ABSTRACT
Sensors were installed in a gin to measure the moisture content of cotton on the bottom of the module and of samples from the interior of the module while ginning. The module bottom sensor was designed to detect conditions when cotton on the module bottom was much wetter than the cotton in the interior. Good harvesting conditions precluded any modules with naturally wet bottoms. The bottoms of two modules were artificially wetted and the modules ginned. The resulting data verified the basic operation of the sensors as the wet bottom was detected while the lower moisture content of the module interior was also measured.
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