Glossary

Bolting cloth (silk)

Woven twisted multifilament natural silk screens.

Bolting grade (wire cloth)

Uniformly woven stainless steel screens to provide high strength and the largest possible openings.

Bubble point test

A test to determine the maximum pore size of a filter.

Bulked yarn

A yarn that has been geometrically changed to give it the appearance of having greater volume than a conventional yarn of the same linear density.