PRODUCING YARNS FROM BLENDS OF CARD WASTES, RECYCLED FABRIC AND MEDIUM QUALITY COTTON

This investigation was conducted to produce open end rotor yarns from blends of card wastes, recycled fabrics and Giza 90 low grade FGF cotton in the spinning mill of North Africa Spinning Company El Sadat city, El Menoufea Governorate, Egypt. The card waste and recycled fibers couldn't be spun to 6 Ne rotor yarns. Five blends of Giza 90 virgin fibers and these waste and recycled materials, at different blending ratios, were spun successfully to 8 Ne, 10 Ne and 12 Ne open-end rotor yarns. Fiber and yarn quality measurements were determined. Giza 90 virgin fibers showed better length, length uniformity and tenacity with lower short fiber content compared to card waste and recycled materials although of its low grade. The results indicated that blending Giza 90 virgin fibers improved fiber and yarn quality of the blend specially when the ratio of Giza 90 increased in the blend.75% Giza 90/ 25% card waste or recycled fibers blends showed higher yarn strength and lower yarn CV% and lower number of imperfections compared to the other blends while 33% Giza 90/ 33% card waste/ 33% recycled fibers showed the lowest level of these yarn quality levels.