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Yarn Structure Design

Teachers in charge

prof. dr. sc. Ivana Salopek Čubrić

Study, Module

Textile Technology and Engineering - undergraduate, Module Engineering Design and Management of Textiles

summary

4 (2+2+0)

ECTS

5

Knowledge verification

writing exam

Precondition for testing

Regular attendance of lectures and practice

Lecture type

lectures

Exercise type

audio practice, laboratory practice, workshops

Subject content

Division and count system of yarn. Fibres for yarn production. Routes of yarn production. Parameters of yarn structure design o f spun yarns, twisted yarns, cabled yarns and filaments. Yarn twist. Structure and properties of ring-spun, rotor-spun, covered, aerodynamic and friction yarns. Fancy yarns. Yarns with new properties. Parameters of yarn quality.

Aim of course

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with basic routes of yarn production from cotton, wool, staple man-made fibres and blends of natural and man-made fibres. Basic finishing treatments of yarn as well as technological parameters providing the production of high-quality yarns for weaving, knitting and other applications.

Literature necessary for course

McCreight D. J., R. W. Feil, J. H. Booterbaugh, E. E. Backe: Short staple yarn manufacturing, Woodhead Publishing Limited, 1999 Nikolić M. I Perić P.: Teorija in tehnologija predenja, Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana., 1990 Simpson W.S. And G.H.Crawshaw: Wool: Science and technology, Woodhead Publishing limited, Cambridge, 2002

Supplement literature

Papers from magazine Tekstil, HIST

Yarn Structure Design

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