Fabric analysis; covering wool, worsted, silk, cotton, artificial silk, etc. from fiber to finished fabric (1920)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia, Textile Pub. Co · leaf 154
yarn throughout its entire length, t. e., to ascertain a fair average of the maximum stretch the yarn can be subjected to without causing unnecessary breakage. The procedure of testing by this apparatus is thus: The yarn as coming from the bobbin C then passes through guide-eye D, secured to stand… … Fig. 71 then passes over a pulley G, secured to the spring dynamom- eter (spring scale) H, then to and through the bite of two rollers B, and in turn laid onto a roller, covered with plush (not shown). By means of using movable thread guides the tension on the thread can be regulated, being read…
Textile fabrics
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