Optimization of Mixing Ratio and Mixing Cost for the Production of Ring-Spun Cotton Yarn

ABSTRACT

As the cotton fiber properties are closely interrelated to the yarn properties, the correlation between the cotton fiber and yarn properties will help a mill to set the certain standard yarn properties. The purpose of this work is to produce the yarn of desired quality at minimum cost by mixing of various types of cotton fibers at the optimum-mixing ratio. The Linear Programming Technique has been suitably applied to determine the optimum mixing ratio to produce desired yarn quality at minimum cost. The solution of optimum mixing ratio obtained from the Linear Programming Equation has been solved by a computer program developed in Visual Basic software.

KEYWORDS:

• Cotton yarn
• optimum mixing ratio
• Linear Programming
• Visual Basic