Improved Carpet Initial Appearance and Wearability Through Low-Melt Yarn Insertion

Inter-ply, low-melt yam insertion improves a carpet's resistance to foot traffic, i.e., its resistance to matting. In addition, low-melt yam insertion improves the individual tuft's tip definition in untrafficked carpet and increases its body, i.e., gives it a better showroom appearance. N...

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Published inTextile research journal Vol. 74; no. 8; pp. 661 - 670
Main Authors Balasubramanian, K.K., Campbell, B.S., Hancock, G., Helms, C.F., Polk, J.E., Miller, R.W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.08.2004
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Carpet industry
Carpets
Fibers
Insertion
Showrooms
Textile industry
Textiles
Traffic engineering
Traffic flow
Yarn
Yarns
United States
US
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Summary:Inter-ply, low-melt yam insertion improves a carpet's resistance to foot traffic, i.e., its resistance to matting. In addition, low-melt yam insertion improves the individual tuft's tip definition in untrafficked carpet and increases its body, i.e., gives it a better showroom appearance. Negatively, the same factors providing these benefits—better inter-ply co hesion and tuft integrity—also give the carpet a slightly harsher feel or hand.
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ISSN:0040-5175
1746-7748
DOI:10.1177/004051750407400802