Research Article

Modelling and Predicting the Breaking Strength and Mass Irregularity of Cotton Rotor-Spun Yarns Containing Cotton Fiber Recovered from Ginning Process by Using Artificial Neural Network Algorithm

Table 1

Fiber properties summary.

Fiber characteristicsCottonGinning waste

tenacity (cN/tex)27.123.2
Breaking elongation (%)6.76.6
Mean length by weight (mm)23.9021.77
Short fiber content by weight (%)711.1
Maturity index0.820.81
Micronair4.384.29
UQL (upper quartile length by weight) (mm)28.8927.19
CV length by weight (%)1.911.94