TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson, D. K.
AU  - Layton, J.M.
TI  - Monitoring and testing of manufactured fibres: a critical appreciation of recent developments 
SN  - 1870372190
SN  - 00405167
U1  - 677.02832 22
PY  - 1998///
CY  - United kingdom
PB  - The textile institute
KW  - Testing of manufactured fibres
KW  - Testing of fibres
N1  - CONTENTS

1.   Introduction    
      1.1 Overview
      1.2 Why test filament yarns and tow?
      1.3 Origins of testing of manufactured fibres
      1.4 Categorisation of methods employed
      1.5 Testing of raw materials, including birefringence and crystallinity

2.  Testing yarns during production
     2.1 Overview
     2.2 Yarn evenness and linear density
     2.3 Properties of running threading

3. Testing yarns already produced
     3.1 Linear density and evenness
     3.2 Tensile properties
     3.3 Frictional properties
     3.4 Surface characteristics
     3.5 Bulk properties
etc

4.  Inspection and testing of yarn packages
      4.1 Overview
      4.2 Unwinding characteristics
      4.3 Broken filaments or Hairiness
      4.4 Lubricating oil (spin finish) content
      4.5 Package density

5. Special products
    5.1 Overview
    5.2 Testing of Sewing threads
    5.3 Filament tow and roving
    5.4 Air-jet textured yarns

6.  New developments
    6.1 Overview
    6.2 Measurement of raw materials
    6.3 On-line vs- Off-line testing
    6.4 Automation of testing
    6.5 Sample size vs. sensitivity
etc

; Includes Bibliographic references : p. 32-35 . _ Name index : p. 36-37
ER  -