SUBJECT: INCLINE CLEANERS
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MOST INCLINE CLEANER CYLINDERS ONLY HAVE SPIKES ON THEM TO MOVE
THE COTTON THROUGH THE CLEANER. THE SPIKES CUT THROUGH THE
COTTON AND DO NOT DO A GOOD JOB OF MOVING THE COTTON THROUGH THE
INCLINE CLEANER. THIS RESULTS IN THE COTTON IN THE INCLINE BEING
THICK AND IN WADS.
THIS THICK AND WADDY COTTON WILL NOT BE CLEANED AS WELL AS IT
WOULD IF THE COTTON WERE THINNER AND SMOOTHER.
IT ALSO REDUCES THE CAPACITY OF THE INCLINE.
THE WADS THAT ARE THEN DUMPED INTO THE STICK MACHINES THAT FOLLOW
ARE NOT CLEANED AS WELL BY THESE MACHINES.
THE WADS ALSO CAUSE THE STICK MACHINES TO THROW OFF MORE COTTON,
WHICH OF COURSE RESULTS IN MORE LOSS OF GOOD COTTON TO THE BUR
HOUSE. THE MORE COTTON YOU THROW OFF, THE MORE CHANCES YOU HAVE
THAT THE RECLAIM SECTIONS OF THE STICK MACHINES WILL NOT RECLAIM
SOME OF IT.
COTTON DROPPED IN TO THE RECLAIM SECTION IS ALSO SWEPT THROUGH
THE LEAF TRASH AND COMES BACK INTO THE SYSTEM WITH LEAF TRASH AND
DIRT ALL OVER IT.
ALLIGATOR TEETH MOVE THE COTTON THROUGH THE INCLINES MUCH
THINNER AND SMOOTHER THAN SPIKES. THIS RESULTS IN BETTER CLEANING
IN THE INCLINE AS WELL AS THE STICK MACHINES.
THEY ALSO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE INCLINE CLEANERS AND THE
STICK MACHINES.
ALLIGATOR TEETH DO A MUCH BETTER JOB BECAUSE THEY MOVE THE
COTTON THROUGH THE CLEANER BETTER AND FASTER.
THE COTTON IS THINNER ON THE SCREENS OR GRID BARS WHICH
INCREASES THE AIR FLOW THROUGH THE COTTON AND CLEANS THE COTTON
BETTER AS WELL AS BETTER DRYING.
MANY GINS HAVE REPLACED THE SCREENS WITH SQUARE GRID BARS
BECAUSE THE SCREENS TEAR UP. PREFORATED METAL SCREENS WITH
SQUARE HOLES ARE MUCH CHEAPER AND ARE EASIER TO REPLACE. THE
PREFORATED METAL SCREENS ARE VERY UNIFORM.
YOU CAN NOW SPEED YOUR INCLINE CLEANER CYLINDERS UP TO 550 OR 600
RPM WHICH THINS THE COTTON EVEN MORE FOR BETTER DRYING AND
CLEANING.
AT THESE HIGHER RPM’S THE MACHINE RUNS MUCH SMOOTHER AND
QUIETER AND HAVE A LOT LESS CHOKES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST,
GENE SLOVER