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DIRECT YARN NUMBERING SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2011-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Denier - A yarn count unit. It is the weight in grams of 9000 meters of the yarn. Denier is a direct yarn numbering system; the higher the denier, the larger or heavier the yarn.

CONT

Denier is a direct numbering system in which the lowers numbers represent the finer sizes and the higher numbers the coarser sizes. ... the denier system has been replaced by the tex system.

CONT

Direct yarn number (equal to linear density) is the mass per unit length of yarn.

CONT

... direct systems, in which the coarseness or the fineness of the yarn is expressed in terms of the mass of yarn per unit length (linear density, often called yarn number or yarn titre).

OBS

See: yarn numbering system.

Key term(s)
  • direct systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

[...] Le système de titrage direct (égal à la masse linéique) est la masse de fil par unité de longueur. Ce système est appliqué pour la soie et les fils continus manufacturés.

CONT

[...] les systèmes directs, dans lesquels la grosseur ou la finesse du fil est exprimée en fonction de la masse de fil par unité de longueur (masse linéique, souvent appelée titre).

OBS

Voir : système de titrage ou système de numérotage.

Key term(s)
  • systèmes de titrage direct du fil
  • systèmes directs

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