A Note on an Optical Method to Evaluate Fiber Dispersion in Wet-laid Nonwoven Process

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Latifi, M ^a   Tafreshi, H Vahedi ^b   Pourdeyhimi, B ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; GLASS FIBERS; NONWOVEN FABRICS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POLYESTERS;

AGITATION; FIBER BLENDS; FIBER DISPERSION; ONLINE VISION SYSTEM; WET-LAID NONWOVEN PROCESS;

TEXTILE PROCESSING;

FIBER DISTRIBUTION; GLASS FIBER; NONWOVEN FABRIC; POLYESTER FIBER; ROPE; WET LAYING;

EID: 44949150206     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517507081910     Document Type: Article

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