Wool metrology research and development to date

Title
Wool metrology research and development to date
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Cottle, David
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3875-3465
Email: dcottle2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:dcottle2
Baxter, B Peter
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/00405167.2015.1108543
UNE publication id
une:19140
Abstract
This review explores research and development in wool metrology to date. In doing so, it highlights the research work undertaken by three organisations, in particular, to the development of wool and textile metrology research covering all of the important physical properties of wool. Three key wool research centres at the beginning of the twenty-first century were CSIRO's Division of Textile and Fibre Technology at Belmont near Geelong, Victoria, the School of Fibre Science and Technology, University of NSW at Kensington, NSW in Australia, and the Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand Inc. at Lincoln near Christchurch, New Zealand. Due to funding pressures between 1997 and 2007, these centres either ceased to operate or were absorbed into larger, non-wool-focused organisations. The substantial contribution to the world's wool metrology literature made by their staff and graduates, over the period when the three organisations had around 300-500 staff involved in wool-related research activities, is recognised. The review analyses the research undertaken on wool properties to identify gaps that might be exploited through the application of new or novel use of technologies by the next generation of wool metrologists. The analysis indicates that although the main fibre/fleece characteristics which currently affect the pricing and trading of Merino wool are able to be readily and accurately measured, there remains considerable work to be done in linking wool measurements to the prediction of performance both in processing and in the final product.
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Citation
Textile Progress, 47(3), p. 163-315
ISSN
1754-2278
0040-5167
Start page
163
End page
315

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