6 Basic Questions That are Related to Textile
6 Basic Questions That are Related to Textile
- What is Textile?
A term originally applied only to woven fabrics, but the terms textile and the plural textiles are now also applied to fibers, filament and yarns, natural and manufactured, and most products for which these are principal raw material.
- What is Textile Raw material?
The material which are used /modified to produce desirable products (end products) through some processing operations is called raw material.
Fiber is the first product of textile raw materials. Fiber is used at the first step of different kinds of textile product. After processing fiber, the last product is yarn. All ordinary yarns either man made or natural consists of a number of fiber of filaments. After processing yarn, we got fabric and lastly finished fabric. From this fabric, we can produce the end product garments.
- What is Textile Fiber?
The materials which consist fibrous structure and its length is thousands of times higher than its width and which can be spun into yarns suitable for weaving or knitting is classified as textile fibers. For example: Cotton, Jute, Silk, Wool etc.
- What is Yarn/ Textile Yarn?
Yarn is a material which consists of a number of fiber of filaments.
- What is Textile Fabric?
Fabric or cloth is a flexible artificial material that is made by a network of natural or artificial fibers, threads or yarns which is formed by work as in textiles and fabric is produced by using weaving, knitting or nonwoven process.
- Why All Fiber are not Textile Fiber
As per definition, fibers are pliable hair like substances, which are very small in diameter in relation to their length. Generally, length of the fiber should be 500-1000 times higher than its width. But to become a textile fiber, fiber should have some desirable properties like strength, fineness, elasticity, flexibility, power to react with acid, alkalis and power to protect itself from the biological agents.
To withstand the spinning and weaving process, fiber should have sufficient process, fiber should have sufficient strength and flexibility. In addition to having strength and flexibility, a textile fiber should be elastic. Elasticity allows the end product to give stretching ability when load is applied on it.
For example- Cotton, Jute, Wool etc. are textile fibers because they have the above qualities. But the fibers of bananas trees, bamboo trees are only fiber, as they do not posses qualities like elasticity, strength, flexibility etc. So, they are not textile fiber.
So, we can easily say, all fibers are not textile fiber.