Abstract: A shuttle loom runs irregularly, noisily, and sometimes inefficiently due, in part, to the nature of the conventional picking mechanism. The fact has been demonstrated by measuring the instantaneous ...

Abstract: The theory relating to the tearing of a plain woven fabric is developed to include the dynamic effects in the damped mass-elastic system. Experimentation with a variety of staple yarns shows ...

Abstract: In this article a method for measuring the instantaneous power input to a motor is described. The wattmeter developed was used to estimate the characteristics of a particular loom motor. Also ...

Abstract: A blended polyester/cotton yarn has a higher breaking elongation than a cotton yarn because of the rupture of cotton fibers which allows inelastic extension of the yarn. However, the polyester ...