A new model gin stand has been introduced to the market by Cherokee Fabrication Company, Inc of Salem, Alabama. This saw-type gin stand includes new patent-pending features designed to offer operational cost savings and ease of service. The prototype machine was installed in West Texas and tested before the end of the 2007 ginning season for about two weeks in January of 2008. This testing showed promising results and revealed opportunities for improvement in the gin stand and a need for greater capacities through the extractor-feeder preceding the gin stand. These changes have been made, and the new design improvements will be implemented for the 2008 crop season. Cherokee refers to this saw-type gin stand as the “Avenger 174”.
The proposed paper will include observations from the tests in January 2008 and record the actual capacity data collected in the fall of 2008. Photographs of the machine and control panel will be included, as well as a schematic demonstrating the basic concepts employed.
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