Methods to reduce lint cleaner waste and damage

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-229

  Anthony, W S ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Cotton; Fiber damage; Gin; Grid bars; Lint cleaners

Indexed keywords

FIBER DAMAGE; GIN; GRID BARS; LINT CLEANER;

BARS (METAL); COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COTTON FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION;

TEXTILE MACHINERY;

EID: 0034162064     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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