Author:Hunter, LawranceDate:1993Mohair remains one of the most important speciality animal fibres, finding application in a wide range of textile end-uses, notably apparel and household textiles. Although a great deal of published information exists on mohair, much of the ...Read more
Author:Khumalo, M; Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Jan 2019Keratin-based waste materials such as wool and waste chicken feathers are driving investigations to beneficiate them. The poultry industry in South Africa generates about 230 million kg of waste chicken feathers per annum, which makes them ...Read more
Author:Mozes, TEDate:Apr 1986Most greasy wools contain vegetable matter (VM) acquired by the sheep during grazing. This can comprise a variety of vegetable matter types such as burrs, seeds, twigs, leaves and straw.Read more
Author:Maasdorp, APBDate:Nov 1983The classical age of the Greeks and the Romans saw the introduction of metal salts like ferrous sulphate and alum for use as mordants in the dyeing of fabric. The use of salts of other metals like leads, tin, nickel, zinc, antimony, aluminium ...Read more
Author:Erdursun, HH; Hunter, LawranceDate:Nov 1981The past decade witnesses a growing interest in the processing of wool on the short staple ( cotton ) system and a great deal of research effort has been directed worldwide towards the solution of the various problems which present themselves ...Read more
Author:SAWTRIDate:Dec 1987Seam slippage in woven woolen fabrics for leisure wear was investigated. The results obtained showed that a change in the stitch length or sewing thread type did not have a significant effect on the magnitude of seam slippage. However, the ...Read more
Author:Hunter, LawranceDate:2018It can truly be said that wool is a divinely engineered fibre, providing protection and comfort for sheep during climatic extremes of temperature, sun, wind, rain and snow. Since ancient times, human beings have recognised the outstanding ...Read more
Author:Hunter, LawranceDate:Nov 1987The South African Wool and Texttile Research Institute (SATRI) was established in Grahamstown in the early 1950;s upon the inactive of the South African wool board. This followed the recommendation of Professor J.B Speakman (Professor of ...Read more
Author:Hunter, LawranceDate:Jul 1978What it meant by the flammability of a textile material? What exactly are the meaning of such terms as "non-burning", "fire resistant", "self-extinquishing","non-combustible","flameproof",etc? Unfortunately the flammability properties to which ...Read more
Author:Mozes, TEDate:Aug 1982Wool and mohair aqueous scouring wastes are known to be of a highly polluting nature. These cannot be discharged into municipal sewers because municipal authorities have been compelled for ecological reasons to demand a high level of purity ...Read more