A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF COTTON STICKINESS AND NEPS AND OTHER LINT QUALITIES IN REAL TIME AND REMOVAL OF STICKY DEPOSITS FROM PROCESSED COTTON IN THE GIN

摘要

A system for detection of stickiness, neps, seed coat fragments (S.C.F.) and other fibre qualities comprising (i) an autocleaning microcarding device (7-12); (ii) a quality video camera (18) for detection of the number and size of neps, S.C.F. and foreign materials per square unit space and of other qualities of the web (13); (iii) sticky rollers (19) between which the web is pressed; (iv) a vacuum system (33) pulling said cotton web after pressing; (v) at least one computerized stickiness detector (30); (vi) means for cleaning the rollers from the sticky lint; (vii) and a computer (32) for processing the obtained data.