Important Of Selecting Quality Raw Cotton
Textile industries begin with selection of raw material (raw cotton). Selection of quality raw cotton plays a very important role in determining the quality of cotton bales and it can have a tremendous impact on the quality of the cotton fiber, which in turn can effect the quality of the yarn, fabrics and ultimately garments made with this cotton fiber. So entire chain depends on raw cotton choose by ginners. the key to manufacturing quality cotton bales start with the selection and blending of raw cotton. cotton buyers pays particular attention to the class and grade of cottons that are grown from various regions to produce cotton bale that has the right performance characteristics for their customers.
There are so many things to consider when choosing raw cotton to improve quality of fiber to produce a high quality, contamination free, sustainable, and reliable cotton fiber. Raw cotton selectors keep in mind that colors of cotton is important factor for dyeing of yarn and white grade cotton makes the job of dyeing the yarn much easier, as compared to spotted or tinged grade. other factor is micronaire (fiber fineness). micronaire help to determining the fineness of a yarn and key to producing yarns for knit fabric formers. quality raw cotton in term of cotton that must has a cleaner, whiter, longer, and stronger in all class.
Selector to select the proper raw materials for their yarns and fabrics and insure consistent quality of their final products and can use HVI machine for checking the raw cotton's contamination (i.e. trash content), staple (length), strength, micronaire, color, humidity and uniformity of the fiber. HVI machine is globally used by the textile industries and able to give extensive data on each of fiber properties. This machine available at government cotton testing laboratories in major cotton grower center of India. This way of standardization ensures consistency and reliability in cotton grading and spinners accepted standards that serve as the basis for consistent cotton classification worldwide.
Contamination is major issue when choosing of raw cotton.textile mill always want to contamination free raw cotton which leads to contamination free yarns, fabrics, and garments. So selector of raw cotton must select clean raw cotton without any kind of trash.
In conclusion, selecting high quality raw cotton can benefit of entire cotton textile industries starting with raw cotton exporter, ginners, spinners, weavers, and garment manufacturers.