THE INFLUENCE OF DRYING TEMPERATURE OF RAW COTTON ON FIBRE DAMAGE

The scientific research has been conducted at Bekabad cotton gin plant. For this purpose, raw cotton of released selection varieties including An-Bayaut-2, Navruz and Sultan was dried at the same temperature of 140?160 º С to humidity of 7,5?9,5 %, purged of fine and coarse impurities under laboratory conditions by use of LKM device and ginned; the mechanical damage of fibres was determined according to the method of M.A. Hadzhinova, the Academy member. Production recommendations on the humidity for each selection variety after the process of drying are given.