Exper

imentNo.3

Ti
tl
e:
Det
ermi
nat
ionofwei
ghtf
orl
ap,
CountofSl
i
ver
,CountofRov
ingandt
heCountofYar
n.

Abst
ract
:
Countist
hemeasur eofthinessandcoarsenessoftheyar
n.InthisExperi
encewe
measurethethawei ghtof1Yar dsquar
eofl ap.I
tisact
ual
lythemeasur eofthe
openi
ngeffi
ciencyoft heblowroom.Andt hecountoflap,
rovingandyarnisdeter
mined
tocheckt
heirfinessofallofthem.Wedot histocheckwhetherthecountofYarnwhich
wewantisobt ainedornot.

I
ntr
oduct
ion:
Counti
sthemeasur
ementoft hefi
nnessofthey
arn.Countofyar
nisdet
ermi
nedby
usi
ngdif
fer
entf
ormulas.Countcanbedir
ectormaybeindi
rect
.

I
ncaseofdi
rectcount
,increaseinno.Oft
hecountmeansi
ncr
easei
ncoar
senessof
t
heyar
n.Wepr ef
erthi
ssy stem f
ortheman-madefi
ber
.

I
ncaseofIndir
ectcount
,wi
ththei
ncr
easeincountno.t
heiri
sincreasei
nfi
nessor
t
hinnessoft
hey ar
n.Thi
ssyst
em i
sspeci
all
yfort
heNaturalFi
bers.

Pr
ocedur
e:
It
ookthelaprol
landlayi
tdownont hef l
oorandthenIt
ookthewoodentempl
ateand
pl
aceditovert
helapsheetandcutthelap.Itookt
he3samplesi
nthesameway .ThenI
measuredtheoft
hesampl ei
ndi
vidual
lyont heAver
ySacl
e(i
tmeasurthewei
ghtinOz).

ThenImovedtothecar
dingmachi
neandtookt
he3sampl
esofsl
ivereachof6yar
ds.
Andi wei
ghteachsampl
eandnotedt
hereadi
ngandt
henIcal
cul
atedtheaver
age
weight
.

ThenIremov edtherovingf rom t her ovingmachineandhangitinthehangerofthe

warpi
ngdr um andfixtheoneendonhedr um.Onerotat
ionofthewar pi
ngdrum i
sequal
tooneyard.Theni star
tr otatingt hedr um andcountt
he15y ardsofitandweightedt
his
andnotedt hereadi
ng.Andt henagai nIrepeatedt
hesamepr ocedureandtooktwo
morereadings.Andcal culatet heav eragev al
ue.

ThenItookt
hebobi
nfrom theri
ngspi
nningmachine.Andhangedi
tonLeamaker
.And
maketheLeaof120yards.Andwei
ghteditandnotedther
eadingt
henIt
ookt
womor e
r
eadi
ngsandcal
cul
atet
heav
eragev
alue.

Obser
vat
ionsandCal
cul
ati
ons:

Lap Sli
verWeight Roving Ring
Weight ( gr
am) Weight Yarn
Sr
.
(oz/
yar
d) (gr
ams)of15 wei ght
Of6y ar
ds
yar
ds. (grams)
l
ength.
of120
yardLea.

1. 10.
0 26.
49 8.
54 2.
15

2. 10.
5 26.
54 8.
55 2.
17

3. 10.
02 26.
53 8.
51 2.
24

Av
erage: 10.
00 26.
52 8.
53 2.
186

Weightgr
ain
peryar
d=
- 68 8.
77 0.
218
Weighti
n
grams×
(15.
43/l
engt
h
i
ny ar
ds)

Resul
ts:
Fol
l
owi
ngar
ethedet
ail
sresul
tsofabov
ecal
cul
ati
onorourexper
iment
.

Wei
ghtofLap=10.
0oz/
yar
d
CountofSl
i
ver=8.
33×(
1/68)=0.
122

CountofRov
ing=8.
33×(
1/8.
77)=0.
949

CountOfYar
n=8.
33×(
1/0.
281)=29.
64

Di
scussi
on:
I
nabov e,t
herear
etheresul
ts.Theresul
tsshowst
hatwit
hthedecr
easeindiamet
ert
he
f
inessincr
easeandthesli
verbecomemor efi
nert
orovi
ngandtherov
ingbecomemore
f
inertoyarn.

Concl
usi
on:
Ihav econcludedthat '
sasthey ar
nist hefi
nal productoft
hewholeprocessandit'
s
countdepondupont hecountoftheal lpr
eviouslytosomehow.Sowewi ll
havetodo
thesetti
ngsaccor dingt ut
hecountr equir
ement soft hepr
oductyar
n.Thecountof
Sliv
erandr ovingaffeectsthecountodfuar nt.Onemor ethi
ng,thecountoftheyarn
alsodeondupont hemachi newor ki
ngandt hecountofpr evi
ousProcesses.I
fanyoner
processisfaul t
ythant heyarncountwi l
lgeteffected.