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Analysis of fabric to identify weave and yarns.
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. →
Fabric having passed through sizing →
Treatment rendering fabrics impermeable to water- and oil-based products. Also has the effect of making fabrics waterproof to a certain degree. Well-known stain-resistant brandnames are Zepel by Du Pont and Scotchgard by Minnesota. →
Finishing process carried out on woollen fabrics in order to cause them to felt and change appearance, texture and strength, making them thicker, more compact and stronger. The phenomenon is due to wool’s exclusive “felting power”. The end appearance of the fabric depends on the length of the process: going from a superficial process rendering the fabric more compact and softer, to a more intensive process where the fibres mat and tangle so as to completely conceal the weave (eg. military cloth). →
Finishing process for heavy winter fabrics for coats. On the shorn face of the fabric, after a thorough raising, bringing out an abundant and dense down, the surface is rubbed energetically in order to obtain little tufts, or knots, or coils in all directions. Different effects can be achieved by adjusting the friezing machine, the types of covering and the movements of the plate working on the fibres. Depending on the effects, the size and shape of the knots, the fabrics are given different names: Ratiné, Flocconé, Moutonné, Frisé, etc. A famous friezed fabric is the “Casentino”, typical fabric of the area in Tuscany. →