Cleaning
Learn why cleaning is an essential step in thread production to remove impurities, oils, and residues before further processing. Discover how clean yarn improves dyeing…
Care
Everything you need to know about textile care, sewing thread performance, colour fastness and dimensional stability.
Choosing the right thread size
Explore how fabric type, needle size, seam requirements, and sewing applications influence the selection of the correct thread size. Learn how proper thread sizing…
Criteria for seam quality
The term “quality” indicates the extent to which a product meets specific requirements. In the general understanding of quality in the sewing industry, seam quality is…
Colour
Discover how thread colour influences seam appearance, visual quality, and product aesthetics in industrial sewing applications. Learn why colour consistency, matching,…
Construction types for sewing thread production
While the construction of the yarns individually determines the type of sewing thread, twist, ply, and cord define general construction parameters for all sewing threads.…
Carbon fibres
Manufacture by thermal treatment (carbonisation) of suitable carbon-containing materials, such as polyacrylonitrile or viscose.
Continuous filament, texturised
To produce this type of construction, continuous filaments are permanently crimped using a process known as false twisting.
Continuous filament
In continuous filament threads, the single yarns are made from continuous fibres (filaments). In some cases, up to 200 individual filaments are combined to form a yarn…