Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Stuart Geoffrey Gordon

Andrzej Stanislaw Krajewski

Kevin Michael Bagshaw

Nicole Phair-Sorensen

Stuart Lucas

The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for measuring a property of a material such as the moisture content of cotton fiber. An embodiment is specifically adapted for determining an absolute value of the moisture content of the cotton fiber while being conveyed through ducts such as the ducts of the ginning machine. The embodiment combines large area capacitor plates with light detectors.

Apparatus and process for measuring properties

The present invention relates to a rib insert, a ginning rib and process for a ginning seed-cotton. The insert and ginning rib have an outer profile so that seed-cotton in contact therewith is urged away from the ginning zone formed between the ginning rib and saw. Advantages of the invention include increasing the rate of lint removal during ginning and increasing the long fiber length compared to conventional ginning.

Device for processing cotton

The present disclosure relates to a method for measuring the maturity or cell wall thickening of a sample of cellulosic fiber. The method at least includes exposing the sample of fiber to polarized light, capturing one or more images of the sample through crossed polar lenses and a compensator plate so that the image(s) include interference colors from the sample; and conducting computer analysis on the captured image(s) to determine the maturity or degree of cell wall thickening of the cellulosic fiber by comparing the image(s) to reference color interference data.

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