Lo lus nylon taw qhia rau tsev neeg polymer hu ua linear polyamides. Nws yog ib hom yas uas muaj nyob rau hauv cov khoom siv niaj hnub tab sis kuj yog cov fibers rau kev ua cov ntaub. Nylon yog lub npe hu ua ib qho ntawm cov fibers hluavtaws zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, nrog rau kev siv sib txawv ntawm kev ua neej txhua hnub mus rau kev lag luam. Nylon muaj lub zog zoo heev thiab kev tiv thaiv kev sib txhuam thiab kuj muaj kev rov qab zoo heev, uas txhais tau tias cov ntaub tuaj yeem ncab mus rau nws cov kev txwv yam tsis poob lawv cov duab. Chiv thawj tsim los ntawm DuPont engineers hauv nruab nrab xyoo 1930s, nylon tau siv rau kev ua tub rog, tab sis nws cov kev siv tau sib txawv txij li thaum ntawd los. Muaj ntau hom ntaub nylon sib txawv tau tsim los kom tau txais cov khoom xav tau rau txhua qhov kev siv. Raws li koj tuaj yeem qhia, ntaub nylon yog qhov ruaj khov thiab tsis tas yuav saib xyuas ntau hauv kev lag luam textile.
Nylon siv dav hauv ntau yam khoom, suav nrog cov khaub ncaws ua luam dej, ris luv luv, ris tsho khiav, hnav ua si, khaub ncaws tiv thaiv cua, ntaub thaiv qhov rais thiab ntaub pua chaw pw thiab cov tsho tiv thaiv mos txwv, parachutes, khaub ncaws sib ntaus sib tua thiab tsho cawm siav. Yuav kom ua rau cov khoom kawg no ua haujlwm tau zoo, qhov tseeb thiab kev ua haujlwm ntawm cov txheej txheem txiav yog qhov tseem ceeb heev hauv cov txheej txheem tsim khoom. Los ntawm kev siv atshuab txiav laserTxhawm rau txiav nylon, koj tuaj yeem ua qhov rov ua dua, huv si txiav nrog qhov tseeb uas tsis tuaj yeem ua tiav nrog riam lossis punch. Thiab laser txiav kaw cov npoo ntawm feem ntau cov ntaub, suav nrog nylon, yuav luag tshem tawm qhov teeb meem ntawm fraying. Tsis tas li ntawd,tshuab txiav lasermuab kev ywj pheej siab tshaj plaws thaum txo cov sijhawm ua tiav.