Industrial cotton waste: Recycling, Reclaimed fiber behavior and quality prediction of its blend

Year 2018, Volume: 28 Issue: 1, 14 - 20, 01.04.2018

Wanassi Béchir , Azouz Béchir Ben Hassen Mohamed

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the use of industrial cotton waste as an
alternative of virgin cotton and to understand the effects of recycling process
in the global quality of reclaimed fiber. It also tries to predict the quality
of the mix of recycled fiber with virgin cotton using mathematical approach.The
global quality of recycled fibers was investigated using single criteria like
Mean Length (ML), Span Length (SL_2.5)… and with complex criteria
such as Fiber Quality Index (FQI) and Spinning
Consistency Index
(SCI). The blending fibers properties were simulated mathematically. The ML, SL_2.5,
Upper Half Mean Length (UHML), Upper Quality Length (UQL), Fineness and
Uniformity Ratio (UR) were analyzed according to the simulation results which
were reported by experimental analysis using R² as correlation coefficient. The
optimum quality of reclaimed fiberswasselected with the consideration of FQI
and SCI plots.

The blend of recycled
fibers with Malian fibers was selected as the beneficial mix. Under the optimum
recycling condition, the effect of recycled fibers (40%, 50%, 60% and 75%) on
the irregularity and the tenacity of blended yarn were evaluated. It was shown that the CVm %, Thinness 30%/Km, Thickness
30%/km, Neps 280%/m andHairiness % of obtained yarn increase by 20%, 13%, 32%,
50% and 20%, respectively, when the ratio of recycled fibers increase from 40%
to 75%. While the tenacity of obtained yarn decrease by 16%.The use of yarn
based on recycled fibers suggests the recent and progress demand for special
DENIM woven in particular is met, at least partially, through this way.

Keywords

Recycled fiber, Blending, Cotton waste, Mathematical approach, SCI, FQI

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