Stenter

A Stenter (sometimes called a Tenter) is a specialist oven used in fabric processing for drying and heat treating fabric after wet processing.

It consists of heated chambers, adjustable to the width of the fabric being treated. Fabric is fed into the heated chamber supported at either selvedge by a series of stenter pins or clamps which support the fabric as it is moved through the drying chambers. (Note: Stenter pins are the modern equivalent of tenterhooks)

The input and output speed of the fabric is closely controlled, as is the output width, determining the moisture content of the fabric after drying, and the dimensional stability.^[1]^[2]

References

^ A K Roy Choudhury (9 January 2006). Textile Preparation and Dyeing. Science Publishers. pp. 484–487. ISBN 9781578084043.
^ |K. S. Laurie (1960). "Stenter Drying and Heat Treatment of Fabrics". Journal of the Textile Institute Proceedings. 51 (2): P101–P102. doi:10.1080/19447016008664389.}}

[1] A K Roy Choudhury (9 January 2006). Textile Preparation and Dyeing. Science Publishers. pp. 484–487. ISBN 9781578084043.

[2] |K. S. Laurie (1960). "Stenter Drying and Heat Treatment of Fabrics". Journal of the Textile Institute Proceedings. 51 (2): P101–P102. doi:10.1080/19447016008664389.}}

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