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SLUBBING [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1995-10-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Textile Industries
- Thread Spinning (Textiles)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- slubbing
1, record 1, English, slubbing
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The product of the slubber, it is the intermediate stage between sliver and roving. 2, record 1, English, - slubbing
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 DEF
The name given, individually or collectively, to the relatively thick fibrous strands produced in the early stages of attenuation or finished slivers in preparation for spinning, and also to strips of web from a condenser-type card that has been consolidated by rubbing. 3, record 1, English, - slubbing
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Industries du textile
- Filature (Textiles)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- mèche
1, record 1, French, m%C3%A8che
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- mèche en gros 2, record 1, French, m%C3%A8che%20en%20gros
correct, feminine noun
- loquette 3, record 1, French, loquette
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mèche. 1. Dans la production des filés de fibres, état intermédiaire entre le ruban et le fil. La mèche est un ruban condensé qui a été étiré, tordu, doublé et redoublé. 4, record 1, French, - m%C3%A8che
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le produit de la première opération du banc à broches est parfois appelé mèche en gros. 4, record 1, French, - m%C3%A8che
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Le banc à broches. Le but de cet appareil est d'amincir et d'aligner encore les fibres par des étirages successifs et progressifs. Ces derniers s'accompagnent d'une torsion [...] qui maintient les fibres tout en leur permettant de glisser encore les unes par rapport aux autres. Le ruban ainsi étiré et tordu s'appelle la mèche. Le nombre de passages au banc de broches dépend de la finesse de la mèche à obtenir. 5, record 1, French, - m%C3%A8che
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Banc à broches [...] un préfilage ou un filage en gros est ensuite pratiqué dans un banc à broches [en gros] où la mèche est étirée en même temps qu'elle subit une torsion convenable qui l'amène à l'état de fil grossier ou loquette.. 3, record 1, French, - m%C3%A8che
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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