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Summary Basic Textiles 1.1 reader 3
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This is a detailed summary of Basic Textiles 1.1, reader 3 in English. You can use this for the Fashion and Textile Technologies exam in the first year or for the retake.
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SLIDE 2Character ist
icsofspunyarns.com
posed of Short and long Staple fibers
made from flax Staple fiberS
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Cotton , or Wool
-
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
'
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
-
when on twisted :
falls apart ; Short Staple fibers can be pulled out
'
Lower luster than filament yarns
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natural textura appearence and feel
•
innate hairy ness provi des good
yarn Cover
ing power
pi Hing depends fiber
-
on Content
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Span Yarn
-
Short Staple Long Staple
-
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
-
either Short -
Chens Shorters than 2.5inch es )
Long Staple tibers Longer
:
.
Novelty yarns have Special effects built into their
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Structure
, SLIDE 4
Kern number
"
"
'
Measure of Linear density of yarn →
yarn humber
expressed weight I
'
as Certain
length of yarn per Standard as Certain
weight ot
yarn per Standard length
Span yarns numbered relative Ehichness
'
to choose yarn needed for
par ticular
fabric application
of
•
Yarn humber Is expression of a ratio → has no onits
Count / Yarn Size
•
yarn synonymaus with yarn humber
SHDES
Kern
numbering Systems
•
indirect nun bering system :
highernumb.US/-ineryarnslowernumberscoarseryarns
direct
bering system
•
nun :
hig her numbers → coarser
-
yarns
tower numbers →
Einer yarns
-
yatns here numbered english Cotton Count
•
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
, SLIDE 6
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)
" "
Single yarn 24
-
a
48/2 ( 2- ply)
"
dlhotes p Lied yarn 48
- ' "
a s
Question i
What does 10/1 mean ?
↳ it is a ( 10
Singles) ; it nee as
" "
single yarn
10 hanks of the yarn to weigh 1 pound
(or 8,400 yards)
SLIDE 7
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
Europe / Asia
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