An upgraded Cottonscan(TM) instrument for measuring the average fiber linear density (fineness) of cotton lint samples

摘要

We have previously described CottonscanTM and its performance in determining the average fiber linear density ofncotton lint samples in detail. The previous work was focused on demonstrating that a reliable and sufficiently precisenmeasurement was technically feasible. However, the measurement cycle time was 6 min. Thus the focus has now shiftednto reducing the measurement cycle time in order to increase the sample throughput and demonstrate that the instrumentnis likely to be useful to the industry. Here we describe the engineering improvements made to bring the cycle timendown to 1 min and provide results to show that the measurement is unaffected.