National Cotton Council of America
Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 8-11, 2008
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
The Cotton Foundation

Recorded Presentations

Friday, January 11, 2008: 8:15 AM-12:00 PM
Jackson E & F (Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center)
Cotton Utilization Conference: Textile Technology Symposium
Organizer:Mourad Krifa, International Textile Center - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
8:15 AMIntroductory Remarks 
8:20 AM
Sources of Variability of Cotton Fiber Length Distribution
Mourad Krifa, International Textile Center - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
8:40 AM
Quantifying Nep Generation In Cotton Processing
Jaime Cantu, Mourad Krifa and Mario G. Beruvides, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
9:00 AM
Impacts of Fiber Maturity on Spinning Performance: Controlling for Cotton Variety
M. Dean Ethridge, International Textile Center - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
9:20 AM
Properties of Rotor Yarns from Reprocessed Cotton Fibers  
Dana Kremenakova and Jiri Militky, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
9:40 AM
Cotton Fiber Blending: From Traditional to Specialty Mixing Approaches
Ramsis Farag1, Yehia Elmogahzy1, Alaa Arafa Badr1 and Monir Hassan2, (1)Department of Polymer and Fiber Engineering - Auburn University, Auburn, AL, (2)Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt
10:00 AMBreak 
10:30 AM
A New Approach to Measuring Cotton Spinnability Limits
Pelin Z. Altintas, Mourad Krifa and Mario G. Beruvides, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
10:50 AM
Quantile Modeling of Yarn Strength Distribution
Mourad Krifa, International Textile Center - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
11:10 AM
Factors Affecting Cotton Yarn Hairiness
Jiri Militky, Dana Kremenakova, Gabriela Krupincova and Sayed Ibrahim, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
11:30 AM
Calendering & Embossing of Cotton Webs 
D. Steve Gunter, BF Perkins, Sanford, NC
11:50 AMDiscussion 
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