An Investigation on the Effect of Mass of Locule and Mass of Kapas on Quality of Lint

摘要

A study was performed to reduce the variation of fibre properties of cotton within a particular fibre group to get good quality yarn and fabric. Categorizing the locules with respect to their mass as low, medium and high after sorting them into different groups on basis of the number of kapas~b in each locule was done. Ginning was then carried out for these groups separately and the ginned fibres were tested using APIS. It was found that the mass of the kapas~c significantly affected the length, fineness and maturity of thefibres. When seen under SEM the surface characteristics was only found to vary for different mass of kapas. The categorization of kapas with respect to their mass prior to ginning can help to achieve combed yarn quality without the combing process.