A Guide to Textile and Clothing
A Guide to Textile and Clothing
There are mainly three types of fabric such as woven, knitted, and non-woven. Multi-component or bonded fabrics fall into the third category. These fabrics are produced by bonding two or more layers of woven or knitted fabrics or fibre layers by loose stitching or by adhesive bonding. These are special types of fabric for special purposes. In this article,[…]
Primary Motions In order to interlace warp and weft threads to produce fabric on any type of weaving machine, three operations are necessary: Shedding Separating the warp threads, which run down the fabric, into two layers to form a tunnel known as the shed. Picking Passing the weft thread, which traverses across the fabric, through the shed.[…]
Weaving and Woven Fabric In general terms, a textile fabric may be defined as an assembly of fibers, yarns or combinations of these. There are several ways to manufacture a fabric. Each manufacturing method is capable of producing a wide variety of fabric structures that depend on the raw materials used, equipment and machinery employed and the[…]
