Brief description of textile:-

The term ‘Textile’ means originally a woven fabric, but textile & the plural textiles are now also applied to fiber, filament & yarn. Natural & manufactured & most products for which these are a particular raw material.

This definition embraces, for example fiber- based products in the following categories: threads, cords, ropes & braids; woven, knitted & non woven fabrics, lace, nets & embroidery; hosiery knitwear & made up apparels; household textiles, soft furnishing & upholstery; carpets & other floor coverings; technical, industrial & engineering textiles include geo textiles & medical textiles.

Some necessary terms in textile processing & production are given below-

FIBRE: 

Textile raw materials generally characterized by fineness, flexibility&higher ratio of length to thickness.

YARN: 

A product of substantial length & relatively small cross section consisting of fiber(s) and/or filament(s) with or without twist.

FABRIC: 

A manufactured assembly of fibers and/or yarns that has substantial surface area in relation to its thickness& sufficient cohesion to give the assembly useful mechanical strength. Common processes of fabricmanufacturing are weaving, knitting & non woven.

· Weaving: The action of producing fabric by interlacing of warp & weft threads.

· Knitting: The process of manufacturing of fabric by the intermeshing of loops of yarn.

· Non-woven: The process of producing of fabrics by chemical bonding of fibers.