Closed-Loop Control of Nonwoven Air-Laying Systems

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1057-1062

  Fang, C Y ^a   Gong, R H ^a   Porat, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR LAYING; CONTROL SYSTEM; DENSITY; NONWOVEN FABRIC MACHINE; UNIFORMITY; WEB FORMING;

EID: 0034493401     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750007001204     Document Type: Article

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