Relationships between Cotton Fibre Properties and the Properties of Greigestate Fabrics Woven from Rotorspun Cotton Yarns

Abstract

Yarns of 20 tex were rotor spun from a set of American cottons of diverse origins that provided a wide range of fibre properties. A fabric of plain weave with 27.6 ends per cm and 26.8 picks per cm was woven from each cotton. Where quantities of cotton permitted, rotor yarns of 42 tex were spun and woven into plain weave fabric having 18.5 ends per cm and 17.7 picks per cm. Each cotton was tested using a high volume instrument (HVI). The greigestate fabrics were characterised in terms of tensile properties, tear strength, abrasion resistance, stiffness, and air permeability. The results of correlation and regression analyses of greigestate fabric properties on HVI fiber properties are presented and discussed. This research is an initial outcome of studies into the prediction of rotor spun yarn parameters conducted collaboratively by the Cotton Industry Research Institute (VUB) of the Czech Republic, and the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.