ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 696 2
504 pages 244 x
P R Lord, Professor Emeritus, NCSU, USA
Woodhead Textiles Series No. 28
- a practical and authoritative new
handbook for yarn manufacturing
- shows how problems can arise and
how to deal with them
- includes invaluable technical data,
calculations, worked examples and case studies
- an essential
resource for textile designers, yarn manufacturers and textile design
Written by one of the world's leading experts,
Handbook of yarn production: technology, science and economics is an
authoritative and comprehensive guide to textile yarn manufacturing. The book is
designed to allow readers to explore the subject in various levels of detail.
The first three chapters provide an overview of yarn production, products and
key principles. The major part of the book then reviews in detail the production
processes for short-staple, long-staple and filament yarns.There are also
chapters on quality control and the economics of staple-yarn production.
The final part of the book consists of a series of appendices which
provide in-depth analysis of key topics with detailed technical data and worked
examples which is an invaluable reference in itself for anyone concerned with
the behaviour, performance and economics of a textile mill.
of yarn production: technology, science and economics is a standard work for
both yarn manufacturers and those researching and studying in this important
area of the textile industry.
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