A COMPARISON STUDY OF THE UGA MICRO GIN, COMMERCIAL GIN, AND LABORATORY GIN

The University of Georgia Micro Gin located on the Tifton Campus provides an opportunity for researchers to gin research size cotton samples. Since its completion in 2004, UGA researchers at the Tifton campus as well as other researchers across the cotton belt have used the UGA Micro Gin as a tool for various research projects. However, some questions regarding the performance and the proper ginning protocol of the UGA Micro Gin still remain. The overall goal of this study is to compare the UGA Micro Gin with a commercial gin located in southwest based on fiber quality and turn out rate. The laboratory gin was used as a standard to compare them. In total, five different cotton varieties grown in southwest with five replicates were tested.