Spinning of Cotton-Jute Blends on the Cotton System

72-75<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-us;="" mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">The feasibility of producing cotton-jute blends on cotton spinning machinery and the problems involved therein have been investigated. Jute fibres of two types, viz., jute caddies and jute staple, were used. In all cotton-jute caddie blends, the proportion of jute in the final product was less than the nominal value, the difference being more in the case of blends with higher proportion of jute. The loss of jute during processing was more in the case of jute caddies than for jute staple. It was concluded that upto 20% jute caddies could be blended with cotton for production of fabrics without any marked deterioration in yarn quality and such fabrics would be quite suitable for furnishings, curtain materials, etc.