CTD 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fabric Structure, Nonwoven Fabric, Environmental Factor

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design
• Course: CTD 261
• Professor: Amanda Thompson

Document Summary

Fiber: any substance with a high length to width ratio and suitable characteristics for being processed into fabric: a fiber is a unit of matter of hair like dimensions having a length-to-diameter ratio of at least 100. It is much long than it is wide. Properties of fibers are important because the properties deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e the (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s of the e(cid:374)d produ(cid:272)t e. g. The characteristics of these textiles depend on the physical and chemical properties of the fibers from which they are made. Total production of manmade fibers in 2003 was 98 billion pounds. Yarn: an assemblage of fibers that are twisted or laid together to form a continuous strand. Yarns are made from many short fibers (cid:862)staple(cid:863) (cid:455)ar(cid:374), or fro(cid:373) long filaments- (cid:862)fila(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:455)ar(cid:374). Fabric: a planar flexible structure, often made from yarns. Fabrics can be woven, knit, nonwoven or other types.