Favimat Analysis of Fiber Fineness Distributions

Fiber length, strength, and micronaire are the most commonly studied properties of cotton.  Cotton fineness is also understood to be an important property of cotton and to affect how it performs when converted into yarn.  Cotton is a natural material and has inherently variable properties.  In recent years it has become well understood that the distribution of properties, such as length, within a cotton sample provides more useful information that just a single average value.  Until recently, it has not been practical to examine the distribution of fiber fineness throughout a cotton sample.  The Favimat single fiber tester allows for the distribution of fiber fineness to be studied.