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Orlon

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Or·lon  (ôrln)
A trademark used for an acrylic fiber or yarns made from this fiber.

Orlon [ˈɔːlɒn]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)™ a crease-resistant acrylic fibre or fabric used for clothing, furnishings, etc.
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Noun1.Orlon - an acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns
acrylic - a synthetic fabric
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
Translations
Orlon® [ˈɔːlɒn] Norlón ® m
Orlon®
nOrlon® nt
orlon® [ˈɔːlɒn] norlon ® m inv


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As a young industrial engineer working for Dupont de Nemours during the mid-1960s, BluePrint Automation founder Bob Prakken introduced the company's first standard costing and budgeting system outside the United States for the Orlon, Lycra and Delrin factories in the Netherlands.
Mail order catalogs," Cherry writes, "show how we lived--even if we did so in space-dyed Orlon pullovers and knee-high polyurethane boot socks from the Sears Catalog of 1971.
Higher temperatures can be handled by using synthetic materials including nylon or orlon fabrics as well as glass cloth and, occasionally, fine metallic mesh.
 
 
 
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