Cotton Processing
Cotton is the world's most important natural fibre. In the year 2007, the global yield was 25 million tons from 35 million hectares cultivated in more than 50 countries.
There are six stages
- Cultivating and Harvesting
- Preparatory Processes
- Spinning
- Weaving
- Finishing
- Marketing
The preparatory processes and spinning happen in a spinning mill, weaving happens in a weaving shed and finishing at the bleach works and dyeworks. Traditionally these processes occur in separate mills, though combination mills have been built which take raw cotton through to printed cloth.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)