National Textile University

BSc. Textile Engineering

Pre-Spinning Processes

Course code: YM-2012

Course title: Pre-Spinning Processes

Semester: 5th

Technology: Yarn Manufacturing

Lab Report No: 02

Title:
Determination of Cleaning Efficiency and Fiber Growth of the Blow Room line.

Submitted By
Name: Sohail Asghar

Reg No: 16-NTU-0159

Submitted To
Sir Muhammad Bilal Sab

Date Experiment was conducted: 03/10/2018

Date Report was submitted: 10/10/2018

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Registration No 16-NTU-0159 Name: Sohail Asghar Subject: Pre-Spinning Processes (I)

Title: Determination of Cleaning Efficiency and Fiber Growth of the Blow Room line.
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Abstract:
Determination of the cleaning efficiency of blow room line is practically involved. The comparison
between the input (raw material) and output (Lap) of material of blow room line by Shirley analyzer
determined the cleaning efficiency of blow room line. Also check the fiber growth of the fibers in
complete blow room line by using Spin Lab Fibrograph. For cleaning efficiency of the blow room
line input material (Raw Material) we took 100 gram of sample and start process by using Shirley
analyzer. In calculated result the cleaning efficiency of blow room line input (raw material) was
trash%=6.8% and then the output material of blow room line (lap) trash% = 2.6%. so the cleaning
efficiency was 61.76%. and the total result of fiber growth was 6.76%.

Background:

Blow room is the initial machine of any spinning department. Blow room depends on number of
machines. And the first machine of blow room is bale opener or bale breaker. The role of bale
breaker is to open the compact bale which comes from the ginning mill, and there are different
machines in blow room and having different working. The major task of blow room is Opening,
Cleaning and blending of cotton, because mill but the cotton from different region so mixing and
blending is also necessary with opening and cleaning

Objectives:
1. To understand the method of determine the cleaning efficiency of cleaning machine of blow
room.
2. To determine the fiber growth in blow room line.

Theory:
In this experiment, two samples of input (raw material) and output (Lap) from blow room line and
by using Shirley analyzer we determine the cleaning efficiency. After getting input and output values
comparison of both is made. The we checked the how much our fiber growing in this process and
may be fiber is growing or damaged. This is checked by using of spin lab Fibrograph.

Cleaning Efficiency input (raw Material) was calculated:

C.E.1st = (Trash %age in Input - Trash %age in Output) / (Trash %age in Input) × 100.

Cleaning Efficiency 2nd was calculated:

C.E.2 nd = Input (Trash+Cage Loss) % - Output (Trash+Cage Loss) % / (Input (Trash+Cage Loss) %
× 100.

Fiber growth calculation.

F.G 1st = 2.5% span length

F.G 2nd = 2.5% span length

F.G = F.G 2nd – F.G 1st

Equipment and Materials:

• Blow room line.
• Shirley analyzer.
• 100 gram samples of Input (Raw Material).
• 100 gram sample of output (lap)
• Spin Lab Fibrograph
• Weight balance.

Procedure:
Two hundred gram samples of both from input (raw material) and output(lap) of blow room were
taken. The sample material for testing picked from different places from bale and lap. Then, sample
was fed in Shirley analyzer. And trash was calculated by weight balance. The comparison of both
trashes gave percentage ratio and thus, cleaning efficiency of blow room line was determined. By
using formula we calculate the initial and final value of input and output. Than we checked the fiber
growth by using the spin lab Fibrograph.

Observations and Calculations:

Input (Bale)

Total weight: 100 g

Final Pure Lint: 93.2 g

Trash: 5.3 g

Cage loss: 1.5 g

Trash Percentage: 5.3 %

Trash + Cage loss %age: 6.8%

Output (lap):

Trash Percentage: 1.6%

Trash + Cage loss %age: 2.6 %

Invisible loss was calculated by this formulation:

Cage loss = 100 - (Total Pure Lint+Total Trash).

𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ (𝐹)−𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ (𝐷)

Cleaning Efficiency = 100
𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ(𝐹)

6.8 −2.6
Cleaning Efficiency = 100
6.8

Cleaning Efficiency = 61.76%

The fiber growth calculation between fed and delivered material of blow room line.

Table 1: Fiber Growth value of input and output of blow room line.

No. Input (Bale) mm Output (Lap) mm

1 28.21 29.87
2 26.53 28.47
3 27.54 29.89
Avg. 27.42 29.41

Fiber Growth = 𝟐. 𝟓% 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒂𝒑 − 𝟐. 𝟓% 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒆

Fiber Growth = 𝟐𝟗. 𝟒𝟏𝒎𝒎 − 𝟐𝟕. 𝟒𝟐𝒎𝒎

Fiber Growth = 𝟏. 𝟗𝟗𝒎𝒎

Result:

In calculated value the efficiency of blow room line was 61.76% and the total fiber growth in blow
room line was 1.99mm.

Conclusion:

The cleaning efficiency of blow room line is must be greater than 50 percent than the production rate
gives good result otherwise the value of end down rate will increase which is not good for the
production. The cleaning efficiency of our calculated is greater than 50 because we again recycled
cotton. The fiber growth value is good is fiber growth value is not good than the value SFC will
increased.