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This is the List of Indian Research in Technical Textiles


South India Textile Research Association.

13/37,Post Box No.3205. Coimbatore Aerodrome Post.
Coimbatore.
Tamil Nadu.

1 - Achievable Levels of Yarn Elongation and Hairiness based on Fibre Properties & Process Variables.
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2 - Framework for Estimating Savings and Losses from Product Mix.
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Operational and Commercial Parameters in a Spinning Mill.
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3 -Study on the Influence of Fibre & Yarn Parameters on Lint Shedding Propensity.
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4 - Study on the Properties and Processing Performance of Bt-Cottons.
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5 - Study on the Quality of Yarns Made of Man-Made Fibres and its Blends.
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6 - Study to Assess the Financial and Operational Strengths and Weakness of Spinning Mills for Rehabilitation of Potentially Viable Spg Mills. .........................................................................
7 - Study on Two-for-one Twisting.
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8 - New Methodology to Arrive at Combing Efficiency Using Single Fibre Length.
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9 - Study on Packing Materials Cost in Spinning Mills.
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10 - Achievable Efficiency in Conventional Cone Winding with EYC and Splicers - Ready Reckoner Tables.
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11 - Achievable Production in Doubler Winding Machines.
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12 - An Energy Efficient Control System for Water Cooling Towers in Textile Industry "SITRA ENERCOOL".
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An Energy Efficient Control System for Humidification Plants - "SITRA Climo Control".
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14 - Cotton Requirements in 2004-05.
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15 - Devation Rate in Yarn Mass and its Effect on Fabric Appearance.
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16 - Development of Fire Resistans Yarns & Fabrics by Air-Jet Spinning.
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17 - Development of a Technology Package for Speciality Polyester Fibres.
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18 - Development of ASTM Yarn Appearance Standards on EIB for Fine Yarns.
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Development of Woven Vascular Graft.
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19 - Dynamic Tensile Properties of Yarn and Prediction of Yarn Behaviour During Mechanical Processing.
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Effect of Some Ring Spining and Winding Parameters on Extra Sensitive Yarn Imperfections.
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20 - Energy Conservation in Overhead Traveling Cleaners Used in Textile Mills- "SITRA PCRAOHTC ENEROPTIMISERS".
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21 - Energy and Production Management Information System for Textile Mills SITRAEnerInfosys.
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22 - Energy Efficient Drive Control System for Automatic Cone Winding M/c SITRAENERCONER.
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23 - Evaluation of Knitting Behaviour Using Artificial Neural Network.
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24 - Improvement of Light Fastness of Reactive Dyed Cotton Textiles.
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25 - Labour & Machine Productivity in Spg. Mills 29th Survey.
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26 - Labour & Machine Productivity in Spg. Mills 30th Survey.
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27 - Low Cost Fibre Recovery Plant.
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28 - Measurement of Yarn Diameter and Twist by Image Analysis.
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29 - Measures for Sustaining Profitability of Spinning Mills.
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30 - Objective Measurement of Structural Parameters of Rotor Spun Yarn.
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31 - Online Monitoring of Yarn Contamination on Weft Knitting and Winding M/c.
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32 - Operatives Employment Pattern in Spinning Mills.
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33 - Production and Productivity in Conventional Cone Winder.
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34 - Production Pattern and Product Diversification in Spinning Mills.
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35 - Productivity in Conventional Cone Winding,Automatic Cone Winding and Reeling.
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36 - Qualitative and Quantitative Requirements of Cotton in 2004-5. .................................................................................
37 - Quantitative and Qualitative Requirements of Cotton in 2010.
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38 - Ready Reckoner to Convert Oven Dry Mass to Conditioned Dry Mass of Blended Materials.
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39 - Reeling in Textile Mills.
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40 - A Computerized System For Marker Making in Garment Industry.
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41 - SITRA Motor Relay Tester - A Device to Test Over Load Relays in Textile Mills.
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42 - SITRA Motorized Yarn Appearance Winder.
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43 - SITRA mini SPIN-Miniature Spinning Frame For Test Runs.
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44 - Studies on Spinning Behavior Anti-Fungal and Thermal Properties of Bamboo Fibers.
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45 - Weak Spots in Cotton Yarns and Factors Influencing the Same.
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46 - What Does Over-Quality of Yarns for Domestic Markets Cost to Mills.
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47 - WTO and its Impact on Indian Textile & Clothing Industry.
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48 - Yarn Production Pattern, Changes and Trends During 1993-2001.
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49 - Yarn Quality Improvement with "SITRACON-HAIR" in Manual cone winder.
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50 - Yarn Quality Requirement and Techno-Economics of Shuttleless Looms.
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51 - Azoic Dyes - Studies as permanent Ban.
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52 - Factors influencing yarn quality changes during high speed winding.
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53 - A Study on Material Handling in Spinning Mills.
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54 - Processing of Silk Cotton blends in short staple ring spinning system-some studies.
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55 - Development of Bandages using Bamboo Fibres.
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56 - A Study on the Cost & Quality of Fabrics Imported by the Garment Industry Vis-a-Vis that of Fabrics Sourced from within the Country.
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57 - Highlights of Emerging Technologies at ITMA- 2007, Germany.
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58 - Design and Development of An Instrument to Evaluate Staple Fibre Processing Propensity.
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59 - A Physicochemical Method for the Estimation of Flax content in Flax/cotton Blend.
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60 - Evaluation of Comfort Properties & Dyeing Characteristics of Fabrics made out of Compact Yarns.
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61 - Technical Textiles - SITRAs Contributions
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62 - Optimum Twist in Roving Based on Fibre Properties & Roving Hank.
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63 - Optimisation of Roller Settings in Sliver lap, Ribbon lap and Comber Drawbox.
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64 - Modernisation of Machines in Spinning Mills.
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66 - SITRA's 32nd Productivity Survey in Spinning Mills.
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67 - Achievable Machine Efficiency in Automatic Cone Winders - Ready Reckoner.
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68 - Application of Nano Finish on Fabrics made out of Compact and Conventional Ring Spun Yarns.
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69 - Design and Fabrication of a Bacterial Filteration Efficiency Tester.
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70 - Studies on Gassing and Mercerising of Combed Cotton Yarns.
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71 - Impact of Power Cut on the Performance of Spinning Mills.
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72 - Achievable levels of Tenacity and Evenness in Compact Spun Yarns.
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73 - Energy conservation in compressed air system of textile mills.
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74 - How to assess a spinning mill's productivity 2010.
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75 - An Inter-Mill Study on Packing Materials Cost in Spinning Mills.
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76 - How to Estimate Count-wise Fibre To Yarn Conversion Cost Correctly - SITRA Method.
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77 - Development of Functional Spacer Fabrics for Medical inlays in Orthopedic Shoes.
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78Design & development of a Hernia Mesh.
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79 - A study on the economics of stationary auto doffers in ring frames.
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80 - Energy efficient control system for air compressors-"SITRA PCRAENERCOMP"
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81 - An inter-mill study on fibre to yarn conversion cost.
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82 - Breathability of woven surgical gowns treated with Nano Finish.
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83 - Cut-Resistant Technical Fabrics.
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84 - 3D Compression Bandages for Lymphedema.
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85 - Spunlace wound dressing using bamboo fibres.
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86 - Barbed Bi-directional surgical sutures.
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87 - Design and fabrication of a blood penetration resistance tester.
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88 - High performance polymer narrow width fabrics as load bearing member in opto-electronics sensor system.
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89 - Quantitative and qualitative requirements of cotton in the 12th five year plan period.
SOURCE.
http://www.sitra.org.in/index.php/contact-us

Research by BTRA.MUMBAI.

Bombay Textile Research Association.

Director Dr. Ashok N. Desai

Address:The Bombay Textile Research Association.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg.

Ghatkopar(W), Mumbai - 400 086 INDIA.

Telephone:2500 3651/2652/2117/1119/1135/7891/7892/2458.

Fax:  91 - 22 - 2500 0459.

E-mail:btra@vsnl.com , btralibrary@yahoo.co.uk.

Working Hours:  9.30 a.m. to 5.15 p.m.

[lunch break 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.]

Holidays:  2nd & 4th Saturdays, Sundays, 
National Holidays.

LOCATION LANDMARK:Bus no. 387 from Ghatkopar (West) 
Railway Station 
[Next bus stop after Damodar Park stop]

BTRA Test Laboratories: For testing related 
enquires such as type of tests conducted, test charges, 
delivery time, etc.
E-mail:  btralabs@yahoo.co.in
Telephone:  091-022-25001811.

CHEMICAL PROCESSING AREA.

1 - PLASMA TREATMENT FOR WETTABILITY IMPROVEMENT.
2 - DESIZING OF COTTON FABRICS.
3 - PLASMA TREATMENT FOR DYEABILITY IMPROVEMENT.
4 - PLASMA TREATMENT FOR DYEABILITY IMPROVEMENT: A GRAFTING APPROACH.
5 - FUNCTIONAL FINISHING OF COTTON BY PLASMA POLYMERIZATION.
6 - FUNCTIONAL FINISHING OF POLYESTER/COTTON FABRICS.
7 - SURFACE MODIFICATION OF COTTON WITH FLUORINE PLASMA.
8 - COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT SILICON MONOMERS FOR FUNCTIONALIZATION OF 100% COTTON FABRICS.
9 - SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF 100% POLYESTER FABRICS.
10 - EFFECT OF OXYGEN FRACTION ON PLASMA POLYMERIZATION
11 - DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR TESTING AND ANALYSING FORMALDEHYDE CONTENT IN TEXTILE AUXILIARIES.
CONTENTS.

Objectives as stated in the project proposal 

Experimental work

Introduction
Experimental set up 

Materials and Method

Methods

Detailed analysis of results

Standardization of extraction procedure

A comparative study of formaldehyde content in various 
textile auxiliaries

System suitability

Method validation

Correlation studies of formaldehyde in auxiliaries and 
treated fabrics

Study of kinetic behavior of formaldehyde in auxiliaries

Conclusions

WEAVING AREA

THE BOMBAY TEXTILE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
JUST RELEASED NORMS FOR MECHANICAL PROCESSING(WEAVING)Rs.300/
[36 Pages / April, 2007 /
ISBN 978-81-7674-112-5]
Weaving sector of the Indian textile industry is 
undergoing a rapid
transformation with the introduction of a large 
number of shuttleless looms
and state of the art preparatory machines. 
The vision document of the
industry for 2007 – 2012 envisages an investment of
Rs. 38,000 crores in
the weaving sector. With technology change, new 
bench marks need to be
provided to the industry in order to be competitive
in the current market
scenario.
Benchmarking is not a mere exercise in target 
setting but in assisting in
ways and means of achieving the set targets. It is
here that BTRA with its
vast experience of shop-floor studies, consultancy
assignments and
interaction with the industry, has built up a 
reservoir of expertise in weaving
technology as in all areas of textile manufacture.
The weaving norm s in this booklet are a revision of
our earlier norms.
This revised booklet includes details of cotton and
blend yarn
characteristics for shuttleless weaving. In addition 
to waste level, utility
requirement and such other details in preparatory 
sections. This reference
booklet as in its previous editions provides 
practical guidelines on
performance standards and it is hoped will be 
useful to our colleagues in the
industry.
The contents of this publication are given
in the next page.
Demand Draft [or]
AT PAR
cheque may be sent in the name of
‘The Bombay
Textile Research Association’
payable at Mumbai to the following address.
T h e D i r e c t o r 
T H E B O M B A Y T E X T I L E 
R E S E A R C H A S S O C I A T I O N
Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Ghatkopar (W),
Mumbai – 400 086
Tel.: 2500 3651, 2500 2652, 
2500 2117 / Fax – 022 – 2500 0459
The contents of this publication are given below.
Yarn characteristics for
shuttleless weaving
machine.
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Cotton yarn – Carded & Combed
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Synthetics and Blended yarn
100 % polyester yarn
100 % viscose yarn
Polyester/viscose blended yarn
[65/35]
Polyester/cotton blended yarn
[52/48]
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Count CV % at Cone Stage
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RKM,
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Lea count CV%
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Single thread strength CV%
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RKM CV%
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Elongation at break %
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TPI CV%
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U % - carded/combed/compact yarns & doubled
yarn
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Yarn imperfections at cone stage – carded/combed
compact yarns & doubled yarn
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Yarn hairiness
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Classimat faults for wound yarn – carded / combed.
yarns
Winding.
Yarn breakage,
Cause wise break-up
of end breaks
Clearing efficiency %
Yarn clearing setting
Winding speed and
machine efficiency
Loss in strength and
elongation
Splice failure
Splice quality
Wound yarn package
– count / weight /
diameter variations
Winding maintenance
cost
Compressed air
consumption
Electrical consumption
Tail end length
Metal to yarn
coefficient of friction
Wax take-up %
Cone packing
Atmospheric
conditions
Moisture content %
Yarn conditioning
cycle
Steam consumption
Illumination level
Manpower
Hard waste %
Tension on yarn
during winding
Warping.
Direct warping –
machine speed & yarn
breaks
Sectional warping –
machine speed & yarn
breaks
Contribution of
spinning and weaving
faults
Cause wise break-up
of end breaks Tension
on yarn during
warping
Efficiency of warping
machine
Warping knot
Warping maintenance
cost
Compressed air
consumption
Electrical consumption
Illumination level
Hard waste %
Wax take-up %
Sizing.
Mechanical stretch %
Optimum yarn tension
during sizing
Sized yarn residual
elongation
Norms for gain in
strength and loss in
elongation at break of
sized yarn
Dead loss %
Variation in size pick-
up %
Variation in size pick-
up in pair of beams on
loom
Dropping
Migration of ends
Lappers
Sizing maintenance
cost
Compressed air
consumption
Electrical consumption
Illumination level
Steam consumption
Coefficient of friction
of sized yarn
Drawing-in
Drawing-in production
Knotting productivity
Illumination level
Loomshed.
[shuttleless looms]Loom speed - Warp and weft stops,
per hour,Cause wise snap
efficiency losses %, Droppings,Weaving efficiency,Timing 
for weaver,attending faults
Yarn tension during,weaving,Gaiting timing,Manpower,
Hard waste level,Loom maintenance
cost,Grey fabric defects,Air consumption on 
air-jet looms,Illumination level 
Electrical consumption.

SPINNING AREA.
SECTION – 1: Benchmarks for Modern Cotton Spinning Mills.

QUALITY

Cotton Quality

Work-In-Process Quality - Combed Mixing 
& Carded Mixing

Sliver Quality

Roving Quality

Yarn Quality

Combed Hosiery Yarn

Compact Yarn (Combed)

Carded Hosiery Yarn

Doubled Yarn

Classimat Faults for Cone Yarn (Cleared)

Nep Generation / Removal

PRODUCTION 

Production Parameters

End Breaks

Cleaning Efficiency

Waste

Yarn Realisation

MAINTENANCE

MANPOWER

HOK (40s Converted)

INVENTORY LEVELS

MATERIAL CONTENT

ENGINEERING

OTHERS.

Annexure – 1.1: Machinery Set-up

SECTION – 2: Benchmarks for Modern Blended 
Yarn Spinning Mills.
  

QUALITY

Fibre Quality

Sliver Quality

Roving Quality

Yarn Quality

100 % Polyester Yarn

100 % Viscose Yarn

PV Blended Yarn [65/35]

PC Blended Yarn [52/48 – Carded]

PC Blended Yarn [52/48 – Combed]

Hairiness - HI Values

Hairiness - S3 Values

Yarn Breaking Length and Elongation

Classimat Faults for Cone Yarn (Cleared)

PRODUCTION 

Production Parameters

End Breaks

Waste

Yarn Realisation

MAINTENANCE

MANPOWER

HOK (40s Converted)

INVENTORY LEVELS

MATERIAL CONTENT

ENGINEERING.

Annexure – 2.1: Machinery Set-up

SECTION – 3: Operational Guidelines to Spin 
Superior Yarn Quality[For Combed Cotton Yarn]

COMBED COTTON YARN QUALITY [AT CONE STAGE]

COTTON PROPERTIES

BLOWROOM

CARDING

COMBER PREPARATION

COMBERS

COTTON FIBRE PROPERTIES AT 
COMBER SLIVER STAGE

DRAW FRAME [Finisher]

SPEED FRAME

RING FRAME

AUTO CONE WINDING.

SECTION – 4: 
Operational Guidelines to Spin Superior 
Yarn Quality 
[For Blended Yarn]

BLENDED YARN QUALITY [AT CONE STAGE]

FIBRE PROPERTIES

BLOWROOM

CARDING

DRAW FRAME [Breaker]

DRAW FRAME [Finisher]

SPEED FRAME

RING FRAME

AUTO CONE WINDING.

TECHNICAL TEXTILES
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Mission:
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