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Cotton Fiber
Cotton fiber grading is done depending on their physical characteristics such as length, strength, fineness, maturity, trash content, etc. This classification is called the grading of fiber.
Cotton fiber grading depends on the trash content of the cotton fiber. Except for fiber, other impurities and dust such as broken leaves, and broken seeds piece are called the trash of the cotton. If one wants to produce well-qualified yarn one needs to remove all trash and short fiber from the cotton fiber. So, it is required to know the quantity of trash in the cotton. To measure the trash content in the fiber an instrument is used called Shirley Analyser.
Grading Of Cotton Fiber:
The Cotton plant is cultivated in most countries of the world. The characteristics of the cotton fiber are not the same, it varies on climate, weather, cultivating system, harvesting system, and others. Here, I have presented some grading systems of some countries by which they grade their cotton.
Grading System of US Cotton:
This grading is done from upper quality to lower quality.
Middle Fair
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Strict Good Middling
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Good Middling
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Strict Middling
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Middling
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Strict Low Middling
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Low Middling
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Strict Good Ordinary
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Good Ordinary
Grading System of Egyptian Cotton:
This cotton grading is done from the upper level to the lower level.
Extra Fine
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Fine
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Fully Good
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Good
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Fully Good Fair
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Good Fair
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Fair
Grading System Of Indian Cotton:
This grading is done from upper grade to lower grade.
Super Choice
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Choice
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Extra Super Fine
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Super Fine
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Fine
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Fully Good
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Good
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Fully Good Fair
The above grading is the most used grading system and most countries follow the above grading. It is noted that Pakistan and Bangladesh also follow the grading of the US for grading cotton.
So, when you will import cotton from other countries, you have to ensure the correct grades of the cotton fiber.
6 comments
Gopal krishnan
What is cotton 62 by 62 or 8072 or 9680 in printed cotton sarees
Courtney Wood
I am very curious about your statement: “Grading of US Cotton: This grading is done from upper quality to lower quality.”
Pleas explain where, as you put it, “this grading is done” which includes the odd term “Middle Fair.” I grew up in cotton growing country, and had extensive experience with cotton, from picking it (including dragging bags through fields, picking by hand) to baling it (Literally. Operating the press in a cotton gin which takes the cleaned cotton and produces 500 pound bales.) and, of course, wearing it.
In my entire, blessedly long, life I never encountered the term “Middle Fair” before today, on this Web site.
Where did it come from, and can you cite an authoritative Non-Internet source?
Ashok kumar bind
lovely comment
DIPAK
i want to use thismaterial print and save how i can do pl reply
Tushar K Dhar
Excellent information
Tushar K Dhar
Very helpful and informative for technicians.