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Grades and Lengths of Grease Wool - http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/livestk/01401.pdf
Technical article describing the blood system, the numerical count system and the micron system as the three grading systems in use for fine, medium, long and crossbred wools. Author: S.B. LeValley. |
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Handling and Marketing of Wool - http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/2070.htm
Technical bulletin from the University of Maine dealing with the production, handling and marketing of wool in New England, including a glossary of wool terms. |
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The Importance of Wool - http://www.rugreview.com/83wool.htm
Review of the various qualities of wool used in carpets, wool fiber structure, the differences in natural and industrial fiber dyeing processes, and traditional and contemporary carpet design techniques. From the Oriental Rug Review. Author: Stanley Bulbach. |
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Wool Production - http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/sheep/ansc442/Semprojs/2002/wool/index.htm
Web site created by students of Purdue University's school of Animal Science Sheep Management, providing information about the history of wool, its characteristics, washing and processing, applications, and the economics of wool production. Authors: Jill Blake, Angie Corcoran, Gretchen Humphrey and Danielle Sholly. |
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Controlling Health Hazards from Wool Process Dust - http://www.cbwt.co.uk/new/TIS9%20Wool%20Process%20Dust.pdf
Information sheet published by the Confederation of British Wool Textiles (CWBT), about preventing health risks caused by exposure to wool dust in manufacturing processes. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part I - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_01.pdf
Collation of a series of articles about the principles of the measurement of wool fiber fineness, providing a comprehensive resource for the primary determinant of the valua of wool. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Llama Fiber - http://www.llamasofatlanta.com/new_page_9.htm
Article about the history, characteristics, properties, harvesting, preparation and hand spinning of Llama wool. From Llamas of Atlanta. |
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Alpaca Fiber - http://www.ideal-alpaca.com/alpaca-fiber-processing-52.htm
List of on-line articles about the processing, applications and quality of alpaca fiber for textile applications. Also, glossary of technical terms. From IAC. Ideal Alpaca Community. |
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The Effect of Age, Fleece Weight, Fiber Diameter and Live Weight on the Relative Value of Australian Alpaca Fleeces - http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/effect_on_value.pdf
Lecture presented at the 2006 AAA Conference in Australia about the impact of commercially important alpaca fiber production and quality attributes on the relative economic value of alpaca fiber production, and introducing a method to assign an economic alue to alpaca fleeces. Author: Bruce McGregor. |
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Wool Grading - http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt8380ag.pdf
Technical article about the process of wool grading where fineness, length, color and appearance of the fiber determine the end use and value. Author: Rodney Kott. |
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Wool, the Natural Fiber - http://www.canesis.com/Documents/Wool_natural_fibre.pdf
Short article detailing the properties, characteristics and applications of wool fiber. From Canesis Network, Ltd. |
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A Survey of Suri Alpaca Fleece Characteristics - http://www.suriheadquarters.com/images/library/surifleece.pdf
Technical paper describing a survey of the various parameters by which the quality of Suri alpaca fiber is being determined. Authors: Cameron Holt and Sue Scott. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part XIIII - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_14.pdf
Fourteenth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the current image analysis techniques available to determine wool fiber diameter. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part XIII - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_13.pdf
Thirteenth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the principles of photometry and its applications in the measurement of wool fiber fineness. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part XII - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_12.pdf
Twelfth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the theory of using flow rates of air or fluids through porous beds of fibers to determine the dimensional characteristics of fibers. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part XI - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_11.pdf
Eleventh chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the application of sedimetometry (the measurement of rates of settlement of particles or fibers in a fluid) in the detemination of the dimensional characteristics of fibers. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part X - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_10.pdf
Tenth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing a method of measuring particle size and particle size distribution to determine the fineness of wool tops and core samples of greasy wool. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part VIIII - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_09.pdf
Ninth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the method of using vibration techniques to determine the diameter of wool fiber. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part VIII - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_08.pdf
Eighth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the utilisation of radiometry in the determination of fineness and diameter of wool fiber. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part VII - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_07.pdf
Seventh chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the optical diffraction theory and its practical use in the measurement of the mean diameter and standard deviations in the diameter of fibers. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part VI - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_06.pdf
Sixth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the use of micrometers and micrometer callipers the measure fiber thickness. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part V - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_05.pdf
Fifth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the gravimetric method of determining fiber fineness which relies on weighing a definite number of fibers, cut to a certain length and expressing the mean fineness in terms of the weight of a standard length and a standard regain. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part IIII - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_04.pdf
Fourth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the projection microscope which defines wool fiber fineness in terms of the mean width of the projected image of the fiber. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part III - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_03.pdf
Third chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the various technologies employed to determine fiber fineness and diameter. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part II - http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_02.pdf
Technical paper reviewing the various definitions of the term diameter as it relates to the measurement of wool fiber. Author: Peter Sommerville. |
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Study into Comparative Differences of Scientific Testing Machines in Alpaca Fibre Measurement - http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/testing.pdf
Technical study, aiming to test the comparability of four different techniques in measuring alpaca fiber as an integral part of the process of marketing and classing of alpacas and alpaca fiber. Authors: Dr. I. Davison and C. Holt. |
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The History of Wool - http://bms.seregon.com/repository/wool/scm/uploads/historyofwool.pdf
Fact sheet about the history of wool, from the Stone Age to the present times. |
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Characteristics of Wool - http://bms.seregon.com/repository/wool/scm/uploads/characteristicsofwool.pdf
Factsheet about the physical and chemical characteristics for wool fiber. |
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A Survey of the Relationships of Crimp Frequency, Micron, Character and Fiber Curvature - http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/curve.pdf
January 2006 report to the Australian Alpaca Association about the correlation of fiber curvature and staple crimp frequency in alpaca fleece fiber, and an identification of the effects that micron, crimp frequency and definition of character may have in the expression of curvature. Author: Cameron Holt. |
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Is Crimp Important? - http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/crimp2.pdf
Technical paper reporting the results of a study of various alpaca fleece samples for crimp measurements and characteristics. Author: Cameron Holt. |