ABSTRACT
The use of process control for the gin has been installed commercially beginning in 1998. Over the past 2 years 17 gins have been using the IntelliGin system to control the processing of seed cotton. Up to this point all the applications have been on the processing of spindle harvested cottons in mid south, southeast and south Texas regions. Results from these installations have been reported on successful processing and controlling the drying and cleaning of spindle harvested cotton. During the past 2 seasons the IntelliGin system has also been exposed to processing some of the UNR cotton grown in mid south and southeast region. The initial results from processing these cottons gave us valuable information and confidence that the system had very good potential for applications into stripper harvested cotton.
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