Author:Robinson, GA; Turpie, DWFDate:Oct 1978The performance and physical properties of fibre, yarn and fabric produced from a 64's quality imported merino wool, a Cape merino 64's wool and a 50/50 blend of these has been investigated.Read more
Author:Mozes, TE; Van Rensburg, NJJ; Turpie, DWFDate:Dec 1981A laboratory study of the use of twenty nonionic detergents for scouring of raw wool showed that scouring efficiency decreased with an increase in the detergent partition coefficient obtained by centrifuging of artificial creams prepared with ...Read more
Author:Turpie, DWFDate:Feb 1975The spindle speed of a 144 spindle ring frame was increased in steps at a given rate during the spinning of wool to relatively fine counts until all ends were down.Read more
Author:Turpie, DWFDate:Jun 1985Until fairly recent times, very little published information was available on the processing performance and characteristics of the mohair fibre. What information there was, had been acquired the chard way over many decades by those very few ...Read more