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Fibre

Fibre 

Pineapple leaves yield a strong, white, silky fibre which was extracted by Filipinos before 1591. Certain cultivars are grown especially for fibre production and their young fruits are removed to give the plant maximum vitality. The 'Perolera' is an ideal cultivar for fibre extraction because its leaves are long, wide and rigid. Chinese people in Kwantgung Province and on the island of Hainan weave the fibre into coarse textiles resembling grass cloth. It was long ago used for thread in Malacca and Borneo. In India, the thread is prized by shoemakers and it was formerly used in the Celebes. In West Africa, it has been used for stringing jewels and also made into capes and caps worn by tribal chiefs. The people of Guam hand-twist the fibre for making fine casting nets. They also employ the fibre for wrapping or sewing cigars. Pina cloth made on the island of Panay in the Philippines and in Taiwan is highly esteemed. In Taiwan, they also make a coarse cloth for farmers' underwear.

The outer, long leaves are preferred for fibre. In the manual process, they are first decorticated by beating and rasping and stripping, and then left to ret in water to which chemicals may be added to accelerate the activity of the microorganisms which digest the unwanted tissue and separate the fibres. Retting time has been reduced from 5 days to 26 hours. The retted material is washed clean, dried in the sun and combed. In mechanical processing, the same machine can be used that extracts the fibre from sisal. Estimating 22 leaves/kg, 22,000 leaves would constitute one tonne and would yield 22-27 kg of fibre.

Natural and Wood Fibre Reinforcement in Polymers

Review of the history, properties and application of plant fibres

Utilization of Pineapple Leaf for Fibre Extraction

Characterization and treatments of pineapple leaf fibre thermoplastic composite for construction application

Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded vinyl ester and pineapple leaf fiber (palf)-reinforced vinyl ester composites

Short Pineapple-Leaf-Fiber-Reinforced Low-Density Polyethylene Composites

A combined technology package for extraction of pineapple leaf fibre-an agrowaste, utilization of biomass and for application in textiles

Allure of pineapple

Characterization and treatments of pineapple leaf fibre thermoplastic composite for construction application​​

Combining leathers with pineapple leaf fibre

Effect of fiber length on the tensile properties of PALF reinforced bisphenol composites​​

Effect of fiber length on thermal properties of PALF reinforced bisphenol a composite​​

Extracting pineapple leaf fibre

Extraction of nanocellulose fibrils from banana, pineapple leaf fibre (PALF), jute and coir fibres by steam explosion process

Extraction of pineapple fibres for making commercial products​​

Fabrication and experimental analysis of pineapple leaf fiber based composite material​​

Fabrication and properties of pineapple fibre - high density polyethylene composites​​

Fabrication of composite materials by using short pineapple leaf fiber PALF : A Review

Feasibility study on setting up of banana & pineapple fibre based unit in Tripura​​

Investigations on the fibres of pineapple leaves​​

Other natural fibres​​

Pineapple Leaf Fibre (PALF)From Waste to Wealth

Plant fibres for textile and technical applications​​

Review of recent research in nano cellulose preparation from different lignocellulosic fibers​​

Review on PALF extraction machines for natural fibers

Tensile properties of pineapple leaf fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester

The exploitation and the development perspectives of new environmental foliage fiber

Tropical natural fibres and their properties

Utilisation of pineapple leaf agro-waste for extraction of fibre and the residual biomass for vermicomposting

Extraction of pineapple fibres for making commercial products

Extracting pineapple leaf fibre

A Review on Pineapple Leaves Fibre and Its Composites

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Pineapple Research Station
Kerala Agricultural University
Vazhakkulam
Muvattupuzha
Ernakulam Kerala 686670
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