it depends upon the base material and the mechanical techniques... but yes for long multi cellular fibres like SISAL one can mechanically extract fibres mechanically... otherwise chemical rotting/ degumming is d best way

Dear shamayita

I know that there are different methods to extract fibers, but i have question about typha! I extract this fiber with chemical methods but at now I want to extract it mechanically and its leaves unlike sisal is not strong to extract fiber mechanically

Sir,

by looking those leafs I have a question, is its veins are parallel in fashion... then with soft pestling then one can use very fine tooth knife... I hope it will work... other wise go directly with the fine tooth knife... I don't know whether it will help you or not but I would like to know the ultimate solution ...

Generally, the natural fibers can be extracted from stem and leaves by retting method. The fibers have to be dipped in water for a long time (about one week) with occasional change of water. The other leafy material will be removed leaving behind the fiber skeleton. The adhering leafy material if any to the fibers can be removed by shaking in water or by sonication. We used this method for Ficus leaves and succeeded.

Dear Rajulu

would you please tell me more information about your methods of extracting fibers from ficus leaves?

Dear Shamayita, in fact i extract fibers from this leaves with knife or needle but i am looking for industrial methods.

Dear Dr.Kamali,

In response to your quiry, please refer our following paper in which the extraction of fiber from Ficus Religiosa leves was described.

Properties of Ligno-cellulose Ficus Religiosa Leaf Fibers

K. Obi Reddy, C. Uma Maheswari, D. Jeevan Prasad Reddy

B. R. Guduri and A.Varada Rajulu, International Journal of Polymers and Technologies • 2(1) 29-35, 2010

dear sir..

thanks for sharing the information..

it's quite nice since im new in this field of work.

thanks for all of your discussion.