Cotton Ginning - Friday Early Morning

Friday, January 6, 2012: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Crystal Ballrooms D & E (Orlando World Center Marriott)
Presiding:
Lee Tiller
8:00 AM
Quality of 2011 Cotton Crop
Robbie L. Seals, USDA,AMS Cotton and Tobacco Programs
8:15 AM
Preliminary Evaluation of Fiber Quality in Seed Cotton Cleaner Material in a Commercial Gin
Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Christopher D. Delhom, USDA-ARS-SRRC
8:30 AM
Module Averaging - Still a Preferred System After 20 Years
Darryl W. Earnest, USDA, AMS, Cotton and Tobacco Programs
8:45 AM
Ginning, Lint Cleaning, Fiber Length, and Waste
S.E. Hughs, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; C. B. Armijo, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; J. A. Foulk, USDA ARS CQRS
9:00 AM
Recovering Tag Fiber From Cottonseed Using the Power Roll Gin Stand
Thomas C. Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated; J. Weldon Laird; Greg A. Holt, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit
9:15 AM
Multibar Sawless Lint Cleaner: Second Year of Field Testing
G.A. Holt, USDA-ARS; J.D. Wanjura, USDA ARS CPPRU; M.G. Pelletier, USDA-ARS; Joe W. Thomas, Lummus Corporation; Ed M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated; Roy V. Baker, Retired USDA-ARS; Gary Gamble, USDA-ARS
9:30 AM
Energy Monitoring in Gins- 2011
Robert G. Hardin IV, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Paul A. Funk, USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
9:45 AM
Characterization of Cotton Gin Particulate Matter Emissions – Final Year of Fieldwork
Derek P. Whitelock, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Michael D. Buser, Oklahoma State University - Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; J. Clif Boykin, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Greg A. Holt, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit