Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 5-7, 2015
San Antonio, Texas

Joint Session: Cotton Engineering-Systems and Ginning - Wednesday Morning

The Effect of Moisture during Harvesting on Fiber Quality
Marinus van der Sluijs, CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship, Geelong, Australia

New Seed-Cotton Reclaimer for High Speed Roller Gins
S. Ed Hughs1, Joe W Thomas2, Carlos B Armijo1 and Christopher D Delhom3, (1)USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM, (2)Lummus Corp, Pooler, GA, (3)Cotton Structure & Quality, USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Orleans, LA

Gin Saw Wear Test
S. Ed Hughs, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM, Greg A Holt, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, Robert G Hardin, IV, Cotton Ginning Research Unit, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Unit, Stoneville, MS, Christopher D Delhom, Cotton Structure & Quality, USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Orleans, LA and Richard K Byler, Cotton Ginning Research Unit, Stoneville, MS

Development of an Air Knife to Remove Seed Coat Fragments during Lint Cleaning
Carlos B Armijo, Derek P. P Whitelock, Sidney E. Ed Hughs and Marvis N. Gillum, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM

Joint Session: Cotton Engineering-Systems and Ginning - Contamination Free Cotton
Dale W Thompson, National Cotton Council, Cordova, TN

Removal of Plastic Materials Using Adjustments and Revisions to Standard Seed Cotton Cleaning Equipment: Progress Report
R. G. Hardin IV1, Richard K Byler1 and Christopher D Delhom2, (1)Cotton Ginning Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, (2)Cotton Structure & Quality, USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Orleans, LA

Detection of Plastic and Oily Contamination in Seed Cotton at the Gin Using Infra-Red
Kevin D Baker1, Gary D. Rayson2, Wen-bin Jiang2, Derek P Whitelock3, Ed Hughs3, Mathew Pelletier4 and Richard K Byler5, (1)USDA, Agricultural Research Service, SW Cotton Ginning Research Lab, Mesilla Park, NM, (2)New Mexico State University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Las Cruces, NM, (3)USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM, (4)USDA ARS, Lubbock, TX, (5)Cotton Ginning Research Unit, Stoneville, MS

Contamination Detection Using Module Hood Feeder Sensors
Marinus van der Sluijs and A. Krajewski, CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship, Geelong, Australia
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