Fees for fiber and processing tests shall be assessed as listed below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fee per
Item number and kind of test test------------------------------------------------------------------------1.0 Calibration cotton for use with High Volume
Instruments, per 5 pound package:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. $95.00
b. By surface delivery within continental United States.. 100.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 95.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 135.00
States..................................................1.1 High Volume Instrument (HVI) System Check Level.
Furnishing two samples per month for HVI determinations,
summarizing returned data, and reporting deviations for
average of all laboratories for measurements taken, per 12
months:
a. By surface delivery within continental United States.. 168.00
b. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 324.00
States..................................................2.0 Furnishing international calibration cotton standards
with standard values for micronaire reading and fiber
strength at zero and \1/8\-inch gage and Fibrograph
length:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee \1/2\-lb. sample............ 20.00
b. By surface delivery within continental United States, 22.00
\1/2\-lb. sample........................................
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 20.00
States, \1/2\-lb. sample................................
d. By air parcel post delivery, outside continental 30.00
United States, \1/2\-lb. sample.........................2.1 Furnishing international calibration cotton standards
with standard values for micronaire reading only:
a. f.o.b. Memphis Tennessee, 1-lb. sample................ 28.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States, 1- 31.00
lb. sample..............................................
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 28.00
States, 1-lb. sample....................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 42.00
States, 1-lb. sample....................................3.0 Furnishing standard color tiles for calibrating cotton
colormeters, per set of five tiles including box:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. 125.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States..... 130.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 125.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 165.00
States..................................................3.1 Furnishing single color calibration tiles for use with
specific instruments or as replacements in above sets,
each tile:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. 22.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States..... 25.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 22.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 35.00
States..................................................3.2 Furnishing single trashmeter calibration standard,
each:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. 30.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States..... 33.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 30.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 44.00
States..................................................3.3 Furnishing one set of standard color tiles for
calibrating cotton colormeters and one trashmeter
calibration standard, per set of five tiles and the
standard including box:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. 150.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States..... 155.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 150.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 190.00
States..................................................3.4 Furnishing a single cotton sample of a designated leaf
level mounted under glass, each:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. 40.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States..... 44.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 40.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 54.00
States..................................................3.5 Furnishing six cotton samples of six designated leaf
levels each mounted under glass, per set of six samples:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. 240.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States..... 264.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 240.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 300.00
States..................................................4.0 Furnishing a colormeter calibration sample box
containing six cotton samples with color values Rd and +b
for each sample, per box:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. 42.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States..... 47.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 42.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 82.00
States..................................................4.1 Furnishing a trashmeter calibration sample box
containing six cotton samples with trashmeter percent area
reading for each sample, per box:
a. f.o.b. Memphis, Tennessee............................. 42.00
b. Surface delivery within continental United States..... 47.00
c. By air freight collect outside continental United 42.00
States..................................................
d. By air parcel post delivery outside continental United 82.00
States..................................................5.0 High Volume Instrument (HVI) measurement. Reporting 1.75
Micronaire, length, length uniformity, \1/8\-inch gage
strength, color and trash content. Based on a 6 oz. (170
g.) sample, per sample....................................6.0 Color of ginned cotton lint. Reporting data on the 1.25
reflectance and yellowness in terms of Rd and +b values as
based on the Nickerson-Hunter Cotton Colorimeter on
samples which measure 5 x 6\1/2\ inches and weigh
approximately 50 grams, per sample........................7.0 Fiber length of ginned cotton lint by Fibrograph 9.50
method. Reporting the average length and average length
uniformity as based on 4 specimens from a blended sample,
per sample................................................7.1 Fiber length of ginned cotton lint by Fibrograph 6.00
method. Reporting the average length and average length
uniformity as based on 2 specimens from each unblended
sample....................................................8.0 Pressley strength of ginned cotton lint by flat bundle 9.75
method for either zero or \1/8\-inch gage as specified by
applicant. Reporting the average strength as based on 6
specimens from a blended sample, per sample...............8.1 Pressley strength of ginned cotton lint by flat bundle 6.00
method for either zero or \1/8\-inch gage as specified by
applicant. Reporting the strength as based on 2 specimens
for each unblended sample, per sample.....................9.0 Stelometer strength and elongation of ginned cotton
lint by the flat bundle method for \1/8\-inch gage.
Reporting the average strength and elongation:
a. Based on 6 specimens from each blended sample, per 9.75
sample..................................................
b. Based on 4 specimens from each blended sample, per 7.50
sample..................................................
c. Based on 2 specimens from each blended sample, per 6.00
sample..................................................10.0 Micronaire readings on ginned lint. Reporting the 0.70
micronaire based on 2 specimens per sample................10.1 Micronaire reading based on 1 specimen per sample..... 0.4011.0 Fiber maturity and fineness of ginned cotton lint by 16.00
the Causticaire method. Reporting the average maturity,
fineness, and micronaire reading as based on 2 specimens
from a blended sample, per sample.........................
Minimum fee.............................................. 80.0012.0 Fiber fineness and maturity of ginned cotton lint by 7.50
the IIC-Shirley Fineness/Maturity Tester method, reporting
the average micronaire, maturity ratio, percent mature
fibers and fineness (linear density) based on 2 specimens
from a blended sample, per sample.........................13.0 Fiber length array of cotton samples. Reporting the
average percentage of fibers by weight in each \1/8\-inch
group, average length and average length variability as
based on 3 specimens from a blended sample:
a. Ginned cotton lint, per sample........................ 78.00
b. Cotton comber noils, per sample....................... 119.00
c. Other cotton wastes, per sample....................... 143.0013.1 Fiber length array of cotton samples. Reporting the
average percentage of fibers by weight in each \1/8\-inch
group, average length, and average length variability as
based on 2 specimens from a blended sample:
a. Ginned cotton lint, per sample........................ 57.00
b. Cotton comber noils, per sample....................... 82.00
c. Other cotton wastes, per sample....................... 112.0013.2 Fiber length array of cotton samples, including 137.000
purified or absorbent cotton. Reporting the average
percentage of fibers by weight in each \1/8\-inch group,
average length and average length variability as based on
3 specimens from a blended sample, per sample.............14.0 Fiber length and length distribution of cotton samples
by the Almeter method. Reporting the upper 25 percent
length, mean length, coefficient of variation, and short
fiber percentages by weight, number or tuft in each 1/8-
inch group, as based on 2 specimens from a blended sample:
a. Report percentages of fiber by weight only............ 28.00
b. Report percentages of fiber by weight and number or 33.00
tuft....................................................
c. Report percentages of fiber by weight, number and tuft 38.0015.0 Foreign matter content of cotton samples. Reporting
data on the non-lint content as based on the Shirley
Analyzer separation of lint and foreign matter:
a. For samples of ginned lint or comber noils, per 100- 8.50
gram specimen...........................................
b. For samples of ginning and processing wastes other 15.00
than comber noils, per 100-gram specimen................16.0 Neps content of ginned cotton lint. Reporting the neps 17.00
per 100 square inches as based on the web prepared from a
3-gram specimen by using accessory equipment with the
mechanical fiber blender, per sample......................17.0 Sugar content of cotton. Reporting the percent sugar 5.50
content as based on a quantitative analysis of reducing
substances (sugars) on cotton fibers, per sample..........
Minimum fee.............................................. 27.5018.0 Miniature carded cotton spinning test. Reporting data 27.00
on tenacity (centinewtons per tex) of 22's yarn and HVI
data (see item 5.0). Based on the processing of 50 grams
of cotton in accordance with special procedures, per
sample....................................................19.0 Two-pound cotton carded yarn spinning test available 88.00
to cotton breeders only. Reporting data on yarn skein
strength, yarn appearance, yarn neps, and the
classification and the fiber length of the cotton as well
as comments on any unusual processing performance as based
on the processing of 2 pounds of cotton in accordance with
standard procedures into two standard carded yarn numbers
employing a standard twist multiplier, per sample.........20.0 Cotton carded yarn spinning test. Reporting data on 120.00
waste extracted, yarn skein strength, yarn appearance,
yarn neps and classification, and fiber length as well as
comments summarizing any unusual observations as based on
the processing of 6 pounds of cotton in accordance with
standard laboratory procedures at one of the standard
rates of carding of 6\1/2\, 9\1/2\, or 12\1/2\ pounds-per-
hour into two of the standard carded yarn numbers of 8s,
14s, 36s, or 50s, employing a standard twist multiplier
unless otherwise specified, per sample....................21.0 Spinning potentials test. Determining the finest yarn 110.00
which can be spun with no ends down and reporting spinning
potential yarn number. This test requires an additional 4
pounds of cotton, per sample..............................22.0 Cotton combed yarn spinning test. Reporting data on 160.00
waste extracted, yarn skein strength, yarn appearance,
yarn neps, and classification and fiber length as well as
comments summarizing any unusual observations as based on
the processing of 8 pounds of cotton in accordance with
standard procedures at one of the standard rates of
carding of 4\1/2\, 6\1/2\, or 9\1/2\ pounds per hour into
two of the standard combed yarn numbers of 22s, 36s, 44s,
50s, 60s, 80s, or 100s employing a standard twist
multiplier unless otherwise specified, per sample.........23.0 Cotton carded and combed yarn spinning test. Reporting 232.00
the results as based on the processing of 10 pounds of
cotton into two of the standard carded and two of the
standard combed yarn numbers employing the same carding
rate and the same yarn numbers for both the carded and the
combed yarns, per sample..................................24.0 Cotton carded and combed yarn spinning test. Reporting 252.00
the results as based on the processing of 9 pounds of
cotton into two of the standard and two of the standard
combed yarn numbers employing different carding rates and/
or yarn numbers for the carded and combed yarns, per
sample....................................................25.0 Processing and testing of additional yarn. Any carded 35.00
or combed yarn number processed in connection with
spinning tests including either additional yarn numbers or
additional twist multipliers employed on the same yarn
numbers, per additional lot of yarn.......................25.1 Processing and finishing of additional yarn. Any yarn 48.00
number processed in connection with spinning tests.
Approximately 300 yards on each of 16 paper tubes for
testing by the applicant, per additional lot of yarn......26.0 Twist in yarns by direct-counting method. Reporting
direction of twist and average turns per inch of yarn:....
(a) Single yarns based on 40 specimens per lot of yarn... 88.00
(b) Plied or cabled yarns based on 10 specimens, per lot 26.00
of yarn.................................................27.0 Skein strength of yarn. Reporting data on the strength 14.00
and the yarn numbers based on 25 skeins from yarn
furnished by the applicant, per sample....................27.1 Single Strand Yarn Strength Test. Measuring 100 6.50
strands on a Statimat Tester and reporting yarn strength,
elongation and coefficient of variation, per test.........28.0 Appearance grade of yarn furnished on bobbins by 6.00
applicant. Reporting the appearance grade in accordance
with ASTM standards as based on yarn wound from one
bobbin, per bobbin........................................28.1 Furnishing yarn wound on boards in connection with 9.50
yarn appearance tests.....................................
28.2 Yarn Imperfections Test. Measuring yarn on the Uster 6.50
Evenness Tester and reporting the yarn imperfections,
thick places, thin places, and neps, and the present
coefficient of variation, per sample......................29.0 Strength of cotton fabric. Reporting the average warp 20.00
and filling strength by the grab method as based on 5
breaks for both warp and filling of fabric furnished by
the applicant, per sample.................................29.1 Cotton fabric analysis. Reporting data on the number 35.00
of warp and filling threads per inch and weight per yard
of fabric based on at least three (3) 6 x 6 inch specimens
of fabric which were processed or furnished by the
applicant, per sample.....................................30.0 Chemical finishing tests on finished drawing silver. 16.00
The Ahiba Texomat Dyer is used for scouring, bleaching and
dyeing of a 3-gram sample. Color measurements are made on
the unfinished, bleached and dyed cotton samples, using a
Hunterlab Colorimeter, Model 25 M-3. The color values are
reported in terms of reflectance (Rd), yellowness (+b) and
blueness (-b).............................................
Minimum fee.............................................. 48.0032.0 Furnishing identified cotton samples. Includes samples 4.25
of ginned lint stock at any stage of processing or
testing, waste of any type, yarn or fabric selected and
identified in connection with fiber and/or spinning tests,
per identified sample.....................................33.0 Furnishing additional copies of test reports. 1.50
Including extra copies in addition to the two copies
routinely furnished in connection with each test item, per
additional sheet..........................................
Minimum fee.............................................. 6.0033.1 Furnishing a certified relisting of test results. 18.00
Includes samples of sub-samples selected from any previous
tests, per sheet..........................................33.2 Sending copies of test reports for facsimile (FAX),
per sheet:
a. Within continental United States...................... 2.00
b. Outside continental United States..................... 5.0034.0 Classification of ginned cotton lint is available in
connection with other fiber tests, under the provisions of
7 CFR part 28, Sec. 28.56, Classification includes grade
only based on a 6 oz. (170 g.) sample.------------------------------------------------------------------------ [57 FR 27893, June 23, 1992]