A team of researchers led by Dr Nazmul Karim and Prof Sir Kostya Novoselov at The University of Manchester have developed a method to produce scalable graphene-based yarn. Multi-functional wearable ...

Carrington Textiles explains that understanding these weaves is key to selecting the right textile for different applications ...

Before the Industrial Revolution, making textiles was a slow process carried out by people using simple equipment ... An engraving showing how yarn spinning wheels were used in the home before ...

A textile reinforcement mesh consists of yarns, where each yarn consists of thousands of thin filaments (long continuous fibres). The reinforcement mesh is cast into concrete, and when the textile ...

Cotton Grows on a cotton plant in a ball called a boll, fibres are combed and spun into a yarn Takes dye well, soft, strong, absorbent, recyclable, used in clothing Wool Spun from animal fleece ...

Often used to make rugs, tufting is a process wherein a hollow needle is used to cram thread or yarn into ... arm for CNC textile art. Tufting guns are manufactured with simple controls ...

"Our challenge was to make a very clear and simple shoe using a single material," added de Groot. The process, he explained, ...

Researchers have determined that a collection of 12,000-year-old tiny stone objects found at a Stone Age site in the Jordan ...

In a significant textile industry breakthrough, Carbios and its fibre-to-fibre consortium brand partners On, Patagonia, Puma, ...