CURING
A process by which resins, binders or plastics are set into or onto fabrics, usually by heating, to cause them to stay in place. The setting may occur by removing…
CRYSTALLINE
Orderly arrangement of molecules and polymer chains in a fiber or plastic. References for this information: https://www.inda.org/about-nonwovens/nonwovens-glossary-of-terms/ https://www.edana.org/glossary
CROSS-SECTION
The outline profile of a cut end of a fiber when it is cut perpendicular to its long axis. These profiles can be round, oval, irregular or complex shapes depending…
CROSSLAPPER
A machine used to fold or layer fiber webs across their widths. The crosslapper provides webs with both machine direction and cross direction fiber orientation, can change web width, or…
CROSS-LAID, CROSS LAPPED
A web of fibers, formed by cross-laying or cross-lapping. A variable percentage of the fibers are oriented in both the MD and CD directions, providing more ISOTROPIC physical properties than…
CROSS DIRECTION, CROSS MACHINE DIRECTION (CD, CMD, XMD)
The width direction, within the plane of the fabric, that is perpendicular to the direction in which the fabric is being produced by the machine. References for this information: https://www.inda.org/about-nonwovens/nonwovens-glossary-of-terms/…
CRIMP FREQUENCY OR LEVEL
The number of crimps per unit of length. References for this information: Inda Edana
CRIMP
The waviness of a fiber. Crimp amplitude is the height of the wave with reference to the straight uncrimped fiber. References for this information: Inda Edana
CREPE
A quality in a fabric imparted by wrinkling or embossing to give a crimped surface and greater fabric bulk. References for this information: Inda Edana