Author:Turpie, DWF; Van der Walt, LTDate:Jul 1977An improved method for the rapid determination of non-ionic detergent in the cream, effluent and sludge from wool scouring liquors in recovered wool grease was established using dichloromethane as an extraction liquor.Read more
Author:Ellis, R; Robinson, GADate:Jul 1975The effect of incorporating leno and up to 5% of either multifilament or monofilament nylon into lightweight worsted suitings is described.Read more
Author:Turpie, DWFDate:Oct 1978A comparison in the processing performance during topmaking of wools from the ports of Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town was carried out on a 10/12 months 60/64's good topmaking wool, known as type 54.Read more
Author:Turpie, DWFDate:Mar 1978A comparison in the processing performance during topmaking of a 12 months 60/64s good topmaking wool (type 49) from the ports of Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town was made.Read more
Author:Robinson, GA; Turpie, DWFDate:Oct 1979Three matched lots of wools derived from various growing regions of South Africa and marketed in Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town respectively have been processed, spun and when woven into identical fabrics.Read more
Author:Cizek, J; Turpie, DWFDate:Mar 1985A staple length/ strength measuring instrument has been developed for the routine automatic measurement of the cross-sectional profile and length of a wool staple, the position and cross sectional area of its thinnest place, its tenacity and ...Read more
Author:Hunter, L; Van der Merwe, JP; Brydon, AGDate:Aug 1978The Mean Spindle Speed at Break (MSS) test was developed at SAWTRI for assessing the spinning potential of wool on worsted ring spinning machines.Read more
Author:Galuszynski, SDate:Apr 1985The effect of stitch length, pressure of presser foot, fabric structure and needle diameter on Fabric Resistance to Needle Piercing (FRNP) during the sewing operation, both with and without sewing thread, was investigated.Read more
Author:Hunter, L; Gee, EDate:May 1987The isolated weak places and other physical properties of some 120 commercial cotton, cotton/polyester and polyester yarns, mostly ring, but including some rotor (OE) samples, have been measured.Read more
Author:Robinson, GADate:Apr 1974Knit-de-knit body blanks were produced in various stitch length from approximately 67/33 polyester/ cotton blend yarns, and a ratio equal to finish stitch length for various tex yarns as calculated.Read more
Author:Robinson, GA; Cawood, MP; Dobson, DADate:Apr 1976The knittability of a range of yarn linear densities was determined from knittability curves of tightness factor versus the number of yarn breakages, during the knitting of plain single jersey fabrics.Read more
Author:Robinson, GA; Cawood, MP; Dobson, DADate:Jul 1977The knitting of short staple wool blend yarns on a 28 gauge single jersey knitting machine was investigated.Read more
Author:Hanekom, EC; Barkenhuysen, FADate:Dec 1975The construction of a pilot chain-less merceriser for the liquid ammonia treatment of fabrics is described.Read more
Author:Barkenhuysen, FADate:Mar 1976Certain physical properties of cotton fabrics were improved by a treatment with liquid ammonia. Although liquid ammonia mercerisation did not improve the breaking strength of the fabrics, it had a desirable effect on other properties such as ...Read more
Author:Barkenhuysen, FADate:Apr 1976Cotton fabrics of different construction and densities were pretreated with liquid ammonia before durable press finishing treatments.Read more
Author:Barkenhuysen, FADate:May 1976It was found that the fluidity of the cotton was not significantly affected by either liquid ammonia or sodium hydroxide mercerisation.Read more
Author:Barkenhuysen, FADate:Nov 1976The effect of liquid ammonia on certain properties of 50/50 cotton/polyester blended fabrics was investigated.Read more
Author:Barkenhuysen, FADate:Jan 1977The effect of a liquid ammonia treatment on certain properties of 67/33 cotton/wool, all-cotton and all-wool fabrics was investigated.Read more
Author:Den Heijer, ZMM; Swanepoel, OADate:1967Consumer surveys carried out in Europe have placed renewed emphasis on the desirability of having available on the market pure wool hand knitting yarns which would be suitable for washing in household machines.Read more