COTTON WASTE
March 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIE
A SCIENTIST from the Agricultural Research Service in the US has developed a machine that automatically monitors waste production during ginning through video cameras that can distinguish it from cotton. The system, to be sold commercially, films 50 square feet of cotton per minute and advises growers about waste levels in real time, indicating to what extent cotton should be cleaned during ginning. Too little lowers its value and makes cotton more difficult to mills, while too much wastes cotton, noted the ARS.
A SCIENTIST from the Agricultural Research Service in the US has developed a machine that automatically monitors waste production during ginning through video cameras that can distinguish it from cotton. The system, to be sold commercially, films 50 square feet of cotton per minute and advises growers about waste levels in real time, indicating to what extent cotton should be cleaned during ginning. Too little lowers its value and makes cotton more difficult to mills, while too much wastes cotton, noted the ARS.
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