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Submitted to: Cotton Foundation Reference Book Series
Publication Type: Research Notes Publication Acceptance Date: 4/21/2003 Publication Date: 5/15/2003 Citation: Foulk, J.A. Shirley analyzer trash collection. Cotton Foundation Reference Book Series. 2003. 2002-2003 Project Report. 14 pages. Available from: www.cotton.org/foundation/2002-03/projects/general-proof-quality.cfm#_ Shirley_Analyzer_modifications_for_fiber,_trash_and_dust_collection_ for_ further_separation. Interpretive Summary: COTTON IS A NATURAL FIBER AND DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ALL CONTAMINATION FROM PRODUCTION, HARVEST, OR GINNING. RECENT SHIRLEY ANALYZER MODIFICATIONS ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE COTTON FIBER, TRASH, AND DUST FROM TEXTILE WASTE COLLECTED AT VARIOUS STEPS IN PROCESSING. THE USE OF SIEVES PROVIDES A PARTICLE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION FOR EACH TYPE OF COLLECTED WASTE. THE GOAL IS TO DETERMINE THE TOTAL DEGREE OF FIBER CONTAMINATION AND UNDERSTAND HOW IT IMPACTS PROCESSING. COTTON FIBER TEST IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF INCREASED PROCESSING SPEEDS. Technical Abstract: THE MITIGATION OF COTTON TRASH, REMOVAL OF CERTAIN TRASH TYPES, OR TRASH SIZES HAS OFTEN BEEN A MEANS TO IMPROVE TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTIVITY. THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS TO DETERMINE FIBER CONTAMINATION AND UNDERSTAND HOW EACH CONTAMINANT FRACTION CHANGES THROUGH PROCESSING. THIS RESEARCH DETERMINED THAT A PROTOTYPE SHIRLEY ANALYZER (PSA) COULD SEPARATE COTTON DUST, TRASH, AND FIBER. COUPLED WITH THE PSA IS THE USE OF SIEVES THAT SEPARATES TRASH PARTICLES TO BETTER ESTABLISH PROBLEMATIC TRASH TYPES. |
