knit-deknit texturing

fibre manufacturing

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Knit-deknit texturing is a method used in fibre manufacturing to create crimp in filaments, giving them a knitted-loop shape. This process involves knitting a yarn into a tubular fabric, setting it with heat, and then unraveling it. The resulting textured yarn affects the behavior and feel, or "hand," of fabrics made from it, influencing characteristics like softness, elasticity, and resilience. This texturing is one of several processes that can be applied to continuous yarns for apparel, either by the fibre producer or in a textile factory.12

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Knit-deknit texturing may be used on drawn fibre in order to produce crimp of a knitted-loop shape. In this process a yarn is knitted into a tubular fabric, set in place by means of heat, and then unraveled to produce textured yarn.
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Knit-deknit texturing may be used on drawn fibre in order to produce crimp of a knitted-loop shape. In this process a yarn is knitted into a tubular fabric, set in place by means of heat, and then unraveled to produce textured yarn.
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