A saw gin stand safety assembly for holding a fibrous material for ginning with a rotating ginning equipment. The saw gin stand safety assembly comprises an outer shell, a throat, a picker-agitator motor, an amperage draw sensor and the rotating ginning equipment. The rotating ginning equipment comprises at least a picker roller. The amperage draw sensor monitors a power usage of the picker-agitator motor. The saw gin stand safety assembly is configured to adjust an RPM of the picker-agitator motor according to an amperage draw signal generated by the amperage draw sensor. The throat is configured for holding the fibrous material comprising cotton during the ginning process. The saw gin stand safety assembly further comprises the amperage draw sensor. The saw gin stand safety assembly is configured to adjust the RPM of the picker-agitator motor to avoid choaking of the fibrous material in the rotating ginning equipment and the throat.

Apparatus for automating a high volume instrument (HVI) used for the classification of all Upland and American Pima cotton, including determining trash and color. A sub-sample delivery tube sub-system and a sample drum air chamber sub-system allow the HVI to receive sub-samples from an automated cotton system. A delivery tube, with an air dissipater, delivers the automated sub-sample to the HVI sample drum while an air chamber below the sample drum applies a negative air pressure to the drum. A sub-sample air-knife extraction sub-system and an autoMIC transfer tube assist sub-system allow the HVI to release automated sub-samples after the sample drum in the HVI has completed its operations on the sub-sample. An air-knife applies air jets to the sample plate of the HVI sample drum to release the sub-sample. As the sub-sample leaves the drum an air jet is actuated to push the sub-sample along a transfer tube.

Apparatus for automating a high volume instrument (HVI) used for the classification of all Upland and American Pima cotton, including determining trash and color. A sub-sample delivery tube sub-system and a sample drum air chamber sub-system allow the HVI to receive sub-samples from an automated cotton system. A delivery tube, with an air dissipater, delivers the automated sub-sample to the HVI sample drum while an air chamber below the sample drum applies a negative air pressure to the drum. A sub-sample air-knife extraction sub-system and an autoMIC transfer tube assist sub-system allow the HVI to release automated sub-samples after the sample drum in the HVI has completed its operations on the sub-sample. An air-knife applies air jets to the sample plate of the HVI sample drum to release the sub-sample. As the sub-sample leaves the drum an air jet is actuated to push the sub-sample along a transfer tube.

A system and corresponding method are provided for controlling production in a blow room, the blow room including a controller, a supplying machine having a supplying part, and a machine to be supplied that has a filling level measurement. The supplying machine and the machine to be supplied are connected to the controller. A production area is defined for the supplying machine and includes a minimum production and a maximum production. Production of the supplying part of the supplying machine is determined based on a filling level of the filling level measurement. When production of the production area drops below the minimum production, the supplying part of the supplying machine is shut down, the shutdown taking place independently of the filling level of the machine to be supplied.

A system and corresponding method are provided for controlling production in a blow room, the blow room including a controller, a supplying machine having a supplying part, and a machine to be supplied that has a filling level measurement. The supplying machine and the machine to be supplied are connected to the controller. A production area is defined for the supplying machine and includes a minimum production and a maximum production. Production of the supplying part of the supplying machine is determined based on a filling level of the filling level measurement. When production of the production area drops below the minimum production, the supplying part of the supplying machine is shut down, the shutdown taking place independently of the filling level of the machine to be supplied.

A device and method for regulating pressure in a flock feed include a storage device disposed for receipt of fiber flocks, an exhaust air fan having a drive, and a controller in communication with the drive. A filling level measurement device and a pressure measurement device are provided in the storage device. The controller is configured to regulate the drive to achieve a target pressure as sensed by the pressure measurement device that is based on a filling level of the fiber flocks determined by the filling level measurement device.

A device and method for regulating pressure in a flock feed include a storage device disposed for receipt of fiber flocks, an exhaust air fan having a drive, and a controller in communication with the drive. A filling level measurement device and a pressure measurement device are provided in the storage device. The controller is configured to regulate the drive to achieve a target pressure as sensed by the pressure measurement device that is based on a filling level of the fiber flocks determined by the filling level measurement device.

A saw gin stand safety assembly for holding a fibrous material for ginning with a rotating ginning equipment. The saw gin stand safety assembly comprises an outer shell, a throat, a picker-agitator motor, an amperage draw sensor and the rotating ginning equipment. The rotating ginning equipment comprises at least a picker roller. The amperage draw sensor monitors a power usage of the picker-agitator motor. The saw gin stand safety assembly is configured to adjust an RPM of the picker-agitator motor according to an amperage draw signal generated by the amperage draw sensor. The throat is configured for holding the fibrous material comprising cotton during the ginning process. The saw gin stand safety assembly further comprises the amperage draw sensor. The saw gin stand safety assembly is configured to adjust the RPM of the picker-agitator motor to avoid choaking of the fibrous material in the rotating ginning equipment and the throat.

A saw gin stand safety assembly for holding a fibrous material for ginning with a rotating ginning equipment. The saw gin stand safety assembly comprises an outer shell, a throat, a picker-agitator motor, an amperage draw sensor and the rotating ginning equipment. The rotating ginning equipment comprises at least a picker roller. The amperage draw sensor monitors a power usage of the picker-agitator motor. The saw gin stand safety assembly is configured to adjust an RPM of the picker-agitator motor according to an amperage draw signal generated by the amperage draw sensor. The throat is configured for holding the fibrous material comprising cotton during the ginning process. The saw gin stand safety assembly further comprises the amperage draw sensor. The saw gin stand safety assembly is configured to adjust the RPM of the picker-agitator motor to avoid choaking of the fibrous material in the rotating ginning equipment and the throat.

A fiber preparation machine for processing fiber material includes a store or filling chute for storing the fiber material before or after processing. A camera is directed into an interior of the store or filling chute, the camera having an optical axis oriented at an angle () with respect to a vertical axis that is perpendicular to a surface of the fiber material in a range of plus 30 degrees to minus 30 degrees. The camera has a resolution for detecting a particle having an extension of 0.1 mm2 on the surface of the fiber material.