Abstract: A method for measuring the moisture content, the length and at least one dynamometric characteristic of textile fibers, includes pressing a layer of textile fibers between a pair of plates parallel to one another, withdrawing a line of textile fibers from said layer thus pressed and making the textile fibers of said line substantially coplanar and parallel to one another, bringing said line of textile fibers to a measuring area at which at least to perform one measuring step, moving the textile fibers away from the measuring area after having performed the at least one measuring step and measuring the moisture content of the textile fibers by means of microwave sensors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the moisture content, the length and at least one dynamometric characteristic of textile fibers, in particular, cotton fibers, comprising the steps of: pressing a layer of textile fibers between a pair of plates parallel to one another, withdrawing a line of textile fibers from said layer thus pressed and making the textile fibers of said line substantially coplanar and parallel to one another, bringing said line of textile fibers to a measuring area at which at least to perform one measuring step selected from measuring the length and at least one dynamometric characteristic of the textile fibers forming the line, moving the textile fibers of the line of textile fibers away from the measuring area after having performed the at least one measuring step and measuring the moisture content of the textile fibers forming the layer and/or forming the line of textile fibers, by means of microwave sensors for measuring moisture, wherein said step f) of measuring