ABSTRACT
With the production of microfibres, the demand to texture such fibres quickly became a reality. But to the consternation of the texturing industry, microfilament yam seemed to be very difficult to texture. Broken filaments and the inability to utilise the yams on high-speed looms were the major setback. ARCT (today ICBT) of France, introduced years ago in a Textured Yam Association of America (TYAA) meeting in Myrtle Beach yields test results of an improved machine design. The trick was to have basically a single curved-texturing zone and cooling zone without any major deflections. This concept was later picked up and further refined by nearly every other texturing machine producer. Now interlacing the finished textured micro yam is an accepted standard, allowing much improved weaving, warping and knitting speeds.
