AbstractThe fiber orientation and fiber breakage were studied in a felt, needled in a laboratory needling machine, and the relationship between degree of needle penetration and felt thickness, density, strength, and air permeability was determined.Get full access to this articleView all access options for this article.Get accessReferences1.Felting Needle Handbook, Torrington, Co., 1961.2. Lauterbach, H.G. , Textile Res. J. 25, 143-149 (1955).3. McKone, F.L. , The Manufacture and Properties of Needled Papermakers Felt, Huyck Felt Company, N. Y., 1963.4.Methods of Test for Textiles, B.S. Handbook 11 (1963).5. Rupert, W. , Melliand Textilber. 147, 2/1966.
