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Tentering and calendering sheet
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Explain tentering and calendering.

How to lay out the answer. Follow the frame, then write it in your own words.

  1. 1 · Open in two lines. Tentering and calendering are mechanical finishes. Tentering sets width and grain; calendering changes the surface.
  2. 2 · Draw the tenter frame. [Sketch: cloth gripped by pins or clips on two chains that move apart through a hot-air chamber]
  3. 3 · Tentering.
    • Damp cloth gripped at both selvedges.
    • Chains widen it; weft straightened.
    • Dried in hot air; also heat-sets synthetics.
  4. 4 · Calendering.
    • Cloth pressed between heavy heated rollers.
    • Types: simple, friction (chintz), schreiner, embossing, moiré.
    • Temporary on cotton unless resin is used; permanent on thermoplastics.
  5. 5 · Daily-life link. Check labels for resin-glazed chintz; well-tentered cloth keeps uniform seams straight after washing.
  6. 6 · Close in one line. Tentering gives the cloth its shape; calendering gives it its finish.

Scoring tip: List all five calender types with one example each; that list alone is often worth half the marks.