Mansoura Engineering Journal

Volume 14 Issue 1 Article 28

5-25-2021

Behaviour of Egyptian Cotton Fibers in Opening and Cleaning

Process.
Rizk El-Bealy
Assistant Professor of Textile Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University,
Mansoura, Egypt., rizk@mans.edu.eg

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El-Bealy, Rizk (2021) "Behaviour of Egyptian Cotton Fibers in Opening and Cleaning Process.," Mansoura
Engineering Journal: Vol. 14 : Iss. 1 , Article 28.
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I>EHAVIOUR. OF EGYPTIAN COTTON FIDllES

IN OPENING AND CLEANINC:; PROCESS

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ABSTRACT: The aim or the pre~el1t ..... ork is to s~udy the cleancbdily at most (.gYlll",n
(olton fibres. rive different (olton, ..... ith widc r.ln!-:c of shirlc:y trash cootene, llicre u5cd.
The ellpcrllllent5 ..... ere dOll I' on <hll~nJ\t "Tru\2.schler" blowroom lines lollowed by"Toyoda"
and lOR lEIter" C;1rd,n& ",,,chine5.

The data presPtlteo show 10..,1 !~e change ot non-Llnt('~), libre lenglh characteri-
sliCS a.,d the level of re5idual traili content a.s a. !unc~iOl"l 01 machille$ ~rr ansemem. Also,
the results of 'c~pcrlillelltal l.ines are cOlnpared lor the sa,ne cotton libre5. In addition,
Ihe cleoning 01(111.)0 01 prC!larallon L,nes "'a~ Inyesl'gated in terrn~ 01 the properties of
the cOltOn fibres ItsI'll and machine pa(ameler~.

I. INTRODUCTION:

Opening and cleaning or raw cotton .iibce.s are carried out rhroush a series
ol dilterenl machines connected ~y 1ransport duel. The assembly of blo ..... roont Line depends
amoog olher {aClon on : ra ..... malenal pdrameters. such '15 libre type, fibre ~rOpertle5
and dirt con:ent, as w/!'II as mal~rial :hrouth\3ut. Also, the results of opening and cleaning
action dependent upon : opening elements, feeding condition and grid parameters as weU
po~i U<JIl
11.5
..'
o( the machine in the machine sla'quence (I) and speeds of the openlnR element •

S",~eral reseo.rcli wQrkers. conl,rmed that, the bl01llroom machines causes, iii
COOlsiderab Ie 11",[ Iue .1ce~ on:

(i) Deil,ree of OI)Cl\ln!!.~ Ann e\.l'J2l s.!udics. 1111: cllect of blo\li,ooln 51ages on Ihe degree
of opening. They inalcate that the degree of opening changes along a blowroom. Also,
an .. edillon.) stage! wo",ld prolu.t..ly I:auses Slre.ling of the {Ibre...... ithout funher im~rove­
mel'll.

(iii Cla" ...i,,!; iI<'lh.m. Tilc bloYrroom elilTunllte 0:\ higher percentage 01 the tncomlng
matter in the ro ..... lualenal, approl!imatelY 40-70'li. The results is Of":>endenl
material, Ina<.hbes ~nd ~) the en'll,oronmenta.l conditio!'>( II. dl.6t remo'l'al "'so,
an easy o~eratlon. Mandl ) found that it is mainly the suction \.Inin. rpmoves
perccrnaj/e (6~%) 01 Cu,," ••
The cleanin!l eCficiency of a COHon blo ...... room line depe!id~ to .. larS!! eX\l;nt on ade
opening of the b"le material at o:In early $Iase. Hode! (1/) des:c'ibes. the eHect of 5\'1
and 5ettings at different machines on subsequent cleaning and sho\lils that hi;!\h ~PI:
 operAting lIIith close letting!! give intensive Qpening which is reHected in more eflicilmt
trash removal at the next machine. Leifeld(') predict a simplilled equation ror deter-
minAlion the cleall;l1g value oi a preparation line-withQut card. lhe obtainable cleaning
fesul! Is euentially ba~ed on the machine parameters and the influence of the pro,;>er-
tie! 01 colton fibres.

(iii) Fibre "naracte'islics: blolltroom machines provides a ne&lItilre inlluence on Ilort! property,
elpedally streng'h, elasticity ana fIbre length. TemOls(6) indicates the percentage
01 short fibres is increilsed by Over 10~ H Ihe bloll/room line contains one more cleaning
"_1)'
IN!,chllle tnan I. n(tc''''.'''''Y. The Incree.~e In II lIao ~'ary no'tic:elble In the blowro<lm.

(ilil Yarn Qua.lity: it has been confirmed Inal proce55ing through multiple belting stages
in the blowroom will cauu' nep gener,l,tiorl, lind allllough an optimum combination
of beaters may exist for a glv!!n type 01 cotlon, t~e Ie!! ueltment given to the colton
in the blowroom, the better yarn quality(7). LCifeli ll ) indicate the etfect 01 flow 01
material, u$lop-and-go" and conunUOU$ working In the blowinl!.rocm on the yarn charac-
tefiSlic~ The c,v% lind the tC/'I$ile strength ale virtually hardly allected. Continuous
worki"R showS a 20% reducr[on in the number or "cps, and )0 to ~O% in the "umber
01 tlltn ~I"'c.:c~ and Ihiel< places lUlildarly were 15% less.
(Ii} Productlon cost: th~ blowroom machines mU$t el~minate impurities, but they can do
this with the simultaneous el~mirta~ton of aome Qf the soad fibres, Since the loss
of r~w ~.,.t~rial has .,. 5igniIlc~nt offect DO costs, it need closer attenaion durl~g
operation
looking over the spinning ",reparallo., lines of the dlUerent E8yphan cot Ion 0'11113,
a wide varl<l!ty or mact\lnlt organU:a.Llon <Ire Sound II'l use. Tbrough blo .... room instsllaticnJ,
nOI only tile tv,'!:! ot mOlchlncry Yilry ml:lrkltdly but rhe number 01 cleorllng JI.DGItJ vorle,
a,SoL) wtthm wido 1\11111. On the other hal\d, ra.... collun pararn:Hcrs are o[ the important
[.aCtors which allect M libre strand quality. Some ot the5e parameler:. ".....:h iU c.leal1lines§,
trash content a.nd nepll\ess of the raw stock 15 importanl variable In the area of sliver p,epara~
tlCn from bale opening lhrough c<\rd Itrg.

Thul, the prel>ent work tends \0 study the deanability of E8YPIian cotton 1ibrez,
i,e the behaviour of diHerent Egyptian cotton fibre qualitie~ through dlflereot blo .... roLlm
lnnallatlons followed by carding machine!. The experimenlS carried out to inve!t;gale
the following:

• lhe ellcct 01 s\JCcessive rnach:ne5 ot b!O'lllfOOm 011 removal tr;uh and fibre length prupert!es.
- lhe cleaning efficiency I)f diUerent blOll/room lines in term~ of material parameters
and macillne arrangemerm•• and,
The re$idual trash col'lterlf ol scutcher lap orland tlock$ and sliver Card.

In lhe ne){f work, ,he in"'e5tigation on the area of spinning pr~paration ",ill be continued
in ordll!r to abram:
• The c}eanabiliry-tac(or b~r (I!.ypuiln <:otton hbres. TIle rnethod of determination ba5ed 011 thl!

a,numptiolls given by lelleld(!».

- The correlatiOn bet ..... een the cleaning eUiclency in spinning prepara!lon and yem QU0i1IIY.

2. f)l,;>erimental Work:
2.1 Material u5ed:

Fi ... e: popular "31';,,,le-. III l:,gyptian colton Ciares, Giu 70, Giza. 11, Giza n. Giz.a Sl
and c.iza ) I, with di1ferent characterillics were selected. In case of CoHO" 'YP" "Ciza ".!I"
there are t"'Q lOis 1OI:lh regar4 to th~ origInal pIal'll "Oelta and IJpper-,f E&ypl'\ The mam 1ibre
 Man:;o'.u-a. En~pneer.ing Journal (MEJ) Vol. 14. H". 1. June 196:) T.50

pn~,''::"' CPS ~( a.ll cot'ton aore, 5t~en tn Table(l). For most cotton fitlrea,non-llnt varies
bet~een 3.8;% and 6%, while Giza J1 has 12%. In cas~ of G31. "t..,ia 1>3)' he due to the
cnfluences of ~u~h paramp.tcr~ a~, h~~esting alrl ginning condition, aleo the m~Lhod of
bal~ pa~k~ing and stor~e.
2.2. Proc"s3lng Procedures.

Pour blulol,ooll1 lines. blowrOOl1i Linc "A" and Lil1e "ll" a.! a conventional lines. line "C"
is a combinilfion between lwo dolferen' IYPC5 01 opellinR and cleaninG en/c's ::lnd LIne "boO
11 n .... w bIQ"',<>o,,, I",e wi,lI (hUIC. Icedin~ arriln~emcn\. Till'. machine scqucncc~ {or e~ch
line is shOwn in !igures (I./,]) ,nd Table (2). In lhe present investi&arion, each twO 'ypcs
of cotton ribre~ lIIerc procc~sed through one line. A 150, Inc mater lals were proce5sed under
the indus:nal conclitlon~, ron.~ldc:lIlg the recommended ~.:.Iue~ 01 m.:Jcrinc !etli"l; .lnll prociuction
spcc!.d~. Tne I.:.p o(/J.wJ ltQC:ks IrQ«\ c..!ch li[)C '"'cre tl\ell ciHQc:d into 51i ~er ;lnd th.c cJ.rdcd
$liver was drawn I ""icc at drawing machines.

2.3. ~vrerne~:
Tra~h content df'lerm,nalion by ~h"ley illlalyser, tibre length characterlSlics by
Oig.la( Ubrograph "'ere made on samples or cotlOr. (rom bale, fibres at each cieanln& point.
Also, trorn the lap or/and !locks and ca,d silver. ntm: tineneu 0)' shilleld rnic:rona.re and
libra ureng ttl ~y preuely were dClerrnincc lor OJ. Io.mple~ of cotton from bait'

Tabl!! (I) I ibre proper ~ le5

I~il'" co nOll Tr':'~!1 "" ..lIy.\I.\ rib(ub(~I''' Mi,:run"'lrc ()rl'\~cly

Fibres good Jibres non-I in t (%) span len!; th ~illue Index

\mm) ~I Inch
(%) Irash riu~l InV. lotal )(1'(, ,)'l'o
",a~(e

e,l<" JI ~7 .,:/(, 1.(,0 O.3~ 4.06 12.G4 IIU 30.5 ).7.:5 ').24
Gila 15 (n) %.D 2.41! 0.23 1.1 3 l.1I5 15.B JI.5 ~.'JO [0.60
b) ~~.OO ~.2g 0.2S 1.14 1i.00 I ~.8 )1.5 4.90 10.6e
Giza ! I 9,.Il J.76 0.12 (.00 Ii.n 15.8 31.0 ~.1[J 10.10
Glu 17 77.1 , 1.28 O.J~ 1.26 J.8S 16.8 3).0 J.SO 10.50
GIla 70 ':1).57 2.46 0.)1 1.60 ~.4) IJ. ~ 3b.D 4,)0 I c.ao

Table (2) spinning pre para lion lires

(i) Blow room in5(alla (lor:

Blowroom Lln~ "A" ll,o"'rcom Lin!! ,,~" Illo""Qolrl Line "I.:" lliowroorn l me "I)'

- 2 ll"lc opene r - W,,~ I e ope'ler .« I\::d" ollcncr - Wa~ Ie opeller

2 .l)ill e open er COn ve yor bel t (2) ~a I e olJener
- Concien)er tlending con- _ Condenser F~din& Blendinl!- corwe)'or
Hopper Feeder veyor unil - Me!al 5~·prator
Step Cleaner - Axi-Flow S[ep cleaner Conden~er
- Axi ~ Flow ~ Condenser - Mul tI-mixer Feeding uni:
- MUlti-muter feedinK Uf\\t - Trar"fer lan.conden- 'Step cle:o.ncr
• Conden~er S'''P cleaner 5e r ,feed Ir ank Cleaner
Hopper Feeder Cleaner (2) horllollwl opener - Tran~por't' Fan
double opel"\~r and c leaner ~ ~·ultim'"er - Condenser Mu! t \ - mixe,
• Hopper f eede ( - Conde n5e r Hopper feeder -Conden5u
daub Ie ~CulCher Fred Ir unk 5culr.her Jap f",ed trunk
I~ m/c. CleanCf maClllne Cleaner
Condpn~er - T''''"~por( Jan
p .. numa(le - 0nJ te f eed,"s
feedl'r
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ii) Cardin~ machine

Toyooda. ToyodOl To~oda Rieter

3. Results and Qiscussions:

3.1 Ellect 01 blowrOOITl ~tase on;
(i) Tr~h Analy~ls:

I'i"ure' 0-lIl gl\QIW~ <J cOn'ililrttlve le~1 re~ul" On the runl\ln~ muteri,,1 lor llercel1'''t-:c
01 good librel. trash con teM and dust at lIarIO\J~ bloUiroorn macilines. A Iso, the re5u\ts indlcale
that the cleanliness of r:.gyptlan cotton librcs changes along open,ng and c leaning machines
Irom raw stock to lap or/and 1I0cin befor the card.

II is clear from Ihe cur lies, all colton fibres were affected by the ~ucccSlilie
machines of blowroom as following:

Blowroom installation removes a lars!: amount 0/ trash Irom E.g~ptlan COlton fibres,
appro~il"iJ!·.::ly
vLlriC's between 65% 10 85% oc?cl1dil1g on the machine sequences 01
Tru[Zschlcr line! and the running colton (lbrC5.
A hi~her clc;Jnll1g ellcc! ha~ been uMcrllcd al Ihc lirsl three cleanLng. ~tJge5, while an
addll'On.l1 slagcs rc<ultcd in iI little drop In Ill(! le"cl 01 Irall'l elimin<llion.
Du.!1 eloln',(1~llon .11 Ihe varll)Uli lI"lChll1es 01 blowroom, <lS ilnal~'zed by the shirley o1I\alyser,
varies belween I U% Jlld 25% dcper\d~ on lirc Illachll,e eClccl ilj,d thc dust Contenl 0;
tl>e (<lW nl<lteTlili.
TI\e open,ng <lnd ckilning opera tion~ eil.u~es an ,nerealie in Ihe percentilll.~ ol lI.ood fibres.
lVi til ru,"",,!,; two di II ercII( COllOn (ibres on Ihe ',.. lie blowrOOlll lIne. tile c le"nlng tlle I crcnces
were ~rilliHica!ly Slhnillcanl or non-5Ignillciln! dependcnce on II,c ,nltial trash contenl
<lnd COIIon J Lbre clean<lbilit)'.

(ii) I:,brc lenglh characlenslio;

In order to delermine whelher the subsequent proce~s, blowroom and carding n1ilcl>ine,
had any influence~ on fibre length characteristics , the length was determined by the Di&i~aj
Jibrogr<lph. Spiln 1ensth at ~O%, 2.J%, uniformity ratio and percentage oj short fibres Jor
all trealments. d II Cerenl COllon IlbrB ot various cleaning lines, were ploned graphicall y
as Shown In fig. ('J). The e:r.perlment<ll resullS (ndicate a changes in libre length parameters
as a result 01 subsequent processes. There is a .rend lor length al 2.5'!b, 50% and unl/ormily
ratio to be 10IWer (or carded sillier Ihan rhose lor l.lp <lnd raw COHan fibre respectively.
AI~o, number 01 Ilcalillg. in blow room and carding proces~ re~uhl'd In an increase in shon
Ilbre percemage.

3.2 Cleaning efliciellcy 01 pref'Mulion lines

3.2.1 Elfeel 01 raUl Inalcri<ll p<lfililletcrs:
In terms 01 how the influence of colton fibre pafameters rellect on the cleanln&
efliClency of spinnrl\g prepara I ion lines, each blowroom line Ul.ed for processlIl& tWO dl fferent
types of egl'prian co lIon fibres. The fibre parameters may be listed 15 lollowing:
(i) The initial trash contenl 01 leed stock lie In three categories:
I. Two types 01 cotton fibres Wilh extreme differences in initial tras~ content as shown
in liB. (I (l) •
2. FIbres with a slight c!illerence in trash content as illus[rated in fig. (12).
3. Conon fibres wllh the same 'Initial tra~h % as presen ted in I igureli (II) and (J 3).
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Gil [<lch pllW of :he eXperlillEl'lted cotton Ilores (e 31 and e ;0, e 81 and e 7,S(s). G 70 and
G7S, GH andG77) hil$ an apreclable diUrren:::e In fibre finene&s {).IF/in!.:h ~.
For Cntw(\ Hl:res C] I and C;10, as !hown in fl\:* (10'. npreclnbl<! dlltnence between
tlbr(~ Iincneu hi!' bee" obs~r~cd, also till' lill' test result$. show5 an extreme dif lerence!.
In trash con\e"t. ['or GJ l the il'ltia! tra1h ccntcnt (7.6961 is r.i&her rhan thac for Ci0 conon
fibres (2.1;.6%).
The c)(p<mn1c'H1 IIItllcale that a rusher cleaning elilc'umcy i.!!o reqUIred lor GJ\
than thar for G70 (S6'l<. 3S<lirst 7l'lb) .. , blowcoom Line "A". In addiuon, [ill' carding operation
re~ultcd in a Iota' cil:afllnn efllciency 92% lor G 13 and re$iclUal trash contenl 0.6% in the card
sI,ver. \Vhilc a S?% ci<':inilll:, (lctl<Jn [er GJO wilh 0.211% rc~iduill trash contcnl.

Tbe e~pcri\\lcI'ti.i1 re.ults (or to.lnin b IlIiltc'Ial G81 and G7~(!i) in Linc "C" arc shown
in fiR. (12). II can bp noticed Ihat 01 dcarun;:; dClion 01 71~ obtatncd \/lith GlIt, has ).76%
HilSh COntenl alld i IS 11lIcron;llre "a.lue 11.2 ,of-I inch, ossail1n a clcanirlg CI' [fie-ieney oC 6 '/<16 for
C7.5 which has 4.28% trash content and libre (inencs~ ~.9)Jgl inch. AI~o, mOre e!ficienr clean-
Illg is achlv"d Ihreugn canllng machi ll!!. rjMlI), lor both eonon fibres the H>tal CICc1!'\i1"l1!,
Cl'fCiclency is almost the same 9~,*, and ce~idual trash COntent in card sliver IS O.2'ltt.

In ligeres (II) and 1(3), raw cotton fibres with an apreciablc diHerence$ i... micro-
nllre ~alue and ~Ifn liln/llar initial tros" conlent Iller. proceued through Lint! "n" and I..;n"
UCII~

Thc results, Fig.( II) • mdicate [hat a lower clcanlflg eClIClency a~soclated with G70 (6':i'*'
at blowroom and 1>4<16 at cardin!!.) than tho~c obtai.,ed for C75 (82% at blowroorn and 13'lb
at carding). comcqucnlly Ihe trash COOlcnt m card sJi~er is 0,)% lor G70 agalnSI 0.12% for
Gl"
A~ showl! If! fig. (lJ), foe' blowroom Line "D", ie c.:..n be nOlieed rhat a clean.ng
effidency of 68<l6 ootat"lcd with en
hAS a trash contcf1t 2.~8<l6 against Jor ng6
with Gn
imtial :ra!>h con!(:.m 2.'~%.!r\ additiol'l, the cafdin\) machine show a cleaning action 32%
against 90% lor bOlh cor:on fIbres [e~pcctl~ely.

3.2.2 EC(ect o( Maclnnc ~cq\JenCe :

FigurC1 (I III <lnd (15) c.omp::.rcs grilphJCally two openini; and cleilnJng lires. The
Jll1es have some identical ffic:chinery while Inachln~s arrangemenl and number 01 cleaning
paints a(e not the same.
With COlton Cibre G7' has 2.~&'l6 truh COntent, a cleanin8 e!liciency 01 tiS,*, is
obtain .. d an line "0". For the tam~ cQtton qualit,.. a clea"'nR dli<;;ie"c;y 01 .. bout 12" ia
obtained on Line "0". However II gOlld rvming condi(lon at cardl~g machine results in a better
Cleaning (S29b againl! 73% respectively) wh.ch linally !.how a simiUar tOla! clear-ling aClion.

. fur co[tOf\ IJbre,Giza 70, the machmes .!!oequence in Lme "AU shows a cloamng
eHlctenq 71% While the L inC "13" show that a 66% cleaning e({iciency ",tach i5
10llier rhan the prccedllll: "'''aJlatlon. AI card'ng 'II/e,s aJler blowroom lines "A" IIlld "9"
a simi!lu cleaf\!nl;; aCI'on 6~~, llO obtained and total cleanif\~ el£iciency SS'*' was ;eached
for G70 at bOth inSlallwons.

It is Clear, Irom the abo~e results, Thar Ihe dillerences In the machines sequence
on blC;Hvrooll1 Lme "A" and "u" a' pre",,:nJsly rcm .. rkc:d 4nd ~ome cll.l.l\~e in design on l,ne.
UO" l.lJould allect slgnili(antlV on the cleaning acriotl_

3.) Re!aIOual Tr;:)sh Conlenl:

figure (l6) ~hQw~ tht. \!ilerdepend~n<:~ between the obtainable cleaninl) eUkiency
of diUerenr olowroom installations and ~aJuc oj frash content.

I t is c lear that {rom rhi~ inve:ouSilllom

I. Wi th an initial rra!>h content (7.6'lC)} the cleaning elficiency, lor cotton libre Giza J I,
 T.S3 Rizk El-Bealy

increascl up tQ !I'% 10 ollli.lill a fcsio:}uOIJ tra5h cOlltcnL 01 1.''16 bdofC thc carel.
2. For Calion ribre, Ci,a. 31, Shirley analyser results shows the value ter trash content is
).76%. As re!\iduat trash conlent drop from I.j% to 1%, the cleaning elficiency raises
from 60% to 70%'
3, With conan fibres (G70, G75(n) :lind (77), a lower value of trash Conlcnt belween 2.3%
and 2.j~6 is ob3t:!rvcd. II we consider the (esidual rrillsh content 1.,% i5 an acceptable
Icvel, thai is iHwin<:d at clcaninge{ficiency 110% • The blowroom cleaning erticienc), rillise~ up
tQ 60% if Lhe \ra~h l"ollleHI drop jrom I.~"(' to 1%. Also, a low re~idu;,l Hash content
0.:1% can be ;,chie~ed at cleamng effiCiency bellllecn 60% and 7}% .

In add,uCJn to the great part of loreiSn meliler can be eliminated away B5 in the
blowroom. the co.rd also remove' Impurities and dun. This contribUTion of cardIng machine,
are showl'\ In li~. (17). The diagram sllows an average cleaning ef liciency lor eight Jots of
cotton fibres. The compulation based on Lhe trolsh contenl 0/ Ihe corton emerging Jrom blow·
room and not that o{ Ihe calli cotton. In case of card sl;"er still contains a trash content
between 0.06 and 0.6% .Far most of egyptian canon fibres. cleaning eflicien.cy (6'-~0%)
at carding resulting in a le!lidual trash COMent in the range O.)'lf, and 0.06% in the card sli"H

II, Conclusion:!; :
The present ~ludy permits the tollowmg COnciu$iollS 10 be drawn:
i)- In lerms of the erlect of spmnmg preparallon Line on running mll lena I characteristiCS,
{he experimenta I re5ult~ led to :
- TrulZlChler bh,)wrooln Lme5 removes appro~/mal(;:ly 65% to 85% o! che impurities
and ovef 10% of dust from EgYfHian cotton fibres.
For e&ypllan colton flbrC's: It has been /ound thilC a 5il::nllic<lnt di{/en::nce ,n ,,',tial
trllsh COllleI'H. Three levcis 01 trash conUm! has beefl observed, hiJ;her 1Ia.11Ji! lor C31,
mediulI1 val"" lor Ci81 and c::;,,(,) ;md luwer Irash ronlcn t lor C;70. en and C;7.5 •
- A~ a resultS 01 5ubscquenl processes, tr0l3il contell! in cotlon fibres changes and addir-
ionalllagcs reSlJlted III il httle drop in the level 01 tra,h elimlnOJtlon •
- Fibre length iH ~O%, 2.'% and ~'nlflJrmity ralro tends 10 be lower for card sliver than
the>!" recorded tor IllP o.nd [OJW cotlon. Also number of bearing duclng cleaning at
blowroom and carding calJ~ts an IncreaSe 'n shan fibre percenta&e.
ii). The obtamable cleaning erriciency IS aHected by running material parameters and machine
Installatian as following.
The initial trash can lent oj feed Stock a/fecl signilic3ntly on the cleaning elliclency.
The cleaninlj resuln are IIO! the ~a!l1e (or lhe innia! trash content.
- The cotton fibres with a higher trash content can ea~ily cleaned than a liule.
Raw corton lJ/.lrc5 with lower 'nicfonalrt values the more difficult it is 10 eliminate
impuri ties rrOlll (ibrcs.
A higher clean"ing action obtamed at thc Inn three sub~equent Cltllning points 01
b!t;;>wroom installlllion.
- A $ubStanll;,1 dilfcrer'ces ill cleaninr, clJlcienee5 are observed when different "Tr(j(zschler"
blowroom Imt'$ were employed lor tile same cotton Ilbres.
For all £syptian colton fibres, a e,ood running at carding operation n::5lJlted in a total
cleaning elficlency between 88% and 97% •

iiil- W,th relrence to rhe r~sldual trllsh Content the nperimcnlal rl!iulu led to the following
conclusions:
Firstly. Residual trash Content in I..,p OC I "",d !locks:
Residual u"a§h content (l.~%) belore the card could be ach~C!ved at diHerenr cleaning
action 40<iQ. 62% ilnd 80% depends on cotton type and initial HAtsk conlenl •
 Hansouril Engineering J;:;urna1 (KEJ) '101. 11.+, Ko.L .June 1989 T. S4

_ F'or cottOI\ flbre (GJ\) with hlg.her Inuh c<lI1tent a dro) of trall1 lrom 1.'96 TO 196
r<!qUlred an i/'lcrea~e of cle ..ning cllichmcy trom 11096 to 8'% •

- For (anon fibres ( G81 and G7'(s) ) 11.15 rr.edium level 01 mull content. tl1(' re.~jdua.J
lrll5r CD"'ent {\%) could be cb\ail\eO at cleaning ef{iclency between 60% and 7D%

- A. drop ,n tr~sl\ con\l'nt from I % to O.}'l!., lor cotton Jiure! G10, G7 '(II) and Gn,
required an increa~e of cleaning efficiency from 60')6 to 75'lb •
Sec:olld I y, Res idua I (ra sh con lent in card ! I j v er:
- For alll::.~ypilan cotlon [ib~1!5 .:I sisnillcanl r·~\.h"Cljon in uiUh conlent hu been obsened.
(esiduai ltasll con cent cl card sliver varies be (ween 0.6% ard 0.0696 •

- MO'!>t ot Catton fibre, shows a low level at re5idual [Nsh content, between 0.3 and 0.0696.
in The card 511·:e-r. This correspondms to cleanil1g efficiency at Cllrding in the range !'>~%
iIfId 90%
Re{erellcc:lSI
I. W. Klein, M..nual 01 T(!x.!il~ Tecllnol0IoiY. Till' Tl~n. Inu., 1,101. 2, 1?87.

2- Artzt. P., $henek, A. and AI Ali, It., TexlIl-Praltl~ Intet na!ion;!.i, J/'&O, .no - :;:J7
)- Mandl, G., Mel/land TexdltenclHe 4/80, )0' ~ 308
4- Roder, I., MLI)iyEor T~x.liHcch'r 19'9, II, ~.36

)- Leiteld, r., TelCtil·Praxis Irrernational, 1986, '. P II - IV

6- Temas, H., M!llliand Tcxtlll:ef!Chle, 9177; 70 I - 70,

7_ Hanenllauer H.P., DeutSCh Tex.tdteCIl., 1':162, 12, J/j6

,- Lel£eld, F. r TC)i.nl·"ralus Imermltional, 198/j, II r 1- Ii

T. 55 R1:tk. El-Eea.ly

Fig.W lHowroorn LIne "A" @ ~

l)bala openpr 2)condans~r 3}hopper fe~er 4)st~p clea.ner 5)axi-rlow
6)cond~n9pr 7)hopper f~eder 8)double opener&cleaner 9)~11ier
lO)hopper feedpr ll)do~blp &~utcher&lap ~/c ll)compreseor IJ)dust fan

J ~~ Fig.(2) J:jlowroolll Linll "a"

l)IOaSt.p ol't"neL· 2)'bal .. opE'ne-r J)bl"nUing conveyor 4)axi-now 5)air filter
6)c:ondf'nsE'r&feedill4!l unit 7)Sbp cleaner 8)clea.ner 9)traneport fa.n 10)11. mixll'=
ll)condenser~!e~ing unii ll)cleaner l))condenser 14)pneuma reeder 15)scutcher
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ftg.(,5) Tra.sh Analysis at Va.rious !\a.ehlnes of BloW'roolll Line "AU

Ma !'J\l:La 1 _n~ering Journal Vol. 14. No. 1. June 1989 T. 58

leO ,.-- 8
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T. 59 Rizk E1-Bea1y

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FIg. (7) Trash Analysis at Various Machines of Blll\olroonl Line 't..

Mane.otU:a Enginserlng Journal ($J) ~ol.ll.l. No .1. J1..ne 1989 T.60

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rig. (15) Cnln I"j t"i,lon t'l r Clo?J.nin" Ern c ll'ney
at I','lri<iu:> ~~"\cllin"'s of 1'.:" ,hl'ni "C
oJ 'rwo OjlE'nillC iHlIi Clt'aning Lir::~s
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T.67 Rizk EI-Bealy
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