Textile Tips by Rajat

Bowing & Skewing are defects which are created when there is a distortion in weft laid across the whole with of the fabric. Bowing is a common fabric defect in woven fabrications where weft or filling yarns are displaced from a line which needs to be perpendicular to the selvage and lie in a wave or arc across the width of the fabric. [ 595 more words ]

Bowing & Skewing Bowing & Skewing are defects which are created when there is a distortion in weft laid across the whole with of the fabric.   Bowing  is a common fabric defect in woven fabr…

Fibre is a natural or man-made (hair-like) substance which has higher length to diameter ratio. Fibres are of delicate structures and may have length to diameter ratio as 1000:1 or even more in some cases. This ratio further depends on the origin from where fibre is coming. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) defines a ‘fibre’ as “a generic term for any one of the various types of matter that form the basic element of a textile, and it is characterized by having a length at least 100times its diameter” [ 518 more words ]

Fibre Fibre is a natural or man-made (hair-like) substance which has higher length to diameter ratio. Fibres are of delicate structures and may have length to diameter ratio as 1000:1 or even more in som…