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S-TWIST [6 records]

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Record 1 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

Z-Twist and S-Twist Yarns. A yarn's twist can be in either direction. A clockwise rotation produces a Z-twist yarn, while a counterclockwise rotation produces an S-twist yarn. Generally, a yarn is spun with S twist and plied with Z twist to balance the yarn, leaving it free of kinks.

OBS

Yarns are twisted to give them strength and smoothness; a clockwise twist is known as the Z twist and a counterclockwise twist is known as the S twist.

Key term(s)
  • counter-clockwise direction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

[...] sens senestrorsum, c'est-à-dire dans le sens contraire à celui des aiguilles d'une montre.

OBS

sénestrorsum : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

A yarn term describing the number of turns per unit length and direction of twist of either the singles or plies around their axes.

OBS

Twist direction is either called Z or S-twist.

OBS

Twist is expressed as turns per inch (tpi), turns per meter (tpm), or turns per centimeter (tpcm).

OBS

twist: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Terme utilisé en filature pour signifier le nombre de tours par unité de longueur ainsi que le sens de la torsion des fils simples ou des brins autour de leur axe.

OBS

Le sens de la torsion est appelé Z ou S.

OBS

torsion : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
DEF

Número de vueltas por metro que dan las fibras torcidas en el hilo.

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Record 3 2002-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

To check if your plying is balanced, which means you are not overtwisting or undertwisting your plied singles together, simply let a two-foot length of your plied yarn hang in a loop and see if it maintains its U-shape-if it does, then you’ve plied your yarns together correctly. If it twists to the right(an S-twist), then it's underplied; if it twists to the left(a Z-twist), then it's overplied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

To check if your plying is balanced, which means you are not overtwisting or undertwisting your plied singles together, simply let a two-foot length of your plied yarn hang in a loop and see if it maintains its U-shape-if it does, then you’ve plied your yarns together correctly. If it twists to the right(an S-twist), then it's underplied; if it twists to the left(a Z-twist), then it's overplied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

Z-Twist and S-Twist Yarns. A yarn's twist can be in either direction. A clockwise rotation produces a Z-twist yarn, while a counterclockwise rotation produces an S-twist yarn. Generally, a yarn is spun with S twist and plied with Z twist to balance the yarn, leaving it free of kinks.

OBS

Yarns are twisted to give them strength and smoothness; a clockwise twist is known as the Z twist and a counterclockwise twist is known as the S twist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

[...] sens dextrorsum, c'est-à-dire dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

Term used to describe yarn without twist. Just as "S" and "Z" are used in S-Twist and Z-Twist, "I" [I-twistless] may be used to indicate the lack of twist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)

Spanish

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