Cotton Ginning - Thursday Early Morning

Thursday, January 10, 2013: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Salon D (Marriott Riverwalk Hotel)
Presiding:
Richard Kelley
8:00 AM
An Overview of USDA, AMS Cotton Market News Reports and Information
Barbara Meredith, USDA, AMS, Cotton and Tobacco Programs
8:15 AM
Changes in Cotton Gin Energy Use Over the Past 50 Years
Paul A. Funk, USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; S. E. Hughs, Southwest Cotton Ginning Lab, USDA-ARS; Bobby Hardin, Cotton Ginning Laboratory - Stoneville; J. Clif Boykin, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit
8:45 AM
Energy Monitoring in Gins - 2012 Preliminary Results
Robert G. Hardin IV, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Paul A. Funk, USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
9:00 AM
Using Newly-Designed Lint Cleaner Grid Bars to Remove Seed Coat Fragments
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
9:15 AM
A Web-Based Tool for Saw-Type Lint Cleaner Modeling
Yufeng Ge, TAMU - BAEN Dept.; J. A. Thomasson, Texas A&M University, Bio. & Ag. Engineering; Ed M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated; Roy Pallavi, Texas A&M University
9:30 AM
Impact of Gin Saw Tooth Design On Textile Processing
S.E. Hughs, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; C. B. Armijo, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
9:45 AM
Determining Seed Cotton Mass Flow Rate By Pressure Drop Across a Blowbox
Robert G. Hardin IV, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit