Effects of Rib Gap Spacing on Cotton Quality

S.E. Hughs and J.D. Bargeron


 
ABSTRACT

An investigation was begun to determine the relationship between cotton variety, gin rib gap opening, seedcoat fragments, and imperfections in yarn and fabric. Four different varieties and three rib-gap spacings were tested. Fiber processed through the narrowest spacing, 0.085 inch, tended to be longer and more uniform, but fiber processed through the widest spacing, 0.130 inch, resulted in fewer seedcoat fragments in gray cloth. It remains to be seen if seedcoat fragments in gray cloth will result in dyeing imperfections in finished cloth. The four varieties were significantly different in nearly all fiber, yarn, and cloth properties.



Reprinted from 1991 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 990 - 992
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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