Tentering and calendering sheet5-mark answer frameExplain tentering and calendering.
How to lay out the answer. Follow the frame, then write it in your own words.
- 1 · Open in two lines. Tentering and calendering are mechanical finishes. Tentering sets width and grain; calendering changes the surface.
- 2 · Draw the tenter frame. [Sketch: cloth gripped by pins or clips on two chains that move apart through a hot-air chamber]
- 3 · Tentering.
- Damp cloth gripped at both selvedges.
- Chains widen it; weft straightened.
- Dried in hot air; also heat-sets synthetics.
- 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 · Daily-life link. Check labels for resin-glazed chintz; well-tentered cloth keeps uniform seams straight after washing.
- 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.