The use of the Taguchi design of experiment method in optimizing splicing conditions for a Nylon 66 yarn

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-336

  Webb, C J ^a   Waters, G T ^a   Thomas, A J ^b   Liu, G P ^c   Thomas, C ^b  

^a GTW Developments Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design of experiment; Parameter optimisation; Spliced retained strength; Splicing; Taguchi

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NYLON TEXTILES; OPTIMIZATION;

TAGUCHI DESIGN; YARN SPLICING;

YARN;

DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NYLON 66; NYLON YARN; OPTIMIZATION; SPLICING; STRENGTH; TESTING; YARN CONSTRUCTION; YARN PROPERTY;

EID: 35348900052     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000701489255     Document Type: Article

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