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Stenter
A stenter (sometimes called a tenter) is a machine used in textile finishing. It serves multiple purposes, including heat setting, drying, and applying various chemical treatments. This may be achieved through the use of certain attachments such as padding or coating. The machine works by holding the fabric's edges while it is fed from rollers, allowing it to advance gradually while maintaining its dimensions. Eventually, the stretched sheet is pulled off at a specific speed by a second set of rollers. At the delivery end, the edges are released by the stenter pins or clamps that were holding it. The earlier non-mechanized equivalent was the tenter frame. Etymology and history Stenter is derived from "tenter", which has its origins in the Latin word , meaning "to stretch", passing through an intermediate French stage. The primary purpose of this machine is to stretch and dry fabric. In the past, frames used for this purpose were called "tenter", and the metal hooks emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Tenterhooks
Tenterhooks or tenter hooks are hooked nails used with a device known as a ''tenter'', a wooden frame, used since at least the 14th century in the process of making woolen cloth, over which wet cloth would be stretched to prevent shrinkage as it dries, but now superseded by the stenter in the textile manufacturing industry. The phrase "''on tenterhooks''" has become a metaphor for nervous anticipation. Cloth-making After a piece of cloth was woven, it still contained oil and dirt from the fleece; a craftsmen known as a fuller (in Scotland, ), cleaned the woollen cloth in a fulling mill, and thereafter dry it without allowing the fabric to shrink. To this end, the fuller stretches the wet cloth over a large wooden frame, called a tenter (), leaving it to dry outdoors. The lengths of wet cloth were stretched on the tenter using ''tenterhooks'', hooked nails made with a long shank that was driven into the wooden tenter frame around its perimeter, on which the selvedg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |