Glossary
Textile Winding Machine Operator Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential textile winding machine operator terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key textile winding machine operator vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in textile winding machine operator training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Bobbin
- Yarn holder.
- Count
- Yarn size.
- Defect
- Flaw in product.
- Denier
- Fiber thickness measure.
- Doff
- Remove full packages or rolls.
- Fabric
- Woven or knit textile.
- Package
- Wound yarn.
- Piecing
- Joining broken ends.
- Roving
- Thin twisted strand.
- Sliver
- Loose rope of fiber.
- Slub
- Thick spot in yarn.
- Splicer
- Joins yarn without knots.
- Tension
- Yarn tightness.
- Twist
- Turns per inch.
- Yarn
- Spun fibers.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Textile Winding Machine Operator practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Textile Winding Machine Operator training.
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