You'll want to check the ITC Store site often, as new offers become available. These are the choices this month,
Books
Sticky Cotton: Measurements and Fiber Processing by Eric F. Hequet and Nourredine Abidi
(12 X 9.5" cloth, 170 illustrations, over 100 tables, 224 pp. $50.00 plus shipping)
Providing a general overview of cotton stickiness-a problem for producers and textile mills worldwide, Hequet and Abidi evaluate various detection methods (including chemical and physical tests), review the advantages and limitations of high-speed stickiness detectors and discuss the stickiness' effect on fiber processing, productivity and yarn quality. Sticky Cotton is an essential reference for anyone searching for ways to avoid or mitigate these issues.
To order of a copy of Sticky Cotton, contact the Business Office of the ITC: tel: 806.747.3790 fax: 806.747.3796 or email itc@ttu.edu.
Cotton Fiber: Development and Processing (An Illustrated Overview)
(8" X 8.5" paperback, black and white images, drawings and diagrams, 88 pp. $15.00 plus shipping )
Funded by a grant from Cotton Incorporated, the ITC has released a book which will give an illustrated overview of cotton fiber development and processing. The book tells the story in drawings and scanning electron micrographs.
Extensive use of photographs, LM and SEM images, and drawings provide the basis for concise explanations of the development of cotton plants and the structure and development of cotton fibers. This same illustrated approach is used to explain the major phases of cotton processing: Harvesting, Ginning, Fiber Evaluation, and Yarn and Fabric Formation. This book is designed to be interesting to the casual reader, yet useful for teaching and scientific reference. Readers' perspectives about cotton will be forever changed!
To order of a copy of Cotton Fiber, contact the Business Office of the ITC: tel: 806.747.3790 fax: 806.747.3796 or email itc@ttu.edu.
Mini-Bales
Burlap with ITC tag $5.00 plus tax and shipping
TTU Spirit Fabric with ITC tag $6.00 plus tax and shipping