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Air-jet loom

A shuttleless weaving machine that inserts the weft yarn with a high-pressure air stream. It is the dominant loom type for mass production of cotton and blended fabrics and is a core exhibit category at textile machinery fairs in Asia.

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Rapier loom

A shuttleless loom that carries the weft across the shed with a rigid or flexible rapier band. Suited to a wider range of yarns, dobby and jacquard patterns, and shorter runs than air-jet looms.

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Ring spinning

The most widely used yarn spinning method, drawing a drafted fibre strand through a traveller and ring to insert twist. Ring-spun yarn remains the reference quality for knitting and weaving yarns.

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Open-end (rotor) spinning

A spinning route that builds yarn by twisting fibres in a fast-rotating rotor. Faster and more economical than ring spinning for coarser counts, often used for denim and home textiles.

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Warp sizing

Applying a starch or synthetic size film to warp yarns before weaving to reduce breakage on the loom. Sizing recipes and size recovery systems are usually shown alongside warp preparation machinery.

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Circular knitting machine

A machine that knits a continuous tube of fabric on a rotating needle cylinder. Gauge, diameter and feeder count determine productivity and the fabric types a mill can offer.

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Stenter frame

A finishing machine that dries and heat-sets fabric while holding it to width with travelling chains and clips. Stenters dominate the thermal energy demand of a finishing department and are increasingly sold with heat recovery.

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Jet dyeing machine

A low-liquor-ratio fabric dyeing machine that circulates fabric and dye liquor through a venturi jet. Liquor ratio and batch time are the main selling points compared with older winch dyeing.

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Mercerising

A caustic soda treatment that swells cotton fibres to improve lustre, strength and dye uptake. Mercerising ranges are typically integrated with washing and tension control.

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Rotary screen printing

A continuous printing method using rotating cylindrical screens to apply colour paste onto fabric. It remains the volume workhorse for patterned cotton and rayon prints.

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Digital textile printing

Inkjet printing of designs directly onto fabric or transfer paper, using reactive, acid, disperse or pigment inks. It supports short runs, sampling and on-demand production that conventional screen printing cannot economically match.

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GSM

Grams per square metre, the standard measure of fabric weight. Buyers use GSM together with construction to specify knits, wovens and nonwovens.

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Yarn count (Ne, tex, denier)

Expressions of yarn thickness: Ne (English cotton count) as hanks per pound, tex as grams per 1,000 metres, and denier as grams per 9,000 metres for filament yarns. Conversions matter when matching machinery specifications to product plans.

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Nonwoven / spunbond

Fabric made directly from fibres or filaments bonded by thermal, chemical or mechanical means rather than woven or knitted. Spunbond and meltblown lines serve hygiene, medical and filtration markets.

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Technical textiles

Textiles engineered for function rather than decoration, including geotextiles, automotive fabrics, protective clothing and filtration media. This segment typically requires specialised coating, lamination and testing equipment.

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Colour kitchen / dye kitchen

The automated dispensing area where dyes and chemicals are weighed, dissolved and delivered to dyeing machines. Automation here improves recipe reproducibility and reduces chemical waste.

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Fabric inspection (4-point system)

A standardised defect-scoring method used to grade rolls before shipment. Inspection machines with defect mapping and roll tracking are commonly shown to export-oriented mills.

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CAD/CAM in textiles

Computer-aided design and manufacturing software for print repeats, weave structures, grading and cutting. CAD/CAM links design intent to digital printing and automatic cutting equipment.

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Effluent treatment and ZLD

Wastewater treatment for dyehouse discharge, with zero liquid discharge (ZLD) routes recovering salt and water. Tightening Indonesian discharge rules make this a frequent topic on the show floor.

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OEKO-TEX Standard 100

A widely recognised certification that a textile article has been tested for harmful substances. Buyers frequently require it from Indonesian mills supplying European and North American brands.