Evaluating a Device for Pneumatic Lint Cleaning

Previous tests of a pneumatic device normally used to determine foreign matter content of seed cotton showed that the cleaned lint from the device had similar foreign matter and color measurements to lint from one saw-type lint cleaner, but fiber quality parameters such as length, short fiber content, and nep count were at levels similar to fiber not lint cleaned. Based on these results, further testing was conducted over a broader range of device settings and with different cotton cultivars. This paper summarizes the results of these evaluations of the pneumatic lint cleaning device.