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Polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT):
- a polymer used in the manufacture of fibres and textiles with stretch properties, including those developed by Toray Industries and known as 3GT.
Last referenced in: Global apparel markets: product developments and innovations, 3rd quarter 2013 (Global Apparel Markets Issue 23)
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Pongee:
- a lustrous lightweight plain-weave fabric, originally woven in silk.
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Popcorn:
- a fabric which has undergone a special finishing technique to give it a texture resembling fluffy kernels of popcorn.
Last referenced in: Talking strategy: manufacturing apparel in China (Global Apparel Markets Issue 10)
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Poplin:
- a plain-weave cotton-type fabric with weftways ribs and a high warp sett.
Last referenced in: World textile and apparel trade and production trends: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, September 2013 (Textile Outlook International Issue 164)
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Powered exoskeleton:
- a powered mobile machine which consists primarily of a skeleton-like framework worn by a person together with a power supply which supplies at least part of the activation energy required for limb movement.
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POY:
- see partially oriented yarn.
Last referenced in: Costs of Spinning, Texturing, Weaving and Knitting Production in Nine Countries (Textile Outlook International Issue 161)
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PP:
- polypropylene.
Last referenced in: Profile of Borgers: Germany's Leading Supplier of Technical Textiles to the Automotive Industry (Technical Textile Markets Issue 87)
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PPS:
- polyphenylene sulphide.
Last referenced in: A strong future for carbon, glass, synthetic and natural fibre textiles in composites (Technical Textile Markets Issue 96)
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Precursor:
- raw materials used in a controlled pyrolysis process to make carbon fibres.
Last referenced in: Global technical textiles business update, 1st quarter 2014 (Technical Textile Markets Issue 96)
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Preform:
- an object which has been subjected to preliminary, usually incomplete shaping or moulding before undergoing complete or final processing.
Last referenced in: Editorial: innovations in composites for technical textiles (Technical Textile Markets Issue 96)
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