Author:Gee, EDate:Aug 1976Estimates for the South African merino wool clip of the within bale and between bale variations of yields and of diameter have been made from cores taken by Model T coring machines for wools sold through three ports.Read more
Author:Gee, E; Robie, GJDate:Nov 1973Sixteen types of wool (Spinners, Top makers, etc.) represented by 264 bales were cored and measured for clean wool content and fibre diameter.Read more
Author:Van Rensburg, NJJDate:Jun 1974All cotton, polyester and cotton/polyester blended fabrics containing 80, 60 and 40 percent cotton were treated with trisphosphate or titanium tetrachloride/antimony oxide.Read more
Author:Cilliers, WCDate:Jun 1968Lambswool is reputed to process certain distinctive properties, which makes it especially suited for selected end uses.Read more
Author:Galuszynski, S; Robinson, GADate:Dec 1987The making up of five commercial mohair worsted suiting fabrics was investigated in terms of dimensional stability, bond peel strength, seam slippage, seam pucker, sewability and fraying.Read more
Author:Wolfaardt, C; Buys, JGDate:Aug 1971A technique for manufacturing double-jersey fabrics containing low percentages of a synthetic component, is proposed.Read more
Author:Gee, E; Turpie, DWF; Strydom, MADate:1981Actual fibre losses sustained during pilot scale processing of 57 lots of short wools and out-sorts, as well as yields of top and noil, were measured.Read more
Author:Turpie, DWFDate:Jun 1974Hand-blended lots of scoured 6/7 months Spinners wool and mechanically opened Acala 442 cotton lint were successfully carded, gilled and combed on the worsted system.Read more
Author:Turpie, DWFDate:Jun 1974Hand-blended lots of scoured 6/7 months Spinners wool and mechanically opened Acala 442 cotton lint were successfully carded, gilled and combed on the worsted system.Read more
Author:Van der Merwe, JPDate:Feb 1986Sixty-eight wool blends were processed on the woollen system and were assessed for spinnability by means of a Mean Spindle Speed at Break test. Spinnability improved as mean fibre length increased but deteriorated as mean fibre length increased ...Read more
Author:Van der Merwe, JPDate:Apr 1986The effect of fibre diameter, length and resistance to compression on woollen carding performance was investigated.Read more
Author:Ellis, R; Robinson, GA; Marsland, SGDate:Jan 1977Relatively fine wrapped core-spun mohair yarns were produced on the Repco spinner and uptwisted with very few turns per metre to retain the natural lustre of the mohair fibres.Read more
Author:Shiloh, M; Kruger, PJ; Slinger, RIDate:Oct 1972Mechanical properties of fabrics from wool and multi-filament nylon core yarns were measured and compared with other fabrics.Read more
Author:Garner, E; Barkenhuysen, FADate:Dec 1984The bleaching of cotton fabrics with radio frequency (RF) energy was investigated and compared with conventional pad-steam bleaching.Read more
Author:Turpie, DWF; Cizek, JDate:Sep 1987One of the unique features of the SAWTRI Length/Strength Tester for raw wool staples is that it provides automatic measurement of the staple profile in addition to data on staple length and strength.Read more
Author:Swanepoel, OA; Van Rooyen, ADate:Nov 1969The loss of weight wool shockproof with DCCA is dyed was investigated and methods of reducing this loss by introducing cross linkages into the protein were examined.Read more
Author:Taylor, H; Spencer, JDDate:Jan 1979Relatively short scoured wool with moderately heavy vegetable fault was processed successfully, when blended with cotton in 75/25 and 50/50 ratios on standard cotton machinery.Read more
Author:Robinson, GA; Cawood, MP; Dobson, DADate:Oct 1977Very fine "singles" Repco wrapped core-spun (RWCS) wool yarns were spun and knitted successfully into lightweight double jersey knitwear.Read more
Author:Barkenhuysen, FA; Van Rensburg, NJJDate:May 1980Lightweight and heavyweight cotton fabrics were treated in the slack state with a solution of DMHEU resin and NH4NO3 catalyst in liquid ammonia.Read more
Author:Cawood, MPDate:1978Textured yarns, especially polyester, play an important role in the synthetic and natural yarn market. In the apparel sector the false twist textured yarns have maintained the dominant position.Read more