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Effect of Cotton Stickiness on the Spinning Process

E. Hequet, D. Ethridge and A. Vuillemard


 
ABSTRACT

Cottons contaminated with stickiness cause multiple problems in the spinning mills. The honeydew present on the cotton lint is able to contaminate all the mechanical instruments used in the transformation process from fiber to yarn, i.e. opening, carding, drawing, roving and spinning operations. These contaminants are mainly sugar deposits produced either by the cotton plant itself (physiological sugars) or by the feeding insects (entomological sugars), the latter being the most common source of contamination.



Reprinted from Proceedings of the 2000 Beltwide Cotton Conferences pg. 1527
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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