Technology Offerings for Improved Fiber Quality, Ginnery Efficiency, and

Overall Competitiveness

Claude VernierLummus Corporation

Technology Offerings for Improved Fiber Quality, Ginnery Efficiency, and

Overall Competitiveness

Claude VernierLummus Corporation

Goals• Preserve Fiber Quality

• Maximized efficiency

Topics• Electrical Controls

• Seed Cotton Conditioning (Drying and Moisture Restoration)• Press Upgrades• Saw Gin Upgrades•High-Speed Roller Ginning• “Quality-Focused” Lint Cleaning

Electrical Controls• >15 years old = obsolete•Main Consoles• Press Consoles•Bale Moisture Monitor•Gin/Feeder Controls• Shaft Monitor System

Electrical Controls• >15 years old = obsolete•Main Consoles• Press Consoles•Bale Moisture Monitor•Gin/Feeder Controls• Shaft Monitor System

Main Control Consoles• PLC-Based• Touch-Screen Operator

Interfaces•Remote Gin/Feeder Controls• Shaft Monitor System• SPARK System

System-Performance-Analysis-Response-Knowledge

Press Consoles

•Adaptable to many models

•Advanced troubleshooting

• Simpler reconfiguration

Seed Cotton Drying and Conditioning Upgrades

• Improved Drying Systems (higher air volumes and lower temperatures)

• Moisture Restoration (in seed cotton) –to staple length and reduce short fiber

• Moisture Restoration (in lint cotton) –to reduce the load on the bale press and improve the fiber handling

Press Upgrades• Premier™ III Series Pumping Unit• Hydraulic Tramper/PusherConversions• New Compression Cylinders(larger diameter/lower pressure)• Press Rebuilds (Strain Rods,Boxes, Sills, etc.)

Gin Stand Upgrades• Lummus 116-Saw and 170-Saw

Imperial™ III Gins

• Gin/Feeder Controls

• Imperial III Gin Conversions (88/108 to 116 or 128/158 to 170)

High-Speed Roller Gin• Developed by USDA-ARS Mesilla

Park Gin Lab• Cooperative effort between Gin Lab

and Lummus• Similar capacity per horsepower as

saw ginning• Better Uniformity• Less Neps and SFC• Conversions available for all late-

model brands of roller gins

“Quality-Focused” Lint Cleaning

• Sentinel™ II Lint Cleaner(for Upland cotton)

•Guardian™ Lint Cleaner(for ELS cotton)

Sentinel™ II Lint Cleaner• Original concept pioneered by

by USDA-ARS Mesilla Park Gin Lab(Coupled Gin/Lint Cleaner)

• Sentinel™ introduced in 1999• Sentinel™ II introduced in 2008,

addressing maintenance issues andimproving the feeding system

• Conversion package available forexisting Sentinel™ Lint Cleaners

Sentinel™ II Lint Cleaner• Original concept pioneered by

by USDA-ARS Mesilla Park Gin Lab(Coupled Gin/Lint Cleaner)

• Sentinel™ introduced in 1999• Sentinel™ II introduced in 2008,

addressing maintenance issues andimproving the feeding system

• Conversion package available forexisting Sentinel™ Lint Cleaners

Guardian™ Lint Cleaner• Controlled-batt textile-type lint

cleaner for ELS cotton• In production since late 1980’s• Offers superior cleaning and

better sample appearance forELS cottons in comparison totraditional roller gin lint cleaningsystems without damaging fiber

Thank you!