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LINT COTTON [19 records]

Record 1 2022-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

[The] gin rib allows the cotton fibers to flow through smoothly and not tag. It also prevents little seeds from escaping [...] and being ground up into fine particles in the lint cleaners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Industrie cotonnière
CONT

Dans une égreneuse, des scies circulaires tournent à grande vitesse entre des bandes de métal parallèles appelées barreaux d’égreneuse.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Cotton Industry
DEF

A machine used to remove the seeds from cotton, typically having one or more rollers which pinch the seeds away from the lint, or a revolving cylinder of toothed discs or saws which pull the lint from the seeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Industrie cotonnière
DEF

Matériel qui permet de séparer la fibre de la graine de coton [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Industria algodonera
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Record 3 2016-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

Waste fibres that fly out into the atmosphere during carding, drawing, spinning, and other processes.

OBS

Lint in this case indicates fibres which need to be removed as waste, which should not be confused with lint, the useful cotton fibres separated from the seed in the ginning process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Retombée de duvet ou de déchets qui a lieu en cours de la filature ou du tissage.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The radiant energy in the 400- to 700-nm waveband incident per unit time on a unit surface.

CONT

Photosynthetic irradiance is an important factor affecting cotton(Gossypium hirsutum L.) plant growth, development, lint yield, and fiber quality.

OBS

photosynthetic irradiance; PI: term and abbreviation recommended by the Committee on Crop Terminology for the expression of photosynthetic energy and photosynthetic capacity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

éclairement énergétique utile à la photosynthèse : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Cotton Industry
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An annual Old World cotton(Gossypium herbaceum) that has heart shaped 5-lobed to 7-lobed leaves, yellow flowers with purplish centers, and small fruits with large seeds and short grayish lint and is sometimes considered to be one of the ancestors of modern short-staple commercial cottons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Industrie cotonnière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante tropicale herbacée, à fleurs jaunes, dont le fruit est une capsule contenant des graines revêtues de longs poils cellulosiques (genre Gossypium, famille malvacées).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Industria algodonera
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 6 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella is a key pest of cotton in Northeastern Mexico, Arizona & California. Pink Bollworm feeds on cotton bolls reducing both yield and quality of the lint. The introduction of transgenic Bt cotton varieties has resulted in more effective control of pink bollworm, while simultaneously reducing broadspectrum insecticide use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

A disease caused by Xanthomonas malvacearum which is prevalent in all cotton producing areas. It is characterized by small, circular, or angular, translucent, water-soaked spots on the leaves which darken to brown or black. It may result in the shedding of leaves, the shedding of bolls, stem blight, boll rot, and a reduction of the lint grade due to stains. The damage over the whole U. S. is from one to two percent of the total crop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
CONT

Les résultats du tableau 7.4 laissent à entendre que quelques gènes montrent de la dominance; dans le cas du bras noir du coton, la distinction entre des gènes majeurs plus ou moins additifs et des polygènes n'est pas facile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
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Record 8 2002-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cotton Industry
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

The process by which the lint is removed from the cotton seeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
OBS

L'égrenage, autrefois pratiqué à la main, se fait [...] à l'aide de machines (égreneuses «saw-gin», association de scies et de brosses; égreneuses à rouleau ou à cylindre).

OBS

L'égrenage du coton : séparation des fibres d'avec la graine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria algodonera
  • Máquinas para la cosecha (Agricultura)
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Record 9 2002-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

A detailed examination of the Buckley- or blade-type opener-cleaners will show that ... the cotton can make only ... 270 degrees of a revolution about the grid section.

OBS

The opener-cleaner combined the steps of opening bales and blending cotton with more efficient cleaning, producing a smoother-spinning lint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Industrie cotonnière

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

The opener-cleaner combined the steps of opening bales and blending cotton with more efficient cleaning, producing a smoother-spinning lint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Industrie cotonnière

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

Instruments such as the Stelometer and Pressley strength tester have been used as a basis to strength measurements accepted by the textile industry... A preliminary study of the fiber length and strength distributions of cotton fibers prepared to be broken with the Stelometer were compared to ginned lint distributions. It was found that the fibers normally broken with the Stelometer... are the longer fibers and that the weaker of the longer fibers are broken during specimen preparation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cotton Industry
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

LINT : a fibrous coat of thickened convoluted hairs borne by the seeds of cotton plants and constituting the staple of cotton fiber after ginning.

OBS

Although often used interchangeably, "lint" and "staple" are not quite the same thing, staple being ginned lint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

On recueille la capsule [...] et on sépare la graine [...] Cette opération s'effectue au moyen de machines [...] auxquelles on livre le [...] coton en graines et qui restituent le coton égrené [...].

CONT

Le coton égrené est rassemblé dans les magasins de l'acheteur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria algodonera
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
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Record 13 1999-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

Cotton seed... Acidified seed are conveyed to the rotary drum dryer... In the dryer, water is evaporated concentrating the acid, and hydrolyzation of the lint begins.... Dust, acidified lint... are removed from the dryer... Hot air escapes to the atmosphere and the linters can be neutralized at this point if desired and then conveyed into storage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

Cotton : Ahmouni and Bamia are two well-liked staples. Both are darker than Mitafiffi, and the latter ranks just behind Mitafiffi in all respects. Both cotton have long staples, are soft in feel, silken in nature, and strong; they run, however, rather high in lint percentage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie cotonnière
Key term(s)
  • Bamia

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Cotton Industry
DEF

A popular Egyptian cotton, light brown in cast, but darker than Sakellaridis which runs to the white. It ranges from 1¼ inches to 1½ inches in staple, and the counts of yarn made usually range from 70s to 100s and upwards.

CONT

Ahmouni and Bamia are two well-liked staples. Both are darker than Mitafiffi, and the latter ranks just behind Mitafiffi in all respects. Both cotton have long staples, are soft in feel, silken in nature, and strong; they run, however, rather high in lint percentage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie cotonnière

Spanish

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Record 16 1999-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

Ahmouni and Bamia are two well-liked staples. Both are darker than Mitafiffi, and the latter ranks just behind Mitafiffi in all respects. Both cotton have long staples, are soft in feel, silken in nature, and strong; they run, however, rather high in lint percentage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie cotonnière

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Cotton Industry
  • Textile Packaging
CONT

Cotton bales vary much in size and weight.

CONT

Cotton bale packaging ... Langston ... has been a key player in developing the standards for cotton bale covering. Half bags and sheets are produced in woven polypropylene and meet full bale packaging specifications. Cotton-Tainers, spiral-sewn bags produced in woven polypropylene or burlap ... .

CONT

Moisture Measurement of the Cotton Bale. Measurement of the moisture in cotton bales can be used to control regain to optimise the addition of moisture to the lint. This can ensure that enough moisture is added to the bale to "kill" it and thus not only minimise the power required to press the bale, but also ensure that the bale is not so dry as to cause the bale bands to break-an important cost for the ginning industry....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Emballages textiles
CONT

Balles de coton. Mise en balles: Le coton égrené est comprimé et empaqueté dans une toile de jute cerclée de fer. Ces paquets appelés balles pèsent de 180 à 340 kg suivant le pays producteurs.

CONT

Balle. Gros paquet de marchandises généralement enveloppé de toile et lié de cordes. - Sac. Faire, défaire une balle de coton.

Spanish

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Record 18 1988-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cotton Industry
OBS

[lint percentage] is the ratio of the weight of the--to the weight of the seed cotton.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie cotonnière
OBS

le poids de -- exprime la quantité de fibres obtenues après égrenage

Spanish

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Record 19 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Drying Equipment (Air Cond. and Heating)
CONT

cleaning equipment [for cotton] used in addition to the gin stands consists of extractor-feeder... driers and lint cleaners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Étuves et séchoirs (Cond. de l'air et chauffage)
CONT

dans l'industrie textile, les séchoirs sont soit à chambre chaude, soit à contact

Spanish

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