摘要 |
<p>Process for the manufacturing of a cork yarn (20) which retains the properties of cork yet can easily be woven, comprising the steps of: providing a thin linenized cork (1), comprising a cork layer (2) and a sheet-shaped support (3), said cork being held spread and tensioned according to a preferential direction; performing a plurality of cuts parallel thereamong and to said preferential direction, so as to cut the full thickness of the linenized cork in a direction substantially perpendicular thereto, said parallel cuts being performed at a distance between adjacent cuts not exceeding the thickness (5) of the cork layer (2) multiplied by one hundred, obtaining a strip-shaped cork yarn; and winding said strip-shaped yarn, kept tensioned, on a reel (21).</p> |