FBRI

This is cotton after it has been picked but before it has gone through any of the cleaning process.

This is cotton going through the first stage of cleaning.

This is the result of the first stage of cleaning.

 All of this is in the next room and is the first stretching phase of the cotton, the preliminary stage of yarn.

 This machine is the next phase of the yarn/thread stretching.

 This machine is the Martindale abrasion and pilling tester. The fabric is rubbed a certain number of times and then can be analyzed for pilling and breakage to determine durability.

 This machine pulls threads or fabrics to test their tension strength and breaking point.

 This machine holds a piece of fabric taut and then slices it so that the tear can be analyzed.

 This is some cotton that has come in for testing at the FBRI.

This is our guide showing us how one of the testing machines works.

This is a newer machine that tests the strengths of threads.

This is where the cotton is cut and weighed before it is tested.