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Evgeniy L. Pashin
Kostroma State Agricultural Academy
Aleksander V. Orlov
Kostroma State University
Maxim A. Smirnov
Kostroma State University
The effect of the indentation from the clamp of the bit and the number of fibres in it on their estimated length according to the HVI method
Pashin E. L., Orlov A. V., Smirnov M. A. The effect of the indentation from the clamp of the bit and the number of fibres in it on their estimated length according to the HVI method. Technologies & Quality. 2026. No 2(72). P. 18–24. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.34216/2587-6147-2026-2-72-18-24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/2587-6147-2026-2-72-18-24
УДК: 677.017.222
EDN: LYETTQ
Publish date: 2026-04-27
Annotation: The aim of the work is to evaluate the possible effect on the ML value of the fibre offset from the fibre clamping line by 3.81 mm used in the HVI method when testing in a fibrograph, as well as the variability in the thickness of the fibrous layer in the bit. By simulating the formation of a fibre clamping system in a block and constructing a fibrogram, confirmation was obtained of the negative effect of the variability in the number of fibres in the bit, which reduces the accuracy of determining their average length ML by the HVI method. As the number of fibres in the bit increases, the difference between ML and the true length of the fibres increases. It was also found that with an indentation of 3.81 mm from the edge of the clamp before the start of scanning, an error in determining ML may form in the fibrograph, especially when analysing short-fibre cotton with an average length of about 20 mm. It is concluded that it is necessary to improve the method of determining the length of cotton fibres on a fibrograph by taking into account all the fibres that make up the bit and scanning it directly from the clamping line.
Keywords: fibre, cotton, length, USTER HVI system, modelling, bit formation, fibrogram, measurement error
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Author's info: Evgeniy L. Pashin, Kostroma State Agricultural Academy, Kostroma, Russia, evgpashin@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5871-874X
Co-author's info: Aleksander V. Orlov, Kostroma State University, Kostroma, Russia, aorlov@list.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4995-3393
Co-author's info: Maxim A. Smirnov, Kostroma State University, Kostroma, Russia, sma44@inbox.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6500-4518