Properties of Cotton Fibers Considered by Cotton Spinners Spinning Technology for Cotton Fibre: Flow chart of carded yarn production: Input Machine Output Bale Blow Room Card mat Card mat Carding Card sliver Card sliver Breaker draw frame Drawn sliver Drawn sliver Finisher draw frame Drawn sliver Drawn sliver Simplex Roving Roving Ring Yarn Flow chart […]
Fiber Length and Length Distribution
After fineness, length is the most important property of a fiber. The length of cotton is directly related to its spinning performance. Knowledge of fiber length is necessary to manufacture a yarn of specific size on ring spinning system and typically longer fibers are used to manufacture fine yarns. Longer fibers are generally more uniform, finer, and stronger than shorter ones.