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Process to increase whiteness via oxidation (sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide, etc) or reducing agents (sodium bisulfate, etc).
Very promising early results for the PURACQUA Project, "Bioabsorption with inactivated fungal biomass". →
The Centro Tessile Cotoniero ed Abbigliamento S.p.A., following the Inspection Report n. 0907342, has renewed until October 11th 2010 the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Class I Certificate, articles for newborn babies. →
Process whereby a gas flame is used to burn away the fibres protruding from yarn that are impossibile to remove with mechanical machinery. →
The product of the fleece of the sheep. It can be: LAMBSWOOL, from the fleece of lambs; WELL-GROWN, when sheared from sheep; TANNING WOOL, when obtained from the removal of the fleece from the hides of dead or butchered sheep; GREASE WOOL , when still covered in natural sheep grease and other matter; RAW , if not yet processed and refined; TWICE-SHORN, when the sheep are shorn twice a year; WASHED, when the wool is washed on the sheep by making them jump through a stream, RECYCLED, when retrieved from rag frays and rejects. It is to be noted that officially only the product deriving from sheep shearing can be called wool. Therefore cashmere, mohair, camel wool, vicuna wool, llama wool, alpaca are to be considered special fibres and in Italy and the EEC countries are not protected by the "pure virgin wool" trademark. →
The necessary processes for turning fibres into yarn. →
Backing fabric, in cotton or artificial fibres with one face evenly coated in resin which, under the effect of the heat of an iron or press, is applied onto fabrics to impart strength or body. →