashcards
What is textile?
A textile is usually considered to be a woven material, however, in recent times have included materials that are not woven like rope.
What is a filament fibre?
a type of fiber having indefinite or extreme length.
What is a staple fibre?
a type of fibre that is long enough to spin
What is a flock fibre?
a type of fibre too short to spin.
What is a fibre fly?
a type of fibre that is extremely short and airbone.
What is textile trace ?
evidence that is composed of micro traces which must be microscopically
What is textile end product?
these are macroscopic evidence which requires textile engineering.
What is textile pattern traces?
patterns traced onto and from textiles.
What are the classifications of textiles?
- Apparel Textiles
- Household Textiles
- Technical Textiles
What are apparel textiles?
Outerwear and underwear, sports wear and leisure wear
What are household textiles?
furnishings, upholstery, floorcoverings
What are technical textiles?
used for their technical performance and functional properties.
What are subcategories of technical fibres?
medicial, geo, safety, transport, industrial
Ways of gaining access to fibre market information?
- Creating computerised databases
- Industrial enquires
Categories of threads?
single yarns
multiple wound yarns
folded yarns
cabled yarns
textured yarns
fancy yarns
fibrillated yarns
Single yarns
are the simplest form of threads and are produced either from staple fibres or from filaments
Folded (plied) yarn
include all threads in which two or more single yarns are twisted together in one operation.
Multiple wound yarn
made by combining, without twisting, two or more component yarns together
Cabled yarns
all threads which are composed of two or more folded yarns twisted together in one or more operations.
Texturing is done to what kind of fibres?
Filament fibres
What is texturing methods?
Texturing method is a process which introduces durable crimps, coils, loops and distorations.
What are fancy yarns?
These are single and folded yarns produces irregularities in their contruction.
Bouclé yarns
compounds yarns comprising a twisted core with an effect yarn around it, producing wavy projections on its surface.
What is the fibrillation process ?
The process of splitting fibres longitudinally into a network of interconnected fibres
What is the fibrillation process ?
The process of splitting fibres longitudinally into a network of interconnected fibres
What are the two twist direction?
S or Z twist
What is twist frequency?
This is the amount of twist per unit of length of yarn.
Categories of Textiles
Wooven and Knitted Fabrics
Types of weaves?
the plain weave,
twill weave and
satin (atlas) weave
What is a plain weave?
Plain weave is the simplest and most frequently used interlacing weave and has the smallest repeat.
What is a Satin/Atlas weave?
This weave produces a smooth surface, free from twill
What is a twill weave?
Twill weave is a weave that repeats on three or more ends and picks.
What are Woven Fabrics?
fabrics composed of rectangularly interlaced threads.
What are knitted fabrics?
Knitting is the creation of fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, either by machine or by hand
What are the three parts of basic knitted whole loop?
- legs
- shanks
- needle loop
What is a strand?
a basic rope component made by twisting a number of yarns together
What is a rope?
flexible textile product that is made up of > 2 strands twisted (or plaited) together.
What is twine?
flexible textile product that is made up of > 1 strands twisted together.
What is a core?
central yarn that, while not structurally combined with a rope or twine
what is a lay?
the direction of twist of the component strands of a helical rope or twine
What is it meant by the length of a lay?
one complete turn of a strand that is part of a rope or twine.
