Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Textile Physics (1958 - 1988)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
1958
Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
To
1988
Functions
Industrial or scientific research and Materials or Textiles Industries
Reference No
CA 4368
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Ryde, New South Wales

Summary

The CSIRO Division of Textile Physics was established 1958 when the three laboratories of the CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories became separate Divisions. It carried out research into the physical properties of wool fibres. In 1978 it was made part of the CSIRO Institute of Industrial Technology. In 1988 it became the CSIRO Division of Wool Technology.

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From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf pages 42-44:
"During the first decade of their existence the Wool Textile Research Laboratories, supported by the wool industry, grew steadily in size and stature. In 1958 they were accorded the status of Divisions, and were known respectively as the Division of Protein Chemistry, the Division of Textile Physics, and the Division of Textile Industry."

"At the Division of Textile Physics the physical properties of wool fibre are studied to see bow they will behave in manufacturing operatjons, and how they wilJ perform when made into a fabric. Basic studies have been carried out on the stretching and contraction of fibres. The electrical properties of wool have been investigated, and likewise the effects on wool of ultra-violet irradiation, particularly in increasing uptake of dyes. Wool will absorb a good deal of water, so the penetration of water into wool fibres has been closely studied. Water penetration has been found to have interesting effects on such fibre properties as electrical conductivity, torsional rigidity, and dimensional stability. The reverse process, drying of wool, has also been carefully studied; this has provided knowledge which will have useful application in future design of industrial dryers.

Apart from new basic knowledge, the fruits of the Textile Physics research lie in Lhe field of instruments and apparatus. One new development, for example, is an apparatus for the rapid measurement of moisture regain in wool,and another is a device for measuring the evenness of a moving yarn. A third invention is a modified pressure-coring sampler which is now used as a convenient instrument for taking represehtative samples from bales of wool."

Timeline

 1949 - 1958 CSIRO Physics and Engineering Unit
 1949 - 1958 CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories
       1958 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Textile Physics
             c. 1980 - c. 1988 CSIRO Physical Technology Unit
             1988 - 1999 CSIRO Division of Wool Technology
                   1988 - 1990 CSIRO Division of Coal Technology
                   1999 - CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology
                         1990 - c. 1995 CSIRO Division of Coal and Energy Technology
                               c. 1995 - CSIRO Energy Technology

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