Fcs 225: Textiles

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Define Apparel

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apparel: the textiles used in clothing

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Define Interior Furnishings

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interior furnishings: (home fashions) the textiles used in furniture, bath, kitchen, and bed

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Define Industrial

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industrial: the textiles used in such items as luggage, flags, boat sails, guaze bandages, dust filters, and so on

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Define Fibers

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fibers: the smallest part of the fabric; they are fine hair-like substances, categorized as either natural or manufactured

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Define Yarns

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yarns: continuous thread-like strands composed of fibers that have been twisted together

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Define Fabrics

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fabrics: made from yarns and are eiher woven or knitted.

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Define Mills

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mills: the companies that make fabric; Springs Industries and Milliken & Company are two of the largest U.S mills

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Define Dyeing & Printing

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dyeing: the process for imparting a solid color to textiles

printing: the process of imparting designs to textiles

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Define Put-up

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put-up: used to indicate the way fabric is packaged when it is sold.

a full roll put-up contains 60 to 100 yards of woven fabric.
knit fabrics contain 35 to 50 pound rolls

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Define Shorts

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shorts: pieces of fabric shorter than 40 yards in length

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Define Remnants and Pound Goods

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remnants: 1 to 10 yards of cloth

pound goods: usually very short pieces of fabric (often containing pieces of less than one yard in length); they are sold by the pound not the yard

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Define Vertically Intergrated

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vertically intergrated: large textile mills not only make the fabric, but also produce their own yarn and perform the finishing processes required after the fabric has been created

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Define Jobbers

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jobbers: persons who help dipose of excess or surplus merchandise for the mill

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Define Converter

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converter: an individual or organization that buys greige goods usually from mills, has the fabric dyed or printed and finished fabric

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Define Finish & Greige Goods

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finish: any process used to add color & augment performance of greige goods

greige goods: unfinished fabric

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Define Textile

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textile: a term originally applied only to woven fabrics, now generally applied to fibers, yarns, fabric, or product made of fibers, yarns, or fabrics

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Define Overruns

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overruns: occurs when mills produce more dyed, printed, or finished fabrics than the order specifies

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Define Secondary Source of Fabric

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secondary source of fabric: a company that buys cloth and then sells it, but such a company is not involved in making or created the material

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Define Over-the-Counter Sale

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over-the-counter sale: home sewers purchase fabrics sold in reatil stores

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Define Overseas Agent

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overseas agent: a person or company that represents an exporter or importer in the countries overseas where it conducts buisness

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Define Private Label

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private label: a retail brand in which apparel or other sewn products are manufactured specifically for a retailer and sold exculsively by that retailer

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Define American Textile Manufacturers Institute

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american textile manufacturers institute: encourages strong environmental controls and safeguards among its member textile manufacturers

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Define International Organization for Standardization

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international organization for standardization: coordinates many groups worldwide with regard to setting standards for the testing of goods to facilitate international trade

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What is the Textile Output Distribution?

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Apparel: 40%
Interior Furnishings: 40%
Industrial/Other: 20%

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What is the Usage Per Capita Per Year?

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The US has the highest per capita consumption of textiles in the world

Americans: 60lbs
Europeans: 30lbs
Japanese: 24lbs
World Average: 15lbs

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What is the US Consumption?

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Apparel: 26lbs
Carpeting: 10lbs
Home Furnishings: 8lbs
Industrial Textiles: 5lbs

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What are some uses for Textiles?

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*apparel
*home furnishings
-sheets/bedding, mattresses
-towels
-wall coverings
-drapes, window shades
-cleaning materials
*carpeting/rugs
*industrial textiles
-bridges, cars, sports equipment
-conveyer belts
-medical purposes

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Name the and Define the Types of Fibers

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natural fibers: fibers that are grown by animal, plant, or mineral sources (wool, flax, cotton, silk)

manufactured fibers: fibers made from chemical compounds in manufacturion facilites (rayon)

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What is a Fiber's Physical Structure?

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*length
*size
*cross-sectional shape
*surface contour
*crimp
*fiber parts

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What are the Lengths of Fibers?

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*staple: 1/2" to 15" (all natural fibers but silk)
*filaments: (all manufactured fibers & silk can be cut to staple length)
*filament tow

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What are the Sizes of Fibers?

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*large
*fine
*natural

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What are the Cross-Sectional Shapes of Fibers?

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*round
*dog-bone
*triangular
*lobal
*bean-shaped
*flat
*strawlike
-luster
-bulk
-body
-texture
-hand