Taslanizing

Taslanizing or taslanising is a process for making air-textured yarns.[1] Taslan is an expired registered trademark of DuPont for this process, first registered on October 19, 1954.[2] In German the word is Luftex. The process is simply feeding a bundle of continuous filament yarns into a small jet nozzle with various amounts of slack (overfeed). High pressure air ( > 100 PSI ) creates a suction and a turbulent airstream which tangles any slack into a yarn with a similar hand as a spun yarn. It is the turbulent airflow that tangles the fibers. This method of yarn productions creates a yarn that is normally more even than a spun yarn and does not pill like a spun yarn.

Taslan is also a name for yarn made using this process.[1]

References
  1. Tortora, Phyllis G.; Merkel, Robert S. (1996-01-10). Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles (7th ed.). New York: Fairchild Publications. p. 566. ISBN 9780870057076.
  2. "Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)". Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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