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SPINNING COUNT [4 records]

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Record 1 2015-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
CONT

Fineness, the most important characteristic, is determined either visually or by exact measurement. The degree of fineness is expressed in grades, which also can be in correspondence with the spinning count, and thickness expressed in microns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
CONT

La finesse, la caractéristique la plus importante, est évaluée à l'œil ou mesurée avec précision, et est exprimée selon la catégorie, qui correspond également au numéro de filage. L'épaisseur est exprimée en microns.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria lanera
DEF

Se entiende por finura la estimación subjetiva del diámetro de la fibra de lana, basada en el número de rizos por centímetro que presentan las mechas del vellón y el toque de éste.

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Record 2 2012-03-12

English

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

Design of yarn production systems ... Analysis of fiber preparation and yarn-forming processes and machinery. Analysis of traditional methods and state-of-art technology ... Use of engineering design theory and system modeling to guide term-based design project addressing specific design project ... .

CONT

The yarn design section of the book takes spinners step-by-step through the process of spinning yarns of a pre-determined size and twist count. It then looks at different spinning methods and how to spin everything from solid hard-wearing worsted to soft, fluffy woollen yarns. Included are woven and knitted projects that suggest suitable end uses for handspun yarn.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-11-14

English

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

Linen... wet spinning is used for fine count yarn. The dry spinning process produces coarse yarns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
OBS

Titre : Filature : Grosseur (rapport masse-longueur) d'un fil exprimée par un numéro.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Wool Industry
CONT

Woollen count : fibers, filaments, yarns. Traditional counts depend upon the spinning system used because a different hank length is employed in each case, e. g. 1/24s woollen count means that, 24 hanks each 256 yd long weigh 1 lb.

CONT

Worsted and woolen counts are being replaced by the newer metric system, which is based on meters and kilograms instead of yards and pounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie lainière
OBS

Titrage : Langage international permettant de connaître le nombre de mètres au Kg, et donc approximativement le diamètre du fil.

Spanish

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