Existing textbooks covering the subject of yarn manufacture largely concentrate on describing the workings of machines. By contrast, Fundamentals of Spun Yarn Technology presents complete coverage of yarn manufacture and technology and current research findings on the structure and properties of spun yarns.

The book introduces the rudiments of staple yarn technology, covering the manufacturing process, the raw materials, and processes including short staple, worsted, semi-worsted and woollen spinning, doubling, and specialty yarn processes. It also covers more advanced topics in staple yarn technology, including new developments in fiber preparation technology, carding technology, roller drafting, gilling, ring spinning, open-end rotor spinning, air jet spinning, and new research on unconventional spinning systems.

From the Preface: “...The material presented is largely that delivered over many years of lecturing and is arranged to be suitable for readers who are new to the subject as well as those who are familiar with the technology and may wish to use this book as a reference source. A basic knowledge of physics and mathematics will be helpful to the reader, but is not essential, since a largely descriptive approach has been taken for the majority of the chapters...”

Target Audience: Textile manufacturers and buyers; yarn technologists; researchers; and students of textile engineering and yarn technology.

Table of Contents:

Fundamentals of Yarns and Yarn Production

Materials Preparation Stage I: Opening, Cleaning, and Scouring

Materials Preparation Stage II: Fundamentals of the Carding Process

Carding Theory

Materials Preparation Stage III

Yarn Formation Structure and Properties

The Principles of Package Winding

Yarn Tensions and Balloon Geometry in Ring Spinning and Winding

Fancy Yarn Production

Index