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 in | Textile research journal Vol. 74; no. 8; pp. 661 - 670 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Thousand Oaks, CA
SAGE Publications
01.08.2004
Sage Publications Ltd |
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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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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0040-5175 1746-7748 |
DOI: | 10.1177/004051750407400802 |