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TWIST WRAPPING [8 records]

Record 1 2022-07-24

English

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

Take two or more single yarns and join them in a wrapping around motion, usually in the direction opposite that in which they were spun.

CONT

Generally, when staple fibre yarns do not meet the property requirements for certain applications it becomes necessary to ply two or more of the same yarn to form a plied yarn with improved characteristics.

OBS

twist : The term also refers to combining fibres or plied yarns in a wrapping around(twisting) motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Assembler deux ou plusieurs fils simples en les tordant, le plus souvent en sens inverse de la torsion des fils simples.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-24

English

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

The action of taking two or more single yarns that each have a twist to them and joining them in a wrapping around motion, usually in the direction opposite that in which they were spun.

OBS

twisting: The term also designates the process of combining fibres or plied yarns in a wrapping around (twisting) motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Action de retordre ensemble deux ou plusieurs fils textiles, le plus souvent en sens inverse de la torsion des fils simples.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
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Record 3 2017-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
OBS

twist wrap: A wrapper affixed to product by means of twisting to close the loose ends, as on certain confections, lollipops, candy kisses, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Le SHX 800 est un film de 25 microns qui possède de bonnes qualités optiques - brillance et transparence - et une rigidité inhérente qui lui permet de maintenir la bonne consistance nécessaire aux produits de confiserie à emballage par torsion. Ce film, qui se compose d'une formule de base unique, peut être mis en œuvre sur une large gamme de machines d'emballage par torsion exploitées actuellement. De plus, un traitement de décharge par effet de couronne, sur un de ses côtés, lui permet d'être imprimé.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

... a twisted yarn in that the core yarn does not twist with the yarn that is wrapped around it; the surrounding yarn could be unwrapped and the core yarn would remain intact... Core-spun yarns... consist of a core(usually a monofilament or multifilament yarn), around which fibers(not yarns) are wrapped. A common example is a spandex filament core with a wrapping of cotton fibers... it is sometimes difficult... to distinguish fibers wrapped around a core from yarn wrapped around a core... Metalized strip, consisting of a core of metal foil or of plastic(often polyester) film coated with metal dust... decorative metalized yarns and braids, with outer wrap of metalized strip/yarn, and inner core of some other material... Core of rubber thread, outer covering of braided metalized strip/yarn... Core of rubber thread, outer covering of gimped metalized strip/yarn(i. e., metalized strip/yarn is wrapped, not braided, around the rubber core). If the item is twisted or braided around a core, describe the core material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
CONT

Guipage. L'opération de guipage consiste à recouvrir un fil auquel on a donné le nom d'«âme» par un fil ou filé de toute sorte, l'enrobant. Ce recouvrement peut être effectué de deux façons : - par une succession de couches de fil enroulées en spirales autour d'un fil d'âme; - par une succession de mailles formées par un fil ou un filé, empilées les unes sur les autres à l'intérieur desquelles se place le fil d'âme. [...] On peut différencier deux types de fils [...] : a) le fil en âme, b) la fibre en âme.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Synthetic Fabrics
DEF

Textured filament yarn obtained by overfeeding yarn and compressing it into a chamber, which may be heated.

CONT

A stuffer box crimped yarn of lengthwise uniformity in appearance is produced by twisting together or, more specifically, cabling at least three multifilament ends, at least one of the ends being of a different color, initial twist or initial texture from at least one other of the ends, or by twisting together, that is, wrapping, two stuffer box crimped multifilament ends, at least one of the ends having an initial twist, the ends being of different colors, initial twists or initial textures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
DEF

A machine used in the process of twist wrapping.

OBS

twist wrap: A wrapper affixed to a product by means of twisting to close the loose ends, as used for lollipops, candy kisses, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
DEF

Machine utilisée pour l'enveloppage des confiseries et principalement des bonbons.

OBS

La machine découpe les formats correspondants dans des films et réalise les échancrages multiples aux deux extrémités. Le bonbon est placé sur sa découpe. Celle-ci est prise entre deux pinces rotatives qui la tordent autour du bonbon.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

The offset hook is useless for this purpose because it causes the lure to twist in use, wrapping the skirt of the lure tightly around the shank and bend of the hook.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

L'hameçon à pointe renversée tournerait rapidement sur lui-même, enroulant la traîne du leurre autour de la tige et de la courbure de l'hameçon.

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Packaging
  • Chocolate and Confectionery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages spéciaux
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
DEF

Action consistant à envelopper par torsion des bonbons et confiseries.

Spanish

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