Ginning
is a mechanical process that aims to separate the cottonseeds form the
cotton fiber s. The role of the cotton gin has changed dramatically into
the last 50 years to keep up with technological and production changes
in the cotton industry. At one time, the gin’s only function was to
remove cottonseed fromt he fiber. Today gins must not only seperate the
seed fromt he fiber, they must also dry and clean the fiber and package
it into bales before it reaches the textile mill.
There
are three different and dissimilar types for this purpose e.g. Saw
gin, Roller gin and McCarthy gin. All gins differ in some aspects of the
ginning process. Saw gins for ginning upland cottons and roller gins
for ginning pima cotton, a cotton grown almost exclusively in this
region of the cotton belt (sou thern United States, where cotton is the
predominant cash crop). Elsewhere in the cotton belt, gins use only saw
gins in their operation.
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