Handbook of yarn production : technology, science and economics /

Lord, Peter R.

Handbook of yarn production : technology, science and economics / Peter R. Lord. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2003. - ix, 493 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents
1. Review of yarn production
1.1 Historical bases
1.2 Present day conditions
1.3 Future of the means of textile production
1.4 Modern production system


2. Textile products and fibre production
2.1 Textile materials (Fabrics, fibres and filaments)
2.2 Natural fibres(Types and production)
2.3 Manmade fibres(Polymer extrusion and yarn production)

3. Common principles
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Twist in strands
3.3 Twist insertions
3.4 Confirmed and non-confirmed systems
3.5 Twist evenness
etc.

4. Filament yarn production
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Texturing filament yarns
4.3 Real twist texturing
4.4 False twist texturing
4.5 Draw-texturing
etc.

5. Carding and prior processes for short staple fibres
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Open line
5.3 Bale preparation
5.4 The first stage of blending and opening
5.5 The process of disintegration of fibre clumps
etc.

6. Silver preparation
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Draw frame
6.3 Combing
6.4 Creel blending
etc.

7. Short-staple spinning
7.1 Ring spinning
7.2 Open end spinning

8.Long staple spinning
8.1 Introduction: effects of lengthening the staple
8.2 Wool fibres and their preparation
8.3 Worsted systems
8.4 The woollen systems
etc.

9. Post-spinning processes
9.1 Winding
9.2 Yarn joining
9.3 Ply yarn
9.4 Automation
9.5 Two-for-one twisting
etc.

10. Staple system and modified yarn structures
10.1 Yarn of complex structure
10.2 Processes of using modified twist
10.3 Compact spinning
10.4 Air-jet spinning
etc.

11. Quality and quality control
11.1 Quality
11.2 Quality control
11.3 Yarn evenness
11.4 End-breaks and quality

12 Economics of staple yarn production
12.1 Yarn economics
12.2 Productivity
12.3 Quality and economics
12.4 Cost minimization
12.5 Operational factors
12.6 International competition




Includes bibliographical references . _ Index : p. 465-493

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Yarn production
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