Timeless Touches fibers are all quality, high-grade commercial design fibers used by knitters and weavers. The fiber content varies and includes cotton, wool, linen, silk, mohair and rayon.

There are typically three explanations: 1) the Felt manufacturing process, 2) the application the Felt is under, and/or 3) the type fiber used to manufacture the felt is not suitable for the application. The Felt Manufacturing Process : requires a set "needling" procedure to insure interlocking of the fibers so they will not "pull" out or simply "lay" on the surface.

A patented technology that utilizes low friction fiber materials to help reduce chafing, blisters, hot spots and abrasions. It is placed directly into shoes replacing the old style shoe lining.

All over the world! We use many different suppliers in order to provide a wide variety of textures and colors. The fibers we use originate in countries such as Italy, France, Belgium, Brazil, and even the US. All of the assembly and packaging, however, are done within the United States.

They differ in many ways, but as reinforcement for concrete, these differences are especially notable. Polypropylene, nylon and the other synthetic fibers used in concrete serve only one purpose: to restrain plastic shrinkage during the first 24 hours after concrete is poured. Because of their high elongation, or "stretchiness", these fibers are essentially useless for the drying shrinkage and other sorts of cracking that all concrete suffers from.

The nerve cell body remains intact, and only the "sending" or "receiving" fibers have to regrow as longer extensions from the nerve cell body. The peripheral nerves, outside the brain and spinal cord can do this quite easily. But within the brain and spinal cord there is much impediment to such regrowth.

Wicking (capillary action) is the process by which moisture spreads out and moves from a wet area to a drier area. Wicking takes place because moisture has a greater attraction to the drier parts of the wicking fiber than it has to itself. However, wicking fibers are part of the problem because as the moisture wicks along the fiber, the greater adhesion of the moisture to the fiber causes it to leave moisture behind on the fiber.

A patented technology that utilizes low friction fiber materials to help reduce chafing, blisters, hot spots and abrasions. It is placed directly into shoes replacing the old style shoe lining.

No. The Friction Free fiber is against the skin, reducing friction between the skin and the sock, not the sock and the shoe.

UltraFiber 500™, with all its benefits, offers a significant combined advantage versus polypropylene fibers - superior finishing, excellent crack reduction, improved hydration, better bonding with cement, higher fiber tensile strength, cost effective bulk dispensing, and more.

UltraFiberUltraFiber 500™ provides a hydration enhancement not possible with polypropylene fibers. UltraFiber 500™ fibers are hydrophilic meaning they readily absorb up to their weight in moisture - polypropylene fibers repel moisture. As concrete hydrates and water eventually becomes scarce, UltraFiber 500™ fibers will gradually release the absorbed water to allow unhydrated cement to hydrate. This results in concrete containing less unhydrated cement.

Generally no. However, multimode fiber can be used on the receiving leg if the bandwidth is not prohibitingly high.

Some information about fabric is included with most of the item descriptions. If you need more information than is included there, please send us an inquiry at sales@priyankas.com or from the Contact Us page with the item number and description. We do want to assure you that all our fabrics (including those with synthetic fibers) are of a very high quality. Also, we generally use cotton linings in our garments so that any synthetic fiber does not come directly in contact with the skin.

Animals are not interested in digging the turf and infill. Dogs don't get the same sensation that they get when digging dirt, so they just stop. Pet owners and commercial boarding facilities are constantly telling us how surprised they are that they haven't had a problem since they have had the FieldTurf installed.

A specific formula of Bio Ceramics are made into a powder. The powder is then mixed into a liquid polyester. The liquid mix is then extruded into fibers. These FIR Fibers possess the same characteristics of polyester fabrics used in a wide variety of clothing materials.

Point Source fibers have high efficiency because of the design configuration and quality of optical component employed. We also have a manufacturing quality system that ensures consistency in product performance from one unit to the next.

Most of our fashion offerings are made of natural fibers, including familiar favorites like silk, cotton and linen. Several relatively new natural fibers, like rayon and tencel, are also very popular. We also carry a few plus size fashions in polyester, nylon and other blends. All items offered on our website identify the fabric content, as well as basic care instructions.

Sisal, seagrass and mountain grass area rugs and wall-to-wall carpet have excellent durability for residential and light commercial applications. The machine woven, natural fibers are anti-static, non-toxic and colorfast. The plant material creates healthy indoor humidity levels and prevents the build-up of static.

For rugs that can be used outdoors see our new complete line of outdoor rugs. Natural fiber floor coverings are for indoor use only and should be used in a covered area; protected from the elements. Natural fiber rugs are highly recommended for enclosed and screened porches. Do not expose to rainfall or allow to become water saturated (i.e. sisal and seagrass are NOT for bathroom, sauna, Jacuzzi, uncovered patio deck, swimming pool or roof top patios).

Generally, there is no difference between coupling to a PCF and a standard fiber. Splicing, but-coupling or free-space coupling can be used for all fibers. For the small core nonlinear fibers (with core sizes on the order of 2 µm), free space coupling is best performed with a good translation stage and a 40X or 60X microscope objective.

All our fibers with a core size above 2 µm can be spliced to other PCFs or step-index fibers using standard splicing equipment. The best results are obtained using filament fusion splicers (like the FFS2000 filament fusion splicer from Vytran Corporation) as they offer a larger degree of control in the splice process compared to arc fusion splicers.

Photonic crystal fibers are fabricated by stacking a number of capillary glass tubes around a solid glass rod forming the core. The entire stack can then be drawn in a conventional fiber-drawing tower to achieve the desired dimensions (as stated earlier, typical outer fiber diameter is 125 µm but it can be considerably larger for special fiber types, e.g. in order to screen micro deformations). This way of manufacturing is often referred to as the stack-and-pull process.

Man-made fibers material lightly knead only when washing in water, Don't forceful. Tumble dry with the washing machine is ok.

There are many wonderful fibers we can eat, but only Fat Absorb has the ability to magnetically attract and bind fat making it indigestible. It is the only fat binding fiber ever discovered. In fact, Fat Absorb is the only known substance that will bind excess fat in this way.

Asbestos fibers are harmful to humans if inhaled. When a person breathes in the small fibers, they remain in the lungs and cause scar tissue to form on the walls of the alveoli (the tiny air sacs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged). The amount of oxygen that is available to the body is reduced through asbestos exposure and worsened through repeated encounters with ACM.

a. Polypropylene (also called Olefin) is the most durable and stain-resistant rug fiber. It is a synthetic yarn and is the most commonly used area rug fiber. On average, olefin is soft in texture and is fade resistant. b. Nylon is another synethic fiber commonly used in rugs. Its characteristics include: strong and elastic, retains its shape, and it is shiny. c. Wool is a natural fiber that comes from sheep, most commonly from New Zealand and Australia.

Yes. PVA has been used extensively to replace GFRC, producing a less expensive, lighter and more durable product.

PVA fiber is about the same price as glass, but you use 1/3 as much, so it ends up being much less expensive. It is a little more expensive than polypropylene and nylon, but it offers far greater performance. No. Even the best AR glass degrades in strength dramatically over time, up to 80%. Field studies have shown that PVA degrades about 1% over 20 years.

No. Unlike glass and carbon fibers, PVA cannot be overmixed. Overmixing can cause other problems, including too much air entrainment and loss of superplasticizer effectiveness.

No, no fiber can do that. Concrete can be made "waterproof" by paying close attention to mix design, especially maintaining a water to cement ratio below 0.40. But cracks play a large part in allowing water to penetrate the concrete. PVA fibers provide excellent control of all types of cracking, including plastic shrinkage, drying shrinkage, autogenous and map cracking, differential curing cracking, settlement and structural cracking.