Automation of the Cherokee Round-Up Module Unwrapper

Cherokee Fabrication Company of Salem, Alabama introduced an award winning method and device for unwrapping round modules immediately prior to ginning last year.  This patent pending design has since benefited from the addition of an innovative automation system.  In addition, mechanical improvements have further streamlined the previously simple sequence of operation.  The new version will be installed at a high capacity commercial gin for use during the 2009 crop season.  Resulting data from the field testing of this new system will be recorded and compiled for presentation in the proposed paper.  Photographs of the device in operation will also be included.