CONFIGURATION AND ORIENTATION OF FIBRES Part III. APPLICATIONS

The small-angle scattering method is applied to study the: straightening and parallelization of fibres in the air stream; feeding sliver indices as influenced by those of the rotor fibre ring under open-ended spinning; orientation of fibres in some non-woven fabrics; continuous measurement in slivers. The straightening of discrete fibres in the air stream in a convergentdivergent duct is studied under a change in flow rate, with the rotational speeds of feeding sliver and discharging rollers varying with two modifications of the discharging roller, and with different feeding sliver types.