Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation
Abstract The urgency to find alternative fabrics to conventionally produced cotton is increasing as vast amounts of agrochemicals are used and a lot of irrigation is required. In this literature survey the potential of organic cultivation practices to produce highly qualitative hemp fibre, suitable...
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| author | Bengtsson, Elin |
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The urgency to find alternative fabrics to conventionally produced cotton is increasing as vast amounts of agrochemicals are used and a lot of irrigation is required. In this literature survey the potential of organic cultivation practices to produce highly qualitative hemp fibre, suitable for the textile industry, was investigated. The definition of a fibre in the textile context as well as of the qualities that are essential for a textile fibre was necessary as a base for the discussion in this thesis. The quality parameters looked at were fineness, strength, length, friction, and colour. The impact of external growth factors and plant development on these quality properties are discussed. No industrial norms for hemp textile fibres are available. However, there are guidelines available, developed for growers and processors to obtain an even and easily processed fibre material, optimized for textile purposes. Although hemp with high quality fibre with showed to be easily cultivated by organic means to, discrepancies in optimal harvest time with respect to fibre quality, and legislated harvest time (being beyond this point in time) puts the grower in a technical dilemma regarding the fibre quality.
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| spelling | RepoSLU642012-04-20T14:07:58Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/64/ Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation Bengtsson, Elin Legislation Processing of non-food or non-feed agricultural products Plant physiology - Growth and development Abstract The urgency to find alternative fabrics to conventionally produced cotton is increasing as vast amounts of agrochemicals are used and a lot of irrigation is required. In this literature survey the potential of organic cultivation practices to produce highly qualitative hemp fibre, suitable for the textile industry, was investigated. The definition of a fibre in the textile context as well as of the qualities that are essential for a textile fibre was necessary as a base for the discussion in this thesis. The quality parameters looked at were fineness, strength, length, friction, and colour. The impact of external growth factors and plant development on these quality properties are discussed. No industrial norms for hemp textile fibres are available. However, there are guidelines available, developed for growers and processors to obtain an even and easily processed fibre material, optimized for textile purposes. Although hemp with high quality fibre with showed to be easily cultivated by organic means to, discrepancies in optimal harvest time with respect to fibre quality, and legislated harvest time (being beyond this point in time) puts the grower in a technical dilemma regarding the fibre quality. Sammanfattning Det är angeläget att hitta alternativa textilmaterial till konventionellt producerad bomull, eftersom betydande mängder bekämpningsmedel och bevattning krävs där. Inom ramen för denna litteraturstudie undersöktes potentialen för ekologisk odling för att producera högkvalitativ hampafiber avsedd för textilindustrin. Definitionen för vad en fiber är i textilsammanhang, liksom definitioner för de kvaliteter som är nödvändiga för en textil fiber krävdes som bas för diskussionen i uppsatsen. De kvalitetsparametrar som upptogs i diskussionen var finlek, styrka, längd, friktion och färg. De diskuteras både ur perspektivet gällande yttre växtfaktorer och gällande växtens utveckling, som tillsammans påverkar kvalitetsparametrarna. Industriella operativa normer för hampafiber eftersöktes utan framgång. Däremot finns riktlinjer framtagna för odlare och processenheter för att få ett jämt och lättbearbetat fibermaterial, optimerat för textila ändamål. Trots att hampa visade sig vara lättodlad i ekologisk odling för att producera fiber av hög kvalitet, så gör skillnader i skördetid för optimal fiberkvalitet respektive den lagstiftade skördetiden att odlaren ställs inför ett fibertekniskt dilemma. 2009-04-06 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/64/2/bengtsson_e_090414.pdf.pdf Bengtsson, Elin, 2009. Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation. First cycle, G2E. Alnarp: (LTJ, LTV) > Horticulture (until 121231) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/4810.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-4-49 eng |
| spellingShingle | Legislation Processing of non-food or non-feed agricultural products Plant physiology - Growth and development Bengtsson, Elin Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation |
| title | Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation |
| title_full | Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation |
| title_fullStr | Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation |
| title_short | Obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation |
| title_sort | obtaining high quality textile fibre from industrial hemp through organic cultivation |
| topic | Legislation Processing of non-food or non-feed agricultural products Plant physiology - Growth and development |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/64/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/64/ |