SWICOFIL - Yarn and fiber expert.

ABBREVATIONS

Abbrevations in the Swicofil business.
BISFA
Bureau International pour la Standardisation de la Rayonne et des Fibres synthétiques

CIRFS
Comité international de la Rayonne et des Fibres Synthétiques

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION

BRIGHTNESS
sb. superbright 0.00% TiO2
br.
bright 0.02 - 0.04% TiO2
sd. semidull 0.40 % TiO2
du. dull 1.20 - 1.50 % TiO+ higher
bl. black spundyed bright -
in. ingrain (black/white) -
ba. basic dyeable / cationic -
sf. spundyed (non black) -
mx. mixed filaments -
CROSS-SECTION
.rd  round
.op  opal
.fl  flat
.tr  trilobal (massif trilobal)
.tb  trilobal (profile trilobal)
.ml  multilobal
.pl  pentalobal
.hx  hexalobal
.oc  octalobal
.sp  special cross-section
.hl  hollow fiber
.ql  maple leaf cross-section
.us  U-shape
.ys  Y-shape
.sq  square shape
.rc  rectangular shape
.ss  side by side
.rs  round splittable
.mi  mixed polymer
.si  sea + island (PET and Co-PET)
.co  conjugate

TEXTURED YARN GRADES

PIN textured
 Grade  BEAG type Crimp contraction Texturizing Explanation
 Set 1  2030  10% double heater setted yarn
 Set 2  2031  20-25% double heater -
 Set 3  2032  35% double heater  -
 ME  2033  40-45% double heater medium elastic
 HE  2034  45-75% single heater high elastic
 Stretch  - - - low torque textured
 
Friction textured
 Grade  BEAG type Crimp contraction Texturizing Explanation
 Set  2036  20-25% double heater setted yarn
 HE  2039  max. 60% single heater high elastic
 DSP  dimensional stable polyester
 FOY  Fully Oriented Yarn
 POY  Partially Oriented Yarn
 LOY  Low Oriented Yarn
 FDY  Fully Drawn Yarns = FOY
 DTY  Draw textured yarn (friction twisted)
 SDY  Super Drawn Yarn (FOY)
 
 den  Denier (dtex x 0.9)
 dtex  Decitex (grams per 10'000 meters)
 ECC  Europeen Cotton count (Ne)
 dpf denier per filament or dtex per filament

PUT UP (PRESENTATION OF THE YARN / YARN CARRIER)

 Y Cylinders without top end rounded (the figures behind indicate the interior diameter of the cyl. and the height of the cyl., eg 56/230)
 ZH Cylinders with top end rounded to ensure perfect running off
 SH Shrinkage cylinders for uptwisted yarns
 CL Cones
 CB Cones
 TKB Warp knitting beams (the figures behind indicate the measurements of the warpknitting beam in cm, eg 54/106)
   
Cops 340 Cops of 340 mm length
Cops 400 Cops of 400 mm length
Cops 420 Cops of 420 mm length
Cops 460 Cops of 460 mm length, slightly bigger cops diameter
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