Person

Henshaw, David Ernest (1931 - 2008)

MBE

Born: 1931
Died: 2008
Occupation: Physicist and Textile technologist

Summary

In 1970, physicist David Ernest Henshaw was the primary inventor of the 'self-twist yarn' process. This technological advance increased woollen yarn-spinning production speed from a possible 20 metres per minute to 200. He was a research scientist at the CSIRO Division of Textile Technology at the time.

Details

Chronology

1956: Career event - Joined the CSIRO Division of Textile Technology
1970: Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) - In recognition of service to medical research
1970: Career event - Invented the 'self-twist' yarn spinning process

Related Corporate Bodies

CSIRO Division of Textile Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1958 - 1988)

Published resources

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17402439. Details
'Henshaw, David Ernest (1931-20081231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1513081. Details

Resource Sections

Ward, C., 'David Ernest Henshaw', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Henshaw-David-Ernest. Details

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