Improving Efficiency,
Reducing Costs At The Gin
Thomas D. Valco
Avoiding High Moisture
Cotton with too high of a moisture content will not easily separate into single locks, but will form wads that may choke and damage gin machinery or entirely stop the ginning process.
Cotton with too low a moisture content (below 5 percent) is more brittle and easily damaged by the mechanical actions required for cleaning and ginning, resulting in reduced fiber length and increased short fiber content.
The effort required to measure and control moisture will pay dividends in gin operation efficiency and market value of the cotton. Research has shown that 6 to 7 percent moisture content allows for sufficient cleaning with minimal fiber damage. Although the optimum processing and storage moisture contents of cotton are well known, managing cotton moisture content during ginning is a difficult task.
source : cottonfarming
Reducing Costs At The Gin
Thomas D. Valco
Avoiding High Moisture
Cotton with too high of a moisture content will not easily separate into single locks, but will form wads that may choke and damage gin machinery or entirely stop the ginning process.
Cotton with too low a moisture content (below 5 percent) is more brittle and easily damaged by the mechanical actions required for cleaning and ginning, resulting in reduced fiber length and increased short fiber content.
The effort required to measure and control moisture will pay dividends in gin operation efficiency and market value of the cotton. Research has shown that 6 to 7 percent moisture content allows for sufficient cleaning with minimal fiber damage. Although the optimum processing and storage moisture contents of cotton are well known, managing cotton moisture content during ginning is a difficult task.
source : cottonfarming
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