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Title: OVERVIEW, CONCLUSIONS AND NEEDS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH, CHAP 15

Author
item Henneberry, Thomas
item NICHOLS, ROBERT - COTTON INC CARY NC
item HEQUET, ERIC - INTL TEXTILE CTR TX

Submitted to: Sticky Cotton - Causes, Impacts and Prevention
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/1/2005
Publication Date: 6/4/2007
Citation: Henneberry, T.J., Nichols, R.L., Hequet, E.F. 2007. Overview, conclusions and needs for further research, Chap 15. Sticky Cotton - Causes, Impacts and Prevention. ARS Tech. Bull. 1915: 194-202.

Interpretive Summary: Weaving plant fibers into cloth using hand-operated tools is documented in the earliest records of human civilizations. The evolution of mechanization in textile manufacturing has resulted in state-of-the-art automated, high-speed cleaning, spinning, and weaving technology that meets the demand for high-volume, low-cost production, but is vulnerable to malfunction from fiber contaminants and irregularities. Fiber contamination of all types, especially those causing sticky cotton, are of increasing economic importance. All types of fiber contamination are potentially costly for mills. Lint stickiness is the only type of contamination with the potential to stop a production line in a very short time, sometimes within a few minutes.

Technical Abstract: Weaving plant fibers into cloth using hand-operated tools is documented in the earliest records of human civilizations. The evolution of mechanization in textile manufacturing has resulted in state-of-the-art automated, high-speed cleaning, spinning, and weaving technology that meets the demand for high-volume, low-cost production, but is vulnerable to malfunction from fiber contaminants and irregularities. Fiber contamination of all types, especially those causing sticky cotton, are of increased economic importance. Moreover, of all the types of fiber contamination, stickiness is potentially the most costly for mills, because stickiness is the only type of contamination with the potential to stop a production line in a very short time, sometimes within a few minutes.