Author:Robinson, GA; Cawood, MP; Dobson, DADate:Aug 1978An attempt was made to correlate certain fibre and yarn properties of some 21 lots of wool with the amount of cockling found in the resulting fully fashioned garments.Read more
Author:Aldrich, De VDate:Feb 1971The combing performance of three types of comb cylinders were investigated, and compared on the basis of top cleanliness, mean fibre length of the top and fibre breakage.Read more
Author:Turpie, DWF; Geldard, A; Kruger, PJDate:Nov 1971The single swift metallic card gave results which favored its use in preference to the double swift fillet or double swift metallic cads for a long wool of 64's quality which was free to nearly free of vegetable matter.Read more
Author:Strydom, MADate:Jun 1985Pilot scale processing trials were carried out with wool which had been packed in a new low fibrillating, high density polyethylne.Read more
Author:Garner, EDate:Mar 1983An attempt was made to gain an understanding of the mechanism of fixation of disperse dyes on polyester in a radiofrequency field.Read more
Author:Garner, EDate:Apr 1983When polyester was padded with a number of disperse dyes, dried and then subjected to radio frequency energy, no dye fixation was obtained.Read more
Author:Garner, E; Barkenhuysen, FADate:Apr 1986The dyeing of cotton fabric with frequency (HF) energy was investigated and compared with conventional dyeing processes.Read more
Author:Barkenhuysen, FA; Van Rensburg, NJJDate:May 1986The effect of RF generator anode current on the dyeing temperature and the effect of dyeing auxiliaries in the pad liquor on the dye fixation.Read more
Author:Barkenhuysen, FA; Van Rensburg, NJJ; Harwood, RJDate:May 1987The radio frequency (RF) energy dyeing of different types of polyester fibres with various disperse dyes and carriers was investigated.Read more
Author:Swanepoel, OA; Van der Merwe, JPDate:Jul 1968Wool was dyed by a continuous pad steam process with reactive dyes dissolved and concentrated solutions of urea.Read more
Author:Van Rensburg, NJJ; Barkenhuysen, FADate:Sep 1983Wool tops were shrinkresistant successfully on a conventional suction drum back wash using chlorine gas dissolved in water.Read more
Author:Gee, EDate:Jul 1976From a theoretical study of the assumed moisture gradients in a bale of greasy wool. resulting from changes in ambient conditions, estimates of the bias in yield given by core wool base, which is moved from a 40 percent RH environment to a ...Read more
Author:Kelly, IWDate:May 1976Good correlation was found between the AATCC Wrinkle Recovery Rating and the mean wrinkle for a series of cotton/polyester blend fabrics.Read more
Author:Hunter, L; Gee, EDate:Apr 1982This paper reports on some findings of a study started at the SAWTRI some five years ago ago, and which was aimed at determining the effect of fibre properties and in particular, air-flow determined fineness and maturity, on the properties ...Read more
Author:Gee, E; Turpie, DWFDate:Jan 1978An attempt to correlate certain properties of raw wool with the detergent requirements during scouring was made during a study involving a wide range of South African fleece wools.Read more
Author:Hunter, L; Cizek, J; Turpie, DWFDate:1987An analysis has been undertaken of the inter-correlation between various measures of weak places in yarns and their role in determining weavability.Read more