Experience from Installation and Operation of Plastic Detection/Removal Systems in Two Commercial Gins

Wednesday, January 9, 2019: 4:15 PM
Preservation Hall Studios 2 - 3 (New Orleans Marriott)
Mathew G. Pelletier , USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit
Gregory A. Holt , USDA-ARS
John D. Wanjura , USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit
Derek P. Whitelock , USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
Carlos B. Armijo , USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
Paul A. Funk , USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
Kevin Tran , USDA-ARS
Ivan Bader , USDA-ARS
Juan Garcia , USDA-ARS
Marcus Gray , USDA-ARS
This presentation will report on the development, installation, and experiences encountered for a module feeder camera system to detect plastic on the dispersing cylinders installed at New Tex Inc. gin in Plains, TX and a plastic detection and removal system installed on the feeder apron of the number 2 gin stand and Meadow Coop Gin in Meadow, TX.