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| Excellent elasticity and wears well. Resistant to soiling and cleans easily. Good for drapery and upholstery, expensive, and can be streched so it is not as dimensionally stable as some fabrics. |
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| Characteristics of Cotton |
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| Cellulosic Fiber, realitively inexpensive and has good tensile strength and moderately good abrasion resistance. Poor reslilence and recovery properties, and degrades in prolonged sunlight exposure. Burns readily and subject to mildew. |
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| Plant fibers, such as cotton and linen |
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| Made from fibers of Flax Plant, and derived from the stalk of the plant (bast fiber). Lacks resilence and flexibility and is susceptible to abrasion. Tow linen (short stable fibers) Resistant to fading, which makes it usable for draperies and wallcoverings. |
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| Characteristics of Acetate |
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| Regenerated celluosic fiber. Low in cost, flamable and does not wear well. |
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| Synthetic fiber and resistant to many chemicals, water and microorganisms. Often combined with other synthetic or natural fibers to obtain the superior advantages of both. |
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| Characteristics of Acrylic |
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| Often used as a replacement for wool because of its appearance. Moderately good strength and resilience and is very resistant to sunlight but can be flammable. Modacrylics have similar properties but have a much great resistance to heat and flame |
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| Characteristics of Olefin |
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| Inexpensive and is highly resitant to chemicals, mildew and microorganisms. Highly resilent and nonabsorbant. Useful for carpeting and carpet backing, but low resistance to sunlight heat, and flame makes it undesirable for most upholstery fabrics. |
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| Characteristics of Polyester |
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| Good resilence and elasticity, high resistance to solvents and other chemicals, and good resistence to sunlight. Undesirable burning properties, but can be treated to make more flame resistant. Absorbs and holds oily materials. |
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| Resistance to abrasion, fading, staining, and other mechanical abuses as well as it cleanability. Resistance to abrasion is the most important durability factor. |
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| Acheived by using strong, smooth fibers like nylon or wool, having the yarn tightly twisted, aspecifying heavy or thick fabrics, using close set weaves,and employing relatively soft undercushions to allow the fabric to flex under use. |
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| Secures the fabric to the cushion with a lightly tensioned button and thread. |
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| The button is pulled tightly against the cushion, resulting in a deeply folded surface |
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| Secures the fabric to the cushion in parallel rows. |
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| The mass per unit volume. The greater the density the greater the support. |
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| Indentation load deflection (ILD) |
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| Also called the Indentation force deflection (IFD). The number of pounds required to compress the foam down 1 inch is the ILD Rating. The higher the ILD rating the firmer the foam. |
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| Three performance criteria for foam cushions |
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| Density, Indentation Load Deflection (ILD), Support Ratio |
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| Also called the support factor or compression modulus. This is the ratio of the force required to compress a foam sample to 65% of its original thickness to the force required to compress the sample to 25% of its original thickness. The higher the support factor is, the better the foams ability to support weight. |
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| Standard methods of Fire tests for flame resistant textiles and films (NFPA 701) |
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| Cigarette ignition resistance test of furniture components |
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| NFPA 260 - this standard tests the resistance of upholstered furniture compnents, separately, to flame and cigarette ignition. |
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| Cigarette ignition resistance test of furniture composites |
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| Standard Method of test for fire characteristics of upholstered furniture exposed to flaming ignition source (NFPA 266) |
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| Material remaining from incomplete combustion |
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| The property of a material or assembly to withstand fire or give protection from it |
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| Capable of burning with a flame and subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion |
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| The ability to withstand flame impingement or give protection from it |
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| (or fire retardant) as an adjective it should only be used as a modifier with defined compound terns such as flame-retardant treatment. Flame retardant and fire retardant as nouns should not be used unless it is describing a chemical fro that purpose. |
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| Combustion without flame that may burn for a relatively long time while generating smoke, toxic gases, and heat. |
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| A sample fabric is rubbed back and forth with a cloth-covered or wire screen covered roller several thousand time in both directions. |
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| Involves mounting a sample of fabric on a platform and exposing it to the revolving action of two abrasive wheels. The number of of revolutions the fabric withstands before breaking a yarn is the fabric's rating. |
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| Measured in a machine called a Fade Ometer that exposes fabric to ultraviolet light at specific humidity levels. |
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