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Additive process used to make a three-dimensional object

Rough material used to shape objects by friction

Non-metallic material used to bond various materials together

Device composed of fibrous or porous materials which removes solid particulates from the air

Device to remove contaminants from the air

Metal treatment process

Metalworking tool

Distributed data processing framework

Aqueduct (water supply)

Structure constructed to convey water

Artificial leather

Man-made material that has similar properties and appearance to animal leather

Manufacturing process

Use of various control systems for operating equipment

High-pressure high-temperature apparatus usually used for growing or processing minerals, especially diamond

Weaving of pliable materials to make three-dimensional artifacts

Contraption for drawing and blowing air

Bending (metalworking)

Metalworking term

Type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals

Number of chemicals which remove color, whiten, or disinfect, often via oxidation

Borosilicate glass

Glass made of silica and boron trioxide

Textile produced by brocading; in general, any richly figured fabric, often incorporating metal thread

Extremely heavy-duty plain-woven fabric

Material fibers about 5–10 μm in diameter composed of carbon

Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer

Light, strong and rigid composite material

Heavy-duty paper of various strengths

Process that disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres

Fiber obtained from cashmere goats and other types of goat

Catalytic converter

Emission control device that treats engine exhaust gas by catalyzing pollutant-destroying redox reactions

Inorganic, nonmetallic solid prepared by the action of heat

Industrial process plant that manufactures chemicals

Chemical vapor deposition

Process used to make thin films for semiconductors or surface coating

Cotton twill cloth

Composite material

Material made from a combination of two or more unlike substances

Close-loop rubber band used in motorized conveying system

Conveyor system

Equipment used for conveying materials

Plant fiber from the genus Gossypium

Technique of creating lace or fabric from thread using a hook

Container in which substances are heated

Machine designed to reduce large objects into smaller ones

Reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibres, with a pattern formed by weaving

Process in leather processing

Warp-faced textile

Removal of salts and minerals from a substance

Surfactants with cleansing properties, even in dilute solutions

Metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mould cavity

Stick or staff for holding fibre to be spun

Drawing (manufacturing)

Metalworking process

DREF friction spinning

Textile technology

Gold mining implement

Manufacturer of paintball equipment

Process of adding color to textile products like fibers, yarns, and fabrics

Explosive made using nitroglycerin

Electric arc furnace

A furnace that uses electricity as a source of heat

Electrical discharge machining

Edm graphite electrode

Creation of protective or decorative metallic coating on other metal with electric current

Art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn

Substance that can explode

Extractive metallurgy

Ore extraction material science

Process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile

Facility where goods are industrially made, or processed

Textile made from condensed fibers

Natural or synthetic substance made of long, thin filaments

Type of plastic reinforced by glass fiber

Low explosive pyrotechnic devices for entertainment

Soft woven fabric

Material; type of glass

Type of storage that allows food to be eaten after time

Hearth used for heating metals, or workplace containing such a hearth

Metalworking process

Glass consisting of pure silica

Protection from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic gases

Transparent non-crystalline solid material

Material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass

Insulating material made from fibers of glass

Technique for forming glass

United States historic place

Grinding (abrasive cutting)

Abrasive machining process that uses a grinding wheel as a cutting tool

Process of heating something to alter it

A type of air filter to remove particulates

Animal skin treated for human use

Waste treatment process

Induction furnace

Electric furnace using induction heat

Industrial robot

Robot used in manufacturing

Injection moulding

Manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting molten material into a mould, or mold

Interchangeable parts

Components that are identical for practical purposes

Jacquard machine

Weaving loom controlled by punched cards

Oven that generates high temperatures

Method of forming fabric from yarn

Openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand

Site for the disposal of waste materials

Technology that uses a laser to cut materials

Washing of clothing and other textiles

Durable and flexible material created by tanning animal skins

Liming (leather processing)

Process for parchment or leather processing

Textile made from spun flax fiber

Loom (video game)

1990 video game

Lost-wax casting

Process by which a duplicate metal sculpture is cast from an original sculpture

Substance introduced to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact

Material-removal process; Manufacturing process

Technique of knotting cords or thick yarns to make lace or fringe

Top opening to an underground utility vault

Mass production

High volume production of standardized products

Mechanical screening

Practice of separating granulated ore material by particle size

Process of changing from working by hand or with animals to work with machinery

Pouring liquid metal into a mold

Metal fabrication

Creation of metal structures by cutting, bending and assembling processes

Domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metals

Process of making items from metal

Process separating materials of different densities

Mineral processing

Process of separating commercially valuable minerals from their ores

Fiber made from spun molten minerals

Cotton fabric of fine plain weave

Polymer harvested from certain trees

Open-end spinning

Technique for spinning yarn

Thin material for writing, printing, etc.

Economic sector

Writing and implement

Writing material made from animal skins

Process of preserving foods with heat

Compressing a material to form a pellet

Chemical product derived from petroleum

Rod onto which weft thread is wound for use in weaving

Method of weaving cloth in which each warp and weft thread crosses over/under every other thread

Material of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids

Surface covering in which a metal is deposited on a conductive surface

Category of polymers, in which the monomers are joined together by ester links

Ceramic material

Craft of making objects from clay

Type of coating applied as a free-flowing, dry powder

Mechanical forging hammers

Mechanised loom powered by a line shaft

Precipitation hardening

Heat treatment technique used to increase the yield strength of malleable materials

Fibrous material used notably in papermaking

Pumping station

Facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another

Water management system using underground channels

Rapid cooling of a workpiece to obtain certain material properties

Process of sewing layers of fabric together to make a padded material

Converting waste materials into new products

Device worn to protect the user from inhaling contaminants

A method of spinning fibres

Gold mining equipment

Rolling (metalworking)

Metal forming process

Glass with features that make it less likely to cause injury

Metal casting process using sand as the mold material

Underground pipe or tunnel system for transporting sewage from houses or buildings to treatment facilities or disposal

Public health conditions related to clean water and proper excreta and sewage disposal

Type of fabric weave woven with a long-float binding the warp or weft yarns

Group of air pollution control devices

Sewage treatment

Process of removing contaminants from municipal wastewater

Craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread

Metal formed into thin, flat pieces, usually by an industrial process

Shuttle (weaving)

Tool designed to neatly and compactly store a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while weaving with a loom

Audio compression format

Science fiction series by Hugh Howey, consisting of the books Wool, Shift, and Dust.

Process of forming and bonding material by heat or pressure

Protective glaze for paper or fabric

Use of heat and a reducing agent to extract metal from ore

Messaging protocol for web services

Soda–lime glass

Process of joining metal pieces with heated filler metal

Traditional Malay woven fabric figured with colored or metallic supplemental wefts, originally from Malay Peninsular

Spindle (textiles)

Spike used for spinning fibers into yarn

Spinneret (polymers)

Any structure natural or artificial used to extrude polymers into fibers

Spinning (polymers)

Manufacturing of polymer fibres

Spinning (textiles)

Method of turning fiber into yarn or thread

Industrial Revolution invention for spinning thread in a mechanized way

Multi-spool spinning frame

Machine used to spin cotton and other fibres

Device for spinning thread, yarn, or silk from natural or synthetic fibers

Spiral separator

Device for separating/sorting slurry or particles

Type of mill machine

Standardization

Implementation of technical standards based on the consensus of different parties

Process for producing steel from iron ore and scrap

Sterilization (microbiology)

Process that eliminates all biological agents on an object or in a volume

Type of leather with a napped finish

Tanning (leather)

Process of treating animal skin to produce leather

Form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom

Material produced by twining, weaving, felting, knotting, or otherwise processing natural or synthetic fibers

Textile printing

Method for applying patterns to cloth using printing techniques

Continuous strand formed of filament fiber or spun, twisted, and plied short fibers, used for sewing and needlework

Lightweight paper or, light crêpe paper

Machine separating materials

Rough, unfinished woollen fabric, of a soft, open texture

Woven fabric textile weave

Animal skin used as a writing material

Hardening rubber

2013 studio album by Laura Veirs

Instant messaging client

Waste management

Activities and actions required to manage waste from its source to its final disposal

Water-powered spinning frame

Water purification

Process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids from water

Water supply network

System of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components which provide water supply

Elevated structure supporting a tank

Technology for the production of textiles

Fabrication or sculptural process for joining materials

Topics referred to by the same term

Wire (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Strengthening of a metal by plastic deformation