TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships of cotton fiber properties to ring-spun yarn quality on selected High Plains cottons
AU - Faulkner, William Brock
AU - Hequet, Eric F.
AU - Wanjura, John
AU - Boman, Randal
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Texas Department of Agriculture Food and Fibers Research Grant Program [Grant Number FF-a-0809-02], Cotton Incorporated, Texas State Support Committee – Cotton Incorporated, and the Plains Cotton Growers – Plains Cotton Improvement Program, as well as an equipment donation from John Deere – Des Moines Works.
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Cotton fiber properties play an important role in determining spinning performance but explain only a portion of the variability in final yarn quality parameters. This research investigates relationships between ring-spun yarn quality and fiber properties (measured using the High Volume Instrument (HVI) and Advanced Fiber Information System (AFIS)) given additional information on harvest method and cultivar. Seventy-six samples of commercially grown cotton representing five cultivars from six locations across the Texas High Plains were collected over three years. Carded 14.5 tex (40 Ne) ring-spun yarns were produced and tested for various yarn quality characteristics. Principal component analysis and partial least squares regression were used to determine relationships between fiber and yarn properties. Neither harvest method nor cultivar explained a significant portion of yarn quality variability beyond that captured by HVI and AFIS results. Yarn work-to-break was highly correlated to fiber bundle elongation, which is not currently reported in official cotton classing reports.
AB - Cotton fiber properties play an important role in determining spinning performance but explain only a portion of the variability in final yarn quality parameters. This research investigates relationships between ring-spun yarn quality and fiber properties (measured using the High Volume Instrument (HVI) and Advanced Fiber Information System (AFIS)) given additional information on harvest method and cultivar. Seventy-six samples of commercially grown cotton representing five cultivars from six locations across the Texas High Plains were collected over three years. Carded 14.5 tex (40 Ne) ring-spun yarns were produced and tested for various yarn quality characteristics. Principal component analysis and partial least squares regression were used to determine relationships between fiber and yarn properties. Neither harvest method nor cultivar explained a significant portion of yarn quality variability beyond that captured by HVI and AFIS results. Yarn work-to-break was highly correlated to fiber bundle elongation, which is not currently reported in official cotton classing reports.
KW - Advanced Fiber Information System
KW - High Volume Instrument
KW - cultivar
KW - harvest
KW - partial least squares
KW - principal component analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857496800&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0040517511426613
DO - 10.1177/0040517511426613
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857496800
SN - 0040-5175
VL - 82
SP - 400
EP - 414
JO - Textile Research Journal
JF - Textile Research Journal
IS - 4
ER -