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Spinning
The act or processing used to convert staple
or short lengths of fiber into continuous yarns
Fiber extrusion or conversion of filaments
from Polymers was also considered as
“Spinning”.
Spinning process is varying depending on the
fibre types which we want to process. There
are different methods of spinning for yarn
preparation.
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COTTON Spinning PROCESS Ginned lint Carded sliver Combed sliver Drawn sliver Roving Yarn
The process of converting cotton fibres
from ginned lint into a yarn involves a
number of processes that aim to
clean,
remove short fibres,
align fibres and
ultimately spin the yarn and
prepare it for delivery.
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YARN
➢Defined as “A textile yarn is an assembly of
substantial length and relatively small cross-
section of fibres and/or filaments with or
without twist.”
➢ The properties of the yarn employed greatly
influence the appearance, texture, and
performance of the completed fabric.
The results of various spinning mill processes that help to clean, remove
short fibres, align fibres and ultimately produce yarn.
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Essential conditions for yarn
COTTON SPINNING SYSTEM
manufacture
Fibres should be;
➢ Free from all impurities
➢Uniform as possible
➢Straightened out and free of any entanglements
➢Laid side by side parallel to each other
➢Individualized and have enough cohesion to stick
together as a one unit
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COTTON YARN PRODUCTION LINE
COTTON Spinning
Bale Opening
Blow Room
Carding
Carded warp/ Combed warp /
Carded hosiery Combed hosiery
Sliver Lap Drawing - l
Drawing - l
Ribbon Lap Super Lap Former
Drawing – lI
(with Auto Leveler)
Comber
Speed Frame Post Comber Drawing
(with Auto Leveler)
Ring Frame
Speed Frame
cone Winding Ring Frame
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cone Winding
BLOW ROOM BLOW ROOM
➢ At this process the Fibres in Bale form will be
loosen, opened & cleaned.
➢ This is the starting stage of Spinning Process.
➢ Lightly compressed cotton bales will be converted
into the form of opened and cleaned fibre flocks
(lint)
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Lap formation
BaleLap carding
• Carding is one of the most important
operations in the spinning process as it
directly determines the final features of the
yarn, above all as far as the content of neps
and husks are concerned.
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carding carding
• Revolving flat
Carding
Carding &
Stripping
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carding Carding-objectives
There are many objectives of the carding
process and these can be summarized as:
• Opening the tufts into individual Fibres.
• Eliminating all the impurities contained in the
Fibre that were not eliminated in the previous
cleaning operations.
• Selecting the Fibres on the basis of length,
removing the shortest ones.
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Drawing-draw frame Drawing-objectives
• To produce an even sliver by the method of
doubling (equallization)
• Fibre parallelization by drafting and
• Fibre blending
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