Study of the Tensile Properties of Jute / Cotton Blended Yarns Using Weibull Distributions

Abstract

Jute fibre, a natural composite of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, occupies the second place to cotton in economic importance. Recently many attempts have been made to produce fine jute blended yarn with other textile fibres. In this paper, the two types of jute/cotton blended yarn whose jute and cotton fibres were respectively blended at the opening and drawing stages were spun by using the ring spinning technology. The tensile properties of both blended yarn at gauge lengths from 150 mm to 500 mm were investigated, and the evenness and imperfections for both blended yarn were also evaluated. The results show that the draw frame blended yarn was of better quality than the opener blended yarn. The breaking tenacities of both blended yarn increased with the decrease in the gauge length. The equations derived from two-parameter Weibull distribution and based on experimental strength at length of 300 mm can predict the breaking strength of both blended yarn accurately. The scale effect study indicates that the opener blended yarn strength decreased more sharply than draw frame blended yarn as the gauge length increased.