Cotton Ginning - Wednesday Afternoon Session

Wednesday, January 7, 2009: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Salon D (Marriott Riverwalk Hotel)
Presiding:
Chris Breedlove
Organizers:
Thomas D. Valco and Harrison Ashley
1:45 PM
Quality of 2008 Crop
Robbie Seals, USDA/AMS/Cotton Program
2:15 PM
A COMPARISON STUDY OF THE UGA MICRO GIN, COMMERCIAL GIN, AND LABORATORY GIN
Changying Li, University of Georgia; Andy Knowlton, University of Georgia; Scott N. Brown, University of Georgia - Cooperative Extension
4:15 PM
Air Temperature Variation Across the Seed Cotton Dryer Mixpoint
Kevin D. Baker, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, SW Cotton Ginning Research Lab
4:30 PM
Effects of Lint Cleaning on Lint Trash Particle Size Distribution
Derek P. Whitelock, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Murali Siddaiah, New Mexico State University; Sidney E. Hughs, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Edward M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated
4:45 PM
Diagramming the Path of a Seed Coat Fragment on Experimental Lint Cleaner Grid Bars
Carlos B. Armijo, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Derek P. Whitelock, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Sidney E. Hughs, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Edward M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated; Marvis N. Gillum, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
5:00 PM
Update on Uster's Development in Gin Bark and Grass Detection
Darrell Knight, Uster Technologies; Warren Landis, Uster Technologies; Alvin Ellison, Uster Technologies
5:15 PM
Equipment Selection for Recovering Fiber from Stripper Harvested Gin Waste
Greg Holt, USDA-ARS; Charley Knabb, Three Way Gin Co.; Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated