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CARPET UNDERLAY [2 records]

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Record 1 2002-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
DEF

A separate fabric which is used to provide cushioning for carpet.

DEF

Carpet underlay : Material placed under flooring or carpeting for insulation or reducing noise and wear.

CONT

Carpet underlays are made of hair and jute, sponge rubber, bonded urethane or foamed urethane.

OBS

Carpet underpadding: Source: CITC (Impots).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
DEF

Couche de matières textiles liées ou autres matières, placée entre le revêtement de sol textile et le sol.

DEF

Sous-tapis libre utilisé pour fournir un matelassage pour le tapis

DEF

Tissu grossier, en feutre ou en caoutchouc, qu'on met entre le sol et les tapis.

CONT

La thibaude est fabriquée de poil et de jute, de caoutchouc spongieux, d'uréthane contrecollé ou de mousse d'uréthane.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alfombras y revestimientos para suelos
  • Alfombras y tejidos para tapizado
Key term(s)
  • bajoalfombra
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Record 2 2001-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
CONT

Flexible polyurethane foam has been in existence since the mid-1950s. Because of its performance characteristics it has a wide variety of uses.... It serves as cushioning in upholstered furniture and mattresses. It protects carpet by providing a resilient underlay. Automobile and airplane seats contain foam. Packaging and medical applications are also common. Flexible polyurethane foam is the product of an exothermic reaction that creates a resilient cellular matrix that can then be cut to size for its intended use. Since the late 1950's, auxiliary blowing agents have been used in the manufacture of polyurethane foam. Two main characteristics of flexible foam are density and firmness(or softness). Auxiliary blowing agents help control both of these characteristics. By vaporizing at an appropriate temperature, the auxiliary blowing agent produces additional bubble growth and, thereby, reduces the density of the foam.

OBS

Polyurethane is made during the reaction of an isocyanate and one or more polyols. It can be made into flexible or rigid foam and solid forms. The foams are good insulators, and used for products such as building insulation, car seats and furniture.

Key term(s)
  • flexible foam

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
DEF

Mousse de polyuréthanne fabriquée par mise en réaction de polyéthers et de diisocyanate de toluène.

CONT

FOAMEX International, producteur de mousses souples de polyuréthanne employées dans la fabrication de meubles, de produits de literie, de thibaudes et de produits automobiles, a supprimé sa consommation de 400 000 lb de CFC-11 à son usine de Toronto entre 1987 et 1993.

OBS

Le fluorotrichlorométhane (Fréon 11) est utilisé pour la fabrication des mousses de polyuréthanne.

Key term(s)
  • mousse souple

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales plásticos
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