Dataspec Overview
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ABRASION RESISTANCE
ACRYLIC
ADHESIVES
AFFINITY
AMBIENT LIGHT
ANTI-STATIC
ANTIMICROBIAL CARPET
APPEARANCE RETENTION
ATTACHED CUSHION
AVERAGE PILE YARN WEIGHT
AXMINSTER
AXMINSTER WEAVE

BACK SEAMS
BACKINGS
BCF
BEAM
BEARDING
BELOW GRADE
BERBER
BINDING
BLEEDING
BLEND
BOBBIN
BONDED URETHANE CUSHION
BRAIDED
BREAKING STRENGTH
BROADLOOM
BUCKLING
BULKED CONTINUOUS FILAMENT
BULKING
BURLING

CARPET
CARPET AESTHETIC VALUES
CARPET COST IMPACTORS
CARPET CUSHION
CARPET MODULES
CARPET PERFORMANCE FACTORS
CARPET SERVICE CAPABILITY
CARRIER
CHAIN
CHAIN BINDERS
COLORFASTNESS
COMBINATION
COMMERCIAL MATCHING
CONSTRUCTION
CONTINUOUS DYEING
CONTINUOUS FILAMENT
COTTON COUNT
COTTON FIBER
COUNT
COVER
CREEL
CREELING
CRIMP
CRIMPING
CROCKING
CROSS SEAMS
CROSS SECTION
CROSS-DYED
CRUSH BANDS
CRUSH RECOVERY (RESILIENCY)
CUSHION-BACK CARPET
CUSTOM TUFTED
CUT
CUT AND LOOP PILE
CUT PILE

DEAD YARN
DEEP DYE FIBERS
DEFLECTED NEEDLE
DELAMINATION
DELAMINATION STRENGTH
DELUSTERED FIBERS
DENIER
DENSITY
DENSITY/AVERAGE PILE YARN
DIFFERENTIAL DYEING FIBER (DYE-VARIANT FIBERS)
DIMENSIONAL STABILITY
DIRECT GLUE-DOWN
DOPE DYED FIBER
DOUBLE BACK
DOUBLE GLUE-DOWN
DROP MATCH
DRY EXTRACTION
DRY FOAM
DRY ROT
DUTCHMAN
DYE BECK
DYE OR DYESTUFF
DYEING

ELECTROSTATIC FLOCKING
END
EXTENDED LENGTH
EXTRUSION

FACE SEAMS
FACE WEIGHT
FADEOMETER
FADING
FASTNESS
FELTING
FIBER
FIBER CUSHION
FILAMENT
FILLER
FILLING YARN
FILM YARN
FINISHING
FLAME RESISTANCE
FLAMMABILITY
FLOCKED CARPET
FLOORING RADIANT PANEL
FLUFFING
FRAMES
FREE FORM
FRIEZE
FULL ROLL
FUNNEL AREA
FUZZING

GAUGE/PITCH
GLUE-DOWN
GREIGE GOODS
GRINNING
GROUND COLOR
GULLY

HAND
HEAT SETTING
HEAT-SET YARN
HEATHER
HIGH LOW
HIGH-DENSITY FOAM
HOT MELT
HOT MELT ADHESIVE
HOT MELT SEAMING TAPE
HYGROMETER

INDENTATION LOAD DEFLECTION
INDOOR/OUTDOOR CARPET

JACQUARD
JUTE

KNEE KICKER
KNITTED CARPET
KNITTING
KUSTER DYEING

LATEX
LENO WEAVE
LEVEL LOOP
LOOM
LOOP PILE
LOW ROWS
LUSTER

MARKERS
MATCH,SET OR DROP
MATTING
MENDING
METALLIC FIBER
METAMERISM
MILL END
MITER JOINT
MODULAR CARPET (CARPET TILE)
MOLDING
MONOFILAMENT
MORESQUE
MULTIFILAMENT

NAP
NARROW CARPET
NEEDLE LOOM
NEEDLEPUNCH CARPET
NEEDLEPUNCHING
NONWOVEN
NOSING
NYLON

OILY YARN
OLEFINS
OPEN-TIME
ORIENTAL RUGS
OUTDOOR CARPET

PACKAGE DYED
PADDING
PATCHING
PATTERN
PATTERN MATCHING
PATTERN REPEAT
PATTERN STREAKS
PICK
PICKS PER INCH
PIECE DYED
PIGMENT
PIGMENTED YARNS
PILE
PILE CRUSH
PILE DENSITY
PILE HEIGHT
PILE LENGTH
PILE REVERSAL
PILE SETTING
PILE YARN
PILE YARN WEIGHT
PILE YARNS
PILL TEST
PILLING
PITCH
PLIED YARNS
PLUSH
PLUSH FINISH
PLY
POLYESTER
POLYMER
POLYPROPYLENE
POOLING
POST-CONSUMER MATERIAL
POST-CONSUMER RECYCLE CONTENT
POST-DYEING
POST-INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL
POST-INDUSTRIAL RECYCLE CONTENT
POWER STRETCHER
PRIMARY BACKING
PRIME URETHANE CUSHION
PRINTED CARPET
PRINTING
PUCKERING

QUARTER
QUARTER DROP MATCH
QUARTER ROUND

RADIANT PANEL
RANDOM-SHEARED
REBOND
REMNANT
REPEAT
RESILIENCE
RESIST-PRINTING
RESTRETCH
RISER
ROTARY BRUSHING
ROUND WIRE OR LOOPED PILE
ROWS/WIRES
RUBBER
RUG

SAXONY FINISH
SCALE DRAWING
SCRIBING
SCRIM BACK
SCULPTURED
SEAM ADHESIVE
SEAM SEALING
SEAMING TAPE
SEAMS
SECONDARY BACKING
SECONDS
SELF-TONE
SELVAGE
SERGING
SET OR DROP MATCH
SEWING POLE
SHADING
SHAG
SHEARING
SHED
SHOE MOLDING
SHORT ROLL
SHUTTLE
SIDE SEAMS
SKEIN DYED
SOIL RESIST TREATMENT
SOIL RETARDANT
SOLUTION DYED
SPACE DYEING
SPINNING
SPONGE CUSHION
SPROUTING
SPUN DYED FIBER
SPUN YARN
STAIN
STAIN & SPOT RESISTANCE
STAIN RESIST TREATMENT
STAIR NOSING
STAPLE FIBER
STATIC
STATIC SHOCK
STAY TACKING
STEP RETURN
STIFFNESS
STITCH
STITCH LENGTH
STITCHES
STOCK DYED
STOCK DYED YARNS
STOP MARKS
STREAK
STRETCH
STRETCH-IN
STUFFER
SWATCH

TACKLESS STRIP
TAK DYEING
TEMPLATE
TENSILE STRENGTH
TEXTILE FLOORCOVERING MATERIAL
TEXTURE
TEXTURING
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THRESHOLD
TIP-SHEARING
TONE ON TONE
TOP COLORS
TOTAL WEIGHT
TRACK-OFF AREA
TRAFFIC
TREAD
TROWEL
TUFT BIND
TUFTED CARPET
TUFTING
TUFTS
TWIST
TWIST CARPET
TWO-TONE

UNDERLAY
UNITARY BACKING
UNITARY CARPET

VELVET
VELVET CARPET
VELVET FINISH
VINYL
VINYL PLASTICIZER
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCs)

WARP
WARP PILE
WATERMARKING
WEAVING
WEFT
WILTON
WIRE HEIGHT
WIRES
WOOLEN SYSTEM YARN
WORSTED YARN
WOVEN BACKING
WOVEN CARPET

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YARN
YARN (SKEIN) DYED
YARN PLY
YARN SIZE

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