Tenter

1. An open-width fabric-finishing machine in which the selvedges of a textile fabric are held by a pair of endless travelling chains maintaining tension.
Note 1: Attachment may be by pins (pin stenter) or clips (clip stenter).
Note 2: Such machines are used for:
(i) drying;
(ii) heat-setting of thermoplastic material;
(iii) fixing of dyes and chemical finishes;
(iv) chain mercerizing;
(v) controlling fabric width.
2. To pass fabrics through a stenter. (See also jigging stenter.)

Tenter Frame

A machine that dries fabric to a specified width under tension. The machine consists essentially of a pair of endless chains on horizontal tracks. The fabric is held firmly at the edges by pins or clips on the two chains that diverge as they advance through the heated chamber adjusting the fabric to the desired width.

Tenter Mark

See CLIP MARK. © 2001 Celanese Acetate LLC

Terephthalic Acid

Para-phthalic acid [C6H4(COOH)2]. Used to produce polyester resins fibers and films by combination with glycols.

Terpolymer

A product of the polymerization of three different monomers.

Terry

Uncut loops in fabric. The term has become widely synonymous with woven Turkish towelling.

Terry Cloth

A cotton or cotton-blend fabric having uncut loops on one or both sides. Made on a dobby loom with a terry arrangement or on a Jacquard loom. It is used for toweling beach robes etc.

Terry fabric, warp-knitted

A fabric generally produced with a continuous-filament yarn for a ground construction and cotton or similar yarn for a pile. The terry loops are generally made by forming loops on alternate needles and then pressing these loops off. Other less common methods of forming terry loops include over-feeding of the pile yarn, pressing and mis-pressing.

Terry fabric, weft-knitted

A term sometimes used as a synonym for weft-knitted plush (see plush, weft-knitted).

Terry fabric, woven

A warp-pile fabric in which loops are created, without positive assistance, by varying the relative positions of the fell and the reed. A high tension is applied to the ground warp and a very low tension to the pile warp.
note: The loose picks (L) are not beaten up to the conventional cloth fell, but when a fast pick (F) is beaten up all three picks are forced to the furthest forward position to form the pile loops on the face and back.

Terry velvet

A fabric that is woven on the velvet principle (see velvet, woven (ii) above) but in which the pile is not cut.(sub category of velvet ,woven)

Tertiary Colors

Shades that are obtained by mixing the three primary colors or by mixing one or more of the secondary colors with gray or black.

Tetrachloride

A chloride such as carbon tetrachloride containing four atoms of chlorine.

Tetrafluoroethylene Fiber

See POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FIBER.

Tex

1. A unit for expressing linear density equal to the weight in grams of 1 kilometer of yarn filament fiber or other textile strand. 2. The system of yarn numbering based on the use of tex units. (Also see YARN NUMBER.)