Cotton Contamination Analyser

Introduction

A reputed technical institution is offering a technology for manufact-uring cotton contamination analyser. Fibre neps, trash particles and seedcoat fragments are visible foreign matters in cotton. These foreign matters affect yarn quality and fabric appearance often leading to huge value loss. The Cotton Contamination Analyser developed is based on state-of-the-art digital image processing technique devel-oped to distinguish between trash, seedcoat fragments, fibre neps in the cotton fibrous web and to provide information in terms of their size and number in tabular and graphical form. The technology is now in the process of commercialisation.

It can be made use for building a suitable system for the on-line application jointly with a manufacturer.

Features

• Inspects within the sample - not just on the surface.
• Classifies trash particles, seedcoat fragment and neps in the cotton fibrous web.
• Provides information of size and number of impurities contained in the sample.
• Provides hardcopy printout in tabular as well as histogram form.

Market & Cost/ benefits

Likely end users are cotton growers, ginners, cotton traders, modern textile mills, blowroorn carding machinery manufacturers and textile R&D, educational instit-utes. The demand for the market can be put at 50 units. The total estimated turnover of licensee with a sate price of Rs.12 lakhs per unit will be Rs. 600 lakhs over a period of 5 years.

Areas of Application

Textile Industry, Cotton Processing

Advantages

• Better statistics because more sample can be tested.
• Possibilities of controlling cotton quality.
• Improved machine settings for high-speed spinning machines, blowroom machinery and cards.
• Locating machine malfunctions.
• Permits comprehensive studies to improve yarn quality.
• Prevents wastage.

Stage of Development

Ready for Commercialisation

Economic Data

Initial know-how fee: Rs. 8 lakhs

For further information please contact

Technology Bureau for Small Enterprises,
APCTT Building,
PO Box 4575,
Off New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi-110016
Website: www.techsmall.com