5—THE USE OF BANANA-PLANT FIBRE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR JUTE
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of the Textile Institute
- Vol. 65 (1) , 27-33
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00405007408630342
Abstract
Banana-plant fibre (Musa sapientum) is strong, soft, and coarse, and a technique developed for processing the fibre on standard jute machinery after stapling it to 20 cm is reported. In some trials, the fibre was blended with jute and mesta. A disadvantage was that the yarn was hairy, but hessian and sacking fabrics woven with banana-fibre yarn as weft or warp and with jute yarn in the other direction complied with standard specifications and looked brighter and dyed better than corresponding all-jute fabrics.Keywords
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