The LTC has been a global reference

laboratory since 1960, and has since

developed its offer in terms of appraisals,

analysis tools and software, and training,

primarily concerning cotton.

Natural Fibre Technology and Characterization Laboratory

> ISSUES

> COTTON AND NATURAL FIBRE APPRAISALS

> CIRAD IN A NUTSHELL

CIRAD is the French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions.

With those countries, it works to generate new knowledge, support agricultural development, and contribute to the debate on the main global issues concerning agriculture, food and rural territories.

> 100 countries of action> 1650 staff > 800 researchers

www.cirad.fr

Products and services Cotton supply chain

LTC

Responding to cotton product assessment and quality improvement requirements among professionals in the sector: research teams, ginning plants, classification services, cotton

trading firms, textile manufacturers, etc

Standardization and harmonization

> Establishment of international standard cottons for calibration of measuring apparatus> Establishment of reference values for ICCS and UHVICC standards available at USDA> Drafting of fibre quality standards under BNITH ISO/TC 28/SC 23> Design of measurement methods and novel assessment apparatus.

International fibre technology expertise

> Studies, design and advisory services for laboratory equipment and fitting-out of premises.> Ginning study audits.

Cotton technology training

> Ginning> Fibre and seed technology> Technological characteristic assessment tools: choice, management, maintenance> Principles of spinning

> OUR ANALYSIS SERVICES

> Ginning: saw ginning, roller ginning

> Spinning: fibre blend, conventional spinning frames «Ring» or «open end»> Micro spinning: mini carding machine

> Natural Fibre Technology

and Characterization

Laboratory

LTC

Fibre

Yarn

> Ginning yield Weight Size Germination rate

> Integrated measurement chains

HVI 1000/900/700 Length Strength Colour Trash

> Conventional measurement equipment Fibrograph, fibronaire, AFIS maturity meter

> USTER Tester 3, USTER Tensorapid 3 Yarn evenness and defects Static or dynamic dynamometer strength and elongation testing

Fibre and yarn contamination quantification

Cotton stickiness thermodetectors> Manual: SCT-CIRAD® > Automatic: H2SD-CIRAD®Seed coat fragment visualization/measurement> Trashcam software

Procedures, apparatus and software developed by CIRAD

CONTACTS

> AIDA Research Unit

73 rue Jean-François BretonTA B 115/16

34398 Montpellier Cedex 5France

Tel: +33 4 67 61 55 34

Fax: +33 4 67 61 56 66

technologie.coton@cirad.fr

Cottonseed

> Measures Weight Size

Boll

Poducts and service Cotton supply chain

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