Article: Salmon flies too fancy for old hands

Article: Feather art: ; Internet spurs resurgence in ornate salmon flies
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  November 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......learning how to tie full-dress Atlantic salmon flies. What I knew about those flies would...author Frederic Tolfrey. Up to then, salmon flies had tended to be drab and nondescript...inspired the flies or vice-versa, but salmon flies became almost embarrassingly ornate...

Article: Reduced hysteresis in truck tread compounds by using aramid short fibers.
Rubber World;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The reinforcement of an elastomer with fibers combines the elastic behavior of the rubber...by using high engineered aramid short fibers (MPIA, PPTA and co-PPTA) that can be processed...article is to evaluate the effect of short fibers (both chopped and dip-chopped) on typical...

Article: Appeareance of fibers from Trichosurus vulpecula (Oppossum)
Textile Research Journal;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Samples of opossum fibers are examined using scanning electron...surface morphology among individual fibers and along the length of a single fiber...peeling back of scales are evident in fibers extracted by machine. No damage is...

Article: The tensile & the tantric: choosing fibers that fit.
Whole Earth;  June 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ...We had no intention to feature fibers in our revival issue. We intended to run...murrelets; a futuristic horse blanket with fibers so sensitive they can adjust the blanket...that can compete with petrolum-based fibers; and wallboard and trusses made from wastepaper...

Article: Mapping of Spin Finish Oils on Nylon 66 Fibers
Textile Research Journal;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......distribution of spin finish oils on nylon carpet fibers is the focus of this investigation. Nylon 66 fibers of two modification ratios, 2.4 and 3.0...carpet industry, are compared to similar fibers pulled from dyed and finished carpet tufts...

Article: High-temperature alumina fibers offer thermal insulation advantages. (aluminum oxide ceramic fibers)
Ceramic Industry;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......are possible when [Al.sub.2][O.sub.3] fibers are used in linings for industrial furnaces and heating installations. Fibers are classified as either natural or...heat insulation, synthetic inorganic fibers are mainly used. These fibers include...

Article: BP AMOCO: Amoco Fabrics and Fibers to sell Fibers an and Yarns business.
M2 Presswire;  August 31, 1999 ;     429 words ......PRESSWIRE-31 August 1999-BP AMOCO: Amoco Fabrics and Fibers to sell Fibers and Yarns business (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:270899 Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Company (AFFC) today announced that, subject to the...

Article: Fiber friction in yarn-a fundamental property of fibers
Textile Research Journal;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Friction between fibers inside yarns is generally important...textiles. The tendency of cellulosic fibers to slide in a yarn directly influences...to determine the slipping behavior of fibers in a yarn as a function of yarn twist...

Article: Revised IEC specifications for multimode fibers.(IEC)
Telecom Standards Newsletter;  February 1, 2007 ;     385 words ...Multimode optical fibers are becoming increasingly attractive...automotive data links and buses. Category A3 fibers (IEC 60793-2-30), which have large cladding...connector alignment tolerances. Such fibers exhibit excellent mechanical behavior...

Article: A Comparative Study on the Felting Propensity of Animal Fibers
Textile Research Journal;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......felting propensity of different animal fibers, particularly alpaca and wool, has been...ball, the higher the feltability of the fibers. The effects of fiber diameter and fiber length on the felting propensity of these fibers were investigated. The results show that...

Article: Structures and Properties of Wet Spun Thermo-Regulated Polyacrylonitrile-Vinylidene Chloride Fibers
Textile Research Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......polyacrylonitrile-vinylidene chloride (PAN/VDC) fibers containing 4-40 wt.% of micro phase-change...microPCMs) were wet-spun. In this study, fibers containing less than 30 wt.% of microencapsulated...The structures and properties of the fibers were investigated by using Fourier transform...

Article: Evaluating the Fineness of Agave Americana L. Fibers
Textile Research Journal;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Like all long vegetal fibers, hard or soft, agave Americana L. fibers show greatly dispersed fineness. In this paper, this...fiber is natural and indigenous. Agave Americana L. fibers, one of this fiber family, are extracted from leaves...

Article: Improvement of mechanical properties of composites through polyamide grafting onto Kevlar fibers.
Polymer Engineering and Science;  March 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Among the synthetic fibers used as reinforcing material for polymer...properties are close to those of inorganic fibers (glass, graphite), while it exhibits lower...and textile processibility makes these fibers versatile reinforcements for a variety...

Article: A new process for aligning chopped fibers in composites.
Plastics Engineering;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......electric fields to align the chopped-glass fibers have properties approaching those of unidirectional...orientation and constraints in processing long fibers at high volume fractions have set limitations...composites when the reinforcing length of the fibers far exceeds the critical length, and when...