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Research Project: Enhancing the Profitability and Sustainability of Upland Cotton, Cottonseed, and Agricultural Byproducts through Improvements in Pre- and Post-Harvest Processing

Location: Cotton Production and Processing Research

Title: Gin process control

Author
item Pelletier, Mathew
item Armijo, Carlos
item Funk, Paul
item Fabian, John
item Hardin Iv, Robert

Submitted to: Journal of Cotton Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/1/2020
Publication Date: 9/1/2020
Citation: Pelletier, M.G., Armijo, C.B., Funk, P.A., Fabian, J.C., Hardin Iv, R.G. 2020. Gin process control. Journal of Cotton Science. 24(2):81-86. Available: https://www.cotton.org/journal/2020-24/3/131.cfm

Interpretive Summary: Automation provides key benefits to production plants; increased speed of production, improved quality control, enhanced worker safety, reduced production costs. While there are numerous types of control operations in use throughout the world; in cotton gins, there are really only a few main systems that rely on some form of control; cotton flow, dryer temperature, press operation and moisture restoration systems. This chapter provides an overview of control systems in general along with key examples of control systems in use in US cotton gins.

Technical Abstract: Automation provides key benefits to production plants; increased speed of production, improved quality control, enhanced worker safety, reduced production costs. While there are numerous types of control operations in use throughout the world; in cotton gins, there are really only a few main systems that rely on some form of control; cotton flow, dryer temperature, press operation and moisture restoration systems. This chapter provides an overview of control systems in general along with key examples of control systems in use in US cotton gins.