Singeing machines can be of three types&colon; plate singeing, roller singeing, or gas singeing. When he dipped the torch into the cauldron it burst into flame singeing him further. Singeing of yarns is called ""gassing"". Singeing is designed to burn off the surface fibres from the fabric to produce smoothness. Gas singeing is widely used in the textile industry. Singeing is performed only in the woven fabric. Singeing is still sometimes used to bond natural hair to hair extensions.