Sizing of Artificial Silk
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A two-page 1929 article on sizing artificial silk (nitro, acetate, viscose and cuprammonium rayon) warps before weaving. It covers hank and beam sizing, sizing machines, the equipment for a size kitchen, and size preparation using farina, wheat starch, dextrin, oil and the diastase Diastafor, with temperatures and mixing procedure. It also discusses problems such as uneven sizing, fuzzing and desizing, and why gelatine sizes are unsatisfactory.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1929
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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