Summary Basic Textiles 1.1 reader 3

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Character ist
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posed of Short and long Staple fibers

made from flax Staple fiberS
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Cotton , or Wool



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made from natural or man made -



filaments → (Ut into filament staple

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Individual fiber Length may vary


hairy / fuzzy appearence feel
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and


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Un even humber of fiber in yarn Cross section , Along length of yarn
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ranges from
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öfter !Ööse Constructions to hara.fi ne twist yarn (dlp
ending on a -




Mount of tw ists inserted


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Contain inneren t thicn and Thin areas
along yarn length
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when on twisted :
falls apart ; Short Staple fibers can be pulled out


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Lower luster than filament yarns

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natural textura appearence and feel

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innate hairy ness provi des good
yarn Cover
ing power


pi Hing depends fiber
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on Content

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Span Yarn

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Short Staple Long Staple
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Combined Carded Wochen Worsted
(Ring)




Plied Single Plied
Single



Air
Rotor
Ring Air Jet Other
Vortex




Single Plied Novelty



Yatn Classification → Staple or long Staple (Short Staple ifibers 2.5in
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either Short -




Chens Shorters than 2.5inch es )
Long Staple tibers Longer
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Novelty yarns have Special effects built into their
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Structure

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Kern number
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Measure of Linear density of yarn →
yarn humber


expressed weight I
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as Certain
length of yarn per Standard as Certain
weight ot
yarn per Standard length

Span yarns numbered relative Ehichness
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to choose yarn needed for
par ticular
fabric application
of



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Yarn humber Is expression of a ratio → has no onits




Count / Yarn Size
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yarn synonymaus with yarn humber




SHDES
Kern
numbering Systems
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indirect nun bering system :




highernumb.US/-ineryarnslowernumberscoarseryarns
direct
bering system
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nun :




hig her numbers → coarser
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yarns
tower numbers →
Einer yarns
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yatns here numbered english Cotton Count
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on system

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me Eric Count , wo rsted Count , woOlen rum -
> all indirectn.si


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direct ns .
→ denier ,
tex ,
decitex

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Major / ndirect
Numbering Systems
( Ne)
English Cotton Count :
yarn number represents

( hanks) of Yam
humber of 840 Yard
Lengths that
weigh one pound


Example :
a Ne 24 yarn humber means that it taues 24

hanks of the yarn to po und
weigh one




2411 dlnotes (
Singles)
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Single yarn 24
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a

48/2 ( 2- ply)
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dlhotes p Lied yarn 48
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Question i
What does 10/1 mean ?
↳ it is a ( 10
Singles) ; it nee as
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single yarn
10 hanks of the yarn to weigh 1 pound
(or 8,400 yards)




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Major lndirect
Numbering Systems
Metric Count ( Nm) :
yarnnumberrepresentsnumb.es of meters

( or km)
yarn that 1 ( or
of weigh gram ng)

Example :
a Nm 30 yarn humber means that it

takeS 30 meters of yarn to weich one


gran or 30km of yarn to weigh one
Kg
Question :
What does NM 20 Mean ?
↳ it tolles 20 meters of yarn to
weigh one

( 20km for 1
kg)
gram




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