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Vetrotex fiberglass yarns can be braided to produce tubular structures. The flexibility of the braid structure, as well as the mechanical, thermal and electrical characteristics of glass, make braided fiberglass  ideal for many products. 

Various chemical substances can coat either glass filament yarns or fabrics. Major applications are PVC coated yarns, PTFE coated fabrics and specific properties of PTFE fabrics.

Fabrics or textile structures made of glass filament products can be impregnated with various chemicals to impart the characteristics required by the end application.

Knitting is a process in which three different yarn sources are used to form a fabric. Beyond warp and weft yarns, a stitched yarn is used to tie the warp and weft yarns together.

The laid scrim machine is another textile process that allows the manufacture of products called scrims in which the warp and weft are also widely spaced and fixed by chemical means.

The multiaxial machine is used to produce multi-layer structures for reinforcement applications. Major applications for multiaxial products include composites for the boat and shipping industries and rotor blades for power stations.

In the texturizing process, the glass yarns or strands are overfed into a nozzle in which a pressurized air stream creates turbulence, that causes the formation of loops and imparts a moderate bulk. 

Beaming is an operation in which a defined number of parallel ends on single yarns from a creel are combined and wound with tension on a section beam or on a wrap beam.

The weaving machine, or loom, interlaces the warp and filling yarns according to a weave pattern to form a fabric structure.