The significance of cotton as one of the core raw materials in weaving can be realized based
on the utility of approximately 75% of annual worldwide produced cotton in the production of …

High speeds of modern weaving machines set high demands for quality of applied yarns.
While warp yarns are exposed to cyclic loading with abrasion, the weft yarns are exposed to …

This chapter provides information about the use of cotton fiber and its main role in the
knitting industry. Modern knitting industry covers a wide range of technologies and methods; …

Weaving as a subject is an integral part of any textile engineering/technology program, the
others being fibre manufacturing, yarn manufacturing and textile chemical processing. This …

To achieve efficient weaving of cotton warp yarns with reduced or no size, exploratory efforts
towards comprehensive mechanical analyses of various loom components and mechanisms …

Cotton is a rapidly renewable, natural agricultural product. World cotton production exploded
from 13.8 million tons in the 1980s to 27 million tons in 2018. Current cotton picking around …

A combed cotton rotor-spun yarn of high quality was produced using customary industrial
equipment. The yarn was warped, ensuring a consistent individual yarn tension. The warp …

A weaving trial with a size-less cotton warp was conducted under mill-like conditions on a
modern high-speed, flexible-rapier weaving machine. About 150 yards of a 1/2-twill fabric …

The chapter starts with the history of cotton and the different aspects of its cultivation and
harvesting. It goes on to describe the physical and chemical properties of cotton that make it …

Modern cotton fiber production is focused on providing an industrial raw material for
spinning mills. These mills require a raw material that performs reliably and facilitates their …