Spinning Process Overview: From Fiber Material to Yarn
What is the Spinning Process? Spinning is the act of taking animal fibers or vegetable fibres and twisting them to form a continuous, infinitely stretching yarn suitable for weaving. Simply put, it is the process of spinning fibres into yarn by mechanical means. Here, take the cotton fibres for example to illustrate the six processes involved in spinning. opening picking Main tasks: Opening Loosening the lumpy fibres in a compacted chemical fibre bale into small pieces or small fibre bundles. Cleaning Removal of some of the impurities from the raw material. Mixing Mixing the fibres of various natures evenly. Evening and lap formation To produce a homogeneous roll of chemical fibres for use in the carding process. cotton carding Feed the cotton rolls into the card, which is carded to obtain sliver. Main tasks: Carding obtaining single fibres Edulcoration removal of faults and short staples Blending blend single fibres Form sliver making uniform slivers drawing To improve the unifo...