Abstract: Universal grade standard samples supplied by the United States Department of Agriculture were used as the basis for a study of the operation of electronic scanning instrumentation adapted to ...

Abstract: Successful utilization of an automated optical scanning system for the purpose of assessing the trash factor included in the grade classification of cotton was demonstrated in a study that ...

Abstract: A procedure is described for obtaining information concerning the circularity of fiber cross-sections from measurements made in a longitudinal view of the fibers. A method is developed for viewing ...

Abstract: An optical scanning procedure is described for scanning a fiber and measuring the projected diameter of the fiber at different points along its length. A method of analysis is discussed for ...

Abstract: A method is described for estimating the shape factor, the ratio of the maximum and minimum projected diameters, of a fiber from measurements made on a longitudinal view. The method assumes ...

Abstract: Research was conducted in the design, development, and evaluation of a new hooked needle device for obtaining from a sample of cotton a parallelized beard of fiber suitable for instrumented ...

Abstract: An optical scanning system was used to obtain considerable information related to the fineness and fiber to fiber fineness variability of various samples of natural and man-made staple fibers. ...