Joint Session: Cotton Engineering-Systems and Ginning - Friday Late Morning

Friday, January 6, 2012: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Crystal Ballrooms D & E (Orlando World Center Marriott)
10:30 AM
Observing the Motion of Seed Coat Fragments on a Saw-Type Lint Cleaner
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
10:45 AM
Comparison of High-Speed Roller and Saw Ginning on Texas High Plains Cotton
J.D. Wanjura, USDA ARS CPPRU; C. B. Armijo, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; William Brock Faulkner, Texas A&M University; Randy K. Boman, Oklahoma State University Southwest REC; M.S. Kelley, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; C.W. Ashbrook, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; G.A. Holt, USDA-ARS; M.G. Pelletier, USDA-ARS
11:00 AM
Non-Invasive Cotton Moisture Measurement for Gin Ducts and Its Impact On Cotton Fiber and Gin Performance
Andrew Krajewski, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering; Stuart Gordon, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
11:15 AM
Modification of Working Elements in the Fixed Batt Saw Lint Cleaner to Improve Fiber Quality and Trash Removal
Stuart Gordon, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering; Kevin Bagshaw, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering; Frederick Horne, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
11:30 AM
Effect of Harvesting Methods and Cotton Fiber Maturity on Yarn Quality
Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Noureddine Abidi, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Randy Boman, Oklahoma State University Southwest REC; John D. Wanjura, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Unit
11:45 AM
11:58 AM
Student Paper Presentation Awards
W. B. Faulkner, Texas A&M University