Textile Engineering - Processing of Cotton

Processing of Cotton

Cotton Manufacturing Processes (after Murray 1911)
Bale Breaker Blowing Room
Willowing
Breaker Scutcher Batting
Finishing Scutcher Lapping
Carding Carding Room
Silver Lap
Combing
Drawing
Slubbing
Intermediate
Roving Fine Roving
Mule Spinning - Ring Spinning Spinning
Reeling Doubling
Winding Bundling Bleaching
Winding
Warping Cabling
Sizing/Slashing/Dressing Gassing
Weaving Spooling
Cloth Yarn (Cheese)- - Bundle Sewing Thread

Cotton is the world's most important natural fibre. In the year 2007, the global yield was 25 million tons from 35 million hectares cultivated in more than 50 countries.

There are six stages

  • Cultivating and Harvesting
  • Preparatory Processes
  • Spinning
  • Weaving
  • Finishing
  • Marketing

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