Influence of Spindle Speed on Yarn Quality of Flax/Cotton Blend

Abstract

The influence of spindle speed on yarn quality was investigated. The yarn properties such as strength, breaking extension, imperfections and hairiness were studied. The strength of 39 tex 10/90 flax/cotton blended yarn was seen to have a lower value than the 59 tex equivalent yarn as spindle speed increased. But the breaking extension decreased with the increase in spindle speed. The study also revealed that both yarn hairiness and total imperfections increased as the spindle speed increased. It was judged from the experimental findings that the yarn produced from 10/90 flax/cotton blend had higher strength and was more regular than the yarn produced from 70/30 flax/cotton blend