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Tacking (jeans):
a process which is used to make fold marks in jeans. Sections of the jeans are folded and then fixed using plastic tags which are inserted using tag guns. After washing, the tags are removed from the jeans.
Tactel:
a brand name used by DuPont for its nylon fibre.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Yarn Fairs for Spring/Summer 2011
Tactical vest:
a bullet resistant vest worn by military personnel in combat environments. Its ability to resist the impact of bullets lies in the presence of hard plates which are strategically placed in the vest to prevent the wearer from injury.
Last referenced in:
Product Developments and Innovations in Textiles and Apparel
Taffeta:
a closely woven, plain-weave fabric with a crisp handle and a smooth surface.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European yarn fairs for spring/summer 2015
Tana lawn:
a cool, crisp, fine cotton fabric supplied by the UK-based company Liberty. The fabric is named after Lake Tana in Sudan, from where Liberty sourced the yarn when it first introduced the fabric after the First World War.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European fabric fairs for spring/summer 2014
Tanquis:
a type of long staple fibre cotton.
Tape yarn:
a yarn used for knitwear in the form of a tape with a large width-to-thickness ratio. Such yarns are typically formed by weaving or knitting. Knitted tape yarns are often made on circular knitting machines, giving them a tubular cross-section.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European yarn fairs for spring/summer 2015
Tapestry:
a closely woven figured fabric with a compound structure in which a pattern is developed by the use of coloured yarns in the warp or in the weft or both. A fine binder warp and weft may be incorporated. The fabric is woven on jacquard looms and is normally used for upholstery.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2014/15
Tartan:
a fabric, originally a woollen 2/2 twill worn by Scottish Highlanders, woven in checks of various colours.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2014/15
Taupe:
a brownish-grey colour, from the French word for "mole".
Last referenced in:
Product developments and innovations in the home textiles market, April 2014
Tear resistance:
a measurement of fabric strength. Also, a property imparted by using “ripstop”
yarns in close woven fabrics.
Last referenced in:
The world nonwovens industry: 20 medium sized producers, part 2 of 3, 2013-14
Tear strength (geotextiles):
the force required to start or continue or propagate a tear in a geotextile under specified conditions.
Last referenced in:
Dornbirn 2013 -- developments and opportunities in man-made fibres
Technical textiles:
textile materials and products manufactured primarily for their technical performance and functional properties rather than their aesthetic or decorative characteristics. End uses include aerospace, industrial, marine, medical, military, safety and transport textiles, and geotextiles.
Teflon:
a brand name used by DuPont for a stain-resist fabric treatment.
Last referenced in:
Global apparel markets: product developments and innovations, 1st quarter 2014
Tenacity:
a unit used to measure the strength of a fibre or yarn, usually calculated by dividing the breaking force by the linear density.
Tencel ®:
Lenzing's brand name for a recently developed cellulosic fibre which is generically known as lyocell. Tencel® is stronger than viscose cellulosic fibre and is characterised by its softness and drape.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European yarn fairs for spring/summer 2015
Tencel Lyocell:
a brand name used by Lenzing for a type of cellulosic fibre which is generically known as lyocell. Tencel Lyocell, originally developed by Courtaulds, is stronger than viscose cellulosic fibre and is characterised by its softness, its drape and the solvent spinning process used to produce it, which is considered to be more environmentally friendly than the viscose production process.
Tendon:
a tough band of tissue which connects muscle to bones.
Last referenced in:
Developments in medical textiles, 3rd quarter 2013
Tensile strength (fibre):
the longitudinal stress which can be applied to a fibre before it breaks.
Last referenced in:
Editorial: innovations in composites for technical textiles
Termination:
device used at the end of a rope to secure it to a vessel, anchor, buoy,
structure, etc, or to join two lengths of rope. A knot is the simplest form, but
greater efficiency is achieved with splices, resin sockets, or mechanical grips.
Last referenced in:
Prospects for the textile and clothing industry in China
Tex:
a measure of linear density; the weight in grams of 1,000 metres of fibre or yarn.
Textile safeguard:
(see also product-specific safeguard, safeguard) under the terms of China=s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a special safeguard provision was available to members of the WTO for restricting imports of Chinese textile and apparel products in the event of market disruption due to increased imports. In general, any export restraint imposed was not permitted to last longer than one year unless it had been reapplied through further consultations, or otherwise agreed to by China and the WTO member. The special textile safeguard mechanism was applicable until the end of 2008.
Last referenced in:
Trends in world textile and clothing trade, January 2012
Textured yarn:
a continuous filament yarn that has been processed to introduce durable crimps, coils, loops or other fine distortions along the lengths of the filaments.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European yarn fairs for spring/summer 2015
Texturing:
a process during which a textured yarn is produced.
Last referenced in:
Prospects for the textile and clothing industry in China
Texturising:
see texturing.
Thai silk:
silk from Thailand typified by a rough texture.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European yarn fairs for spring/summer 2015
Thermal bonding:
part of a production route for making nonwovens in which a web, which must contain some meltable synthetic fibres, is heated by a hot gas or by calendering. The fibres melt and form inter-fibre bonds.
Last referenced in:
Global technical textiles business update, 1st quarter 2014
Thermal insulation:
the property of a fabric or garment to prevent heat loss between one surface
and the other. Important in outerwear garments.
Thermoplastic yarns:
yarns which are deformable by applying heat and pressure without any accompanying change. The deformation is reversible.
Thermoplastics:
a type of resin or polymer which can be remelted after cross-linking.
Examples include polyolefins, such as polyethylene and polypropylene,
polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyethylene terephthalate.
Thermoregulation:
a process in which the body temperature is maintained at a level which maximises comfort and performance.
Last referenced in:
Temperature control fabrics: optimising wearer comfort
Thermosets:
thermosetting resins or polymers formed by chemical cross-linking which renders them permanently solid. This reaction is irreversible and, unlike thermoplastics, thermosets do not melt when heated. Typical thermosets are polyesters, acrylics, epoxies, phenolics and vinyl esters.
Third country fabric provision:
also referred to as the special apparel provision. See AGOA.
Last referenced in:
UK Wool Textile Industry
Threadline:
the direction of the fibres or yarns in the warp, weft or bias of a construction.
Through-air bonding:
see air-through bonding.
Last referenced in:
The world nonwovens industry: 20 medium sized producers, part 2 of 3, 2013-14
Tie-dye:
a traditional dyeing process in which fabric is tied and dyed.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European yarn fairs for autumn/winter 2014/15
Tier 1:
In a tiered supply chain, a Tier 1 company is the most important member and supplies components directly to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) which set up the chain. Tier 2 companies supply companies in Tier 1 while Tier 3 companies supply companies in Tier 2, and so on. Tiered supply chains are common in industries such as aerospace or automotive manufacturing where the final product consists of many complex components and sub-assemblies which must comply with stringent standards relating to quality, manufacturing and business processes. In automotive manufacturing, the OEM is the vehicle manufacturer. The manufacturing plants of Tier 1 companies are generally in close proximity to their customers in order to facilitate "just in time" or "in-sequence" deliveries whereby materials and components are assembled in response to specific orders and delivered directly to an automotive assembly line in accordance with a predetermined schedule.
Tinting (denim):
a process used to overdye pre-dyed denim with a tinting dye to give the correct shade of blue required. Tinting can also be used to treat fabric with a pale blue tinting dye in order to improve the whiteness of any undyed parts. This process is often carried out as an alternative to using a fluorescent whitening agent to improve the whiteness of undyed material.
Titre:
linear density. (See also denier, decitex.)
Last referenced in:
Editorial: Dornbirn 2012 -- A Showcase for New Cellulosic Fibres
Tog:
a unit used in Europe for the insulating properties of items such as duvets
and sleeping bags. It is defined in the British Standards BS4745:1990 and
BS5335:1991. Tog is analogous to the US clo unit (1 tog = 0.64 clo).
Last referenced in:
The world nonwovens industry: part 3 -- ten smaller producers, 1st quarter 2008
Toile de Jouy:
classic designs originally created in the 1760s for the French court by textile designers in the town of Jouy en Josas.
Ton:
(in this publication) 1,000 kilograms.
Last referenced in:
Apparel business update, 3rd quarter 2008
Top:
sliver which forms the starting material for the worsted and other drawing systems. Tops are usually formed by combing, or by the cutting or controlled breaking of continuous filament man-made fibres and the assembly of the resultant
Last referenced in:
Apparel business update, 3rd quarter 2008
Top dyeing:
dyeing which is carried out at the combed sliver stage.
Tops:
sliver which forms the starting material for the worsted and other drawing systems. Tops are usually formed by combing, or by the cutting or controlled breaking of continuous filament man-made fibres and the assembly of the resultant staple fibres into sliver.
Torque:
(in this publication) a force which tends to cause rotation, usually due to twist having been inserted into a yarn or removed from a yarn (see twist liveliness).
Last referenced in:
Prospects for the textile and clothing industry in China
Tourmaline:
a group of hard, glassy minerals used in optical and electrical equipment and
in jewellery.
Tow:
the name given to an untwisted assembly of a large number of filaments; tows are cut up to produce staple fibres.
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Talking strategy: corporate social responsibility at Tommy Hilfiger
Transmissivity (geotextiles):
a measure of the ability of a geotextile to transmit fluids within its plane.
Trashed denim:
denim which has been given a highly distressed effect by cutting through the warp yarns on the surface of the fabric to reveal the white weft yarns underneath.
Trauma:
injury to a living tissue.
Tree bark:
the visual effect of tree bark created in a fabric weave.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2013/14
Tricot warp knitting machine:
a warp knitting machine using bearded or compound needles mounted vertically, or nearly so, in which the fabric is supported and controlled by sinkers. The fabric is removed from the knitting point at approximately 90° to the needles’ movement (nearer the horizontal than the vertical).
Tricot, warp knitted:
a warp knitted fabric knitted with two full sets of warp threads, each set making a 1 and 1 lapping movement but in opposite directions. Additionally the term is now used generically to cover all types of warp knitted fabric made on tricot warp knitting machines.
Tricotine:
a weft-face woven fabric, originally with a cotton warp and worsted weft, which displays a fine, flat twill line.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2011/12
Trilobal:
a fibre with a three-pointed, star-shaped cross-section. This gives the fibre
rigidity and resilience. Also, it has many reflecting surfaces which are efficient at scattering light to hide dirt. For these reasons, trilobal fibres are often used in carpets. The reflective surfaces can also give the fibre a sparkling appearance.
Last referenced in:
Editorial: Dornbirn 2012 -- A Showcase for New Cellulosic Fibres
Tuck stitch:
a stitch consisting of a held loop.
Tulle:
a fine net fabric made from silk yarn.
Tussah:
wild silk from Thailand characterised by an irregular surface.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Yarn Fairs for Spring/Summer 2013
Tweed:
originally, a coarse, heavyweight, rough surfaced wool fabric for outerwear, woven in Scotland. The term is now applied to fabrics made in a wide range of weights and qualities, generally from woollen spun yarns.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European yarn fairs for spring/summer 2015
Twill:
a fabric produced by constructing a weave that repeats on three or more warp threads and weft threads, and produces diagonal lines on the face of the fabric.
Twist liveliness:
the tendency of a yarn to twist or untwist spontaneously.
Two-way stretch:
the ability to stretch and recover vertically or horizontally (see also four way stretch).
Tyre cord fabric:
a fabric that forms the main carcase of a pneumatic tyre. It is constructed predominantly of a ply warp with a light weft to assist processing.
Last referenced in:
Dornbirn 2013 -- developments and opportunities in man-made fibres
Tyre yarn:
yarn that is used in the manufacture of the textile carcase of rubber tyres.
Last referenced in:
Statistics: Fibre Production and Consumption in India