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The direction of twist

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Twist is produced with the aid of spindles, rotors, rollers, and so on. Since two twist directions, left and right, are always possible, the fiber windings can also have two directions. The direction of the twist is indicated as Z- or S-twist depending on the transverse orientation of the fibers, i.e. the orientation relative to the diagonals of the letters Z and S (Fig. 58). Z-twist is normally used in short staple spinning, though not to the exclusion of S-twist.

Fig. 58 – Twist directions in spun and twisted yarns