Izwi rekuti nylon rinoreva mhuri yepolymer inozivikanwa se linear polyamides. Ipurasitiki inowanikwa muzvigadzirwa zvezuva nezuva asi zvakare ifiber yekugadzira machira. Nylon inozivikanwa seimwe yefibers dzinoshanda zvikuru pasi rose, ine mashandisirwo akasiyana kubva pamabasa ezuva nezuva kusvika kumaindasitiri. Nylon ine simba rakanaka uye inodzivirira kukwesha uye inewo kupora kwakanaka, zvinoreva kuti machira anogona kutambanudzwa kusvika pamiganhu yayo pasina kurasikirwa nechimiro chawo. Pakutanga yakagadzirwa nemainjiniya eDuPont pakati pemakore ekuma1930, nylon yakatanga kushandiswa muhondo, asi mashandisirwo ayo akasiyana kubva ipapo. Mhando dzakasiyana dzemachira enylon akagadzirwa kuti awane hunhu hunodiwa pakushandiswa kwega kwega kwaunoda. Sezvaunogona kuona, jira renylon isarudzo yakasimba uye isinganyanyi kugadziriswa muindasitiri yemachira.
Nylon inoshandiswa zvakanyanya muzvigadzirwa zvakasiyana-siyana, zvinosanganisira mbatya dzekushambira, mashoti mapfupi, matrack pants, kupfeka zvinhu zvinoshanda, mawindbreaker, madraperies nemabed spreads uye mabulletproof vests, maparachuti, mayunifomu ehondo nemalife vests. Kuti zvigadzirwa izvi zvishande zvakanaka, kururama uye kushanda zvakanaka kwemaitiro ekucheka kwakakosha zvikuru mukugadzirwa. Nekushandisa amucheki welaserKuti ucheke nayiloni, unogona kucheka zvidimbu zvakachena uye zvinodzokororwa uye nemazvo zvisingagone kuitwa nebanga kana chibhakera. Uye kucheka nelaser kunovhara mipendero yemachira mazhinji, kusanganisira nayiloni, zvichibvisa dambudziko rekupwanyika. Pamusoro pezvo,muchina wekucheka nelaserinopa kuchinjika kwakanyanya uku ichideredza nguva dzekugadzirisa.