Textile Mechanisms in Spinning and Weaving Machines

This book discusses the mechanics in textile machinery in spinning, weaving and knitting processes. It is a useful resource for developing an analytical thinking about the machineries by providing information about the various mechanisms involved.

Autorentext

Ganapathy Nagarajan served as General manager (Technical) in Production, Maintenance and Quality Assurance Department. He has also worked in the Spinning division of the South India Textile Research Organization.

Inhalt

Preface, Foreword

1. Belt, rope and chain drives

2. Gear trains

3. Rotary motion

4. Equations of movement

5. Parallelogram of velocities

6. Force, mass and momentum

7. Work and power

8. Resolution of forces

9. Centre of gravity

10. Principle of moments

11. Friction

12. Coil friction

13. Lifting machines and velocity ratio

14. Stress, strain and elasticity

15. Momentum, energy, impulsive forces and impact

16. Motion in a circle

17. Simple harmonic motion

18. Moments of inertia and kinetic energy of rotating bodies

19. Practical methods of finding moment of inertia

20. Cams