Glossaries

Carpet and Fiber Glossary

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z A AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists) Abrasive wear Acid dyeable nylon Adipic acid Aesthetics Affinity Air-entangling (also known as intermingling, commingling or heathered) Amine end groups Antimicrobial Antistatic properties Antron® nylon Antron® Brilliance™ nylon Antron® Legacy nylon Antron Lumena® solution dyed nylon Antron with StainRESIST™ fiber technology ASTM (The American Society for Testing and Materials) Atmospheric fading test Autoclave Average pile density Axminster B Back coating Backing Backing fabric Backing systems Bale Barber-pole BCF yarn Beam Beck Dye Bleeding Blend Blending Boucle Branded fiber Bright Broadloom Bulk development Bulking C Cabled yarn Caprolactam Carding Carpet tile Cationic dyeable nylon Cleanability Colorfastness ColorLink Color matching Commercial matching Commingled yarn Construction Continuous dyeing Continuous filament Continuous heatsetting Converter Cotton count Creel CRI (The Carpet and Rug Institute) Crimp Crockfastness Crocking Cross section Crushing Curvilinear crimp Cushion-backed carpet Cut and loop pile Cut pile D Decitex Deep-dyeing fibers Delamination Deluster Delustering Denier Density Differential dyeability Dimensional stability Drawing Drop match DSDN® solution dyed nylon® DuraTech® soil resistant treatment Dye lot Dye methods Dye sites E End Extra heavy traffic Extrusion F Face weight Fadeometer Fading Fading tests Fiber Fiber engineering Fiber shape Fiber size Filament Filament count Finishing Flame resistance tests Flame-resistant Fluorine analysis Fluorochemical Foot traffic units Frames Frieze Fusion Bonding Fuzzing G Gauge/pitch Graphics machine Greige goods H Hand Heather Heatsetting Heavy traffic Heddle Hexamethylene diamine Hexapod drum test Hollow filament fibers Hybrid carpet I Intermingling International Gray Scale for Color Change International Gray Scale for Staining INVISTA ISO (The International Organization for Standardization) J Jute K Knitting Knit-de-Knit Kuster L Latex Level loop pile Light traffic Lightfastness Loop pile Luster   M Matting Melting point Metameric color match Methenamine pill test Mill-extruded fiber Moderate traffic Modified delta cross section Modular carpet or tile Monofilament Moresque Multifilament Multilevel loop pile N Nonwoven Nylon Nylon flake (or chip) Nylon type 6 Nylon type 6,6 O Olefin fiber Optimum twist Ozone fading P Packaged dyed Pad-dyed Parallel spinning Patterned loop Pattern match Pattern streaks Picks per inch Piece dyed Pigment Pigmented yarns Pile Pile crush Pile height Pile reversal Pile thickness Pile weight Pile yarn Pilling Pill test Pin drafter Pitch Ply Polyester fiber Polymer Polymerization Polypropylene Post-dyed Pre-dyed Primary backing Printed carpet Private label Producer-colored pigment PVC Q R Radiant panel test Random sheared Red 40 Stain Scale Repeat Resilience Rows or wires S Sawtooth crimp Saxony Secondary backing Selvage Set match Shading Shearing Singles yarn Skein dyed yarn Sliver Smoke chamber test Soil hiding Soil resistance Solution dyed Space dyed Spinnerette Spinning Spun yarn Stain resistance Staple fiber Static control Static control test Static shock Stitches per inch Stock dyed Suessen Superba Surface area Surface energy Synthetic fiber T Tensile strength Texture Textured loop Texture retention Texturizing Tip definition Tip sheared carpet Tip shearing Titanium dioxide (TiO2) Total weight Tow Tuft Tuft bind Tufted carpet Tufting Turns per inch Turn per tuft Twist Two-ply U Unitary Urethane V Velvet carpet Vettermann drum test Vinyl W Warp Watermarking Weaving Weft White dyeable fiber Wilton Wires Wool Woolen spinning Worsted spinning Woven backing Woven carpet X Xenon arc lamp XTI® nylon Y Yarn Yarn count Yarn construction Yarn dyeing Yarn ply Yarn size Yarn weight Z Zippering

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