TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide an estimation of safe fabric length during automatic vertical feeding of fabrics into work stations.Design/methodology/approach– The analysis is based on the application of the energy method and taking advantage of dimensionless groups.Findings– Limits of the safe maximum force and length are obtained for a fabric of known properties and given friction coefficient between the fabric and supporting bed.Originality/value– The paper demonstrates how to calculate the buckling force of a horizontally positioned fabric where the weight cannot be neglected and how to calculate the maximum length of such a fabric which can be pushed into a work station without buckling.
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
SN  - 0955-6222
DO  - 10.1108/09556221111166257
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09556221111166257
AU  - Amirbayat J.
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Estimation of safe fabric length during automatic vertical feeding of fabrics into work stations
T2  - International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 321
EP  - 328
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -