Experience of the Fibrotest for Measuring Cotton Fiber Length and Strength Properties

Wednesday, January 9, 2013: 4:30 PM
Conf. Room 12 (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Xiaoliang "Leon" Cui , USDA-ARS-SRRC
Chris Delhom , USDA-ARS-SRRC
James E. Rodgers , SRRC-ARS-USDA
Yiyun Cai , Louisiana State University
Vikki B. Martin , Cotton Incorporated
Michael D. Watson , Cotton Incorporated
The Fibrotest is a device developed by TEXTECHNO for measuring cotton fiber length and strength properties.  We carried out a series of tests and compared the results with those from other devices such as HVI, AFIS and Stelometer.