JERÔNIMO, Jeane Ferreira.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3016150855662648; JERÔNIMO, Jeane Ferreira.
Résumé:
In the search of improvements in current yield rates and simultaneous costs reduction
for cotton production in Brazil, new Technologies have been incorporated into the
production system, to offer an alternative to vertical integration of production through
their processing, with compact and mobile ginning equipment, allowing producers and
associations add value to their production. In this way of research, the present work
aimed to develop a machine composed by gin, press baler and tow, which concerns the
familiar cotton growers. The gin machine consists of a manual feeder cleaner, saws
cylinder, brushes cylinder, condenser and coil. The baler press consists of veneer,
hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic pump, control valve actuation, filtering devices for
hydraulic oil and manometer: and the tow composed by chassis of U corner, 13"
wheels, axis cusp, two bundles with five coil springs, iron ballast and self brake. The
hole set has been evaluated and validated in field and by cotton growers of family
farming associations considering the main characteristics of: fiber technology and
physical and physiological of seed. For the ginning was studied the rotations, cultivars,
saws types and cleaning processes; for the baler press was evaluated the number of
presses and the capacity for forming a bale; while to the tow was considerate the safety
factor of the axis and chassis scaling. Based on the results, the set of gin, baler and tow
fully complied with the efficiency required by textile industry. The proposed goals
proved that the technological characteristics of the cotton fiber benefited remained
within the standards established by classification norm for the textile industry to not
damage the quality of seeds. During the evaluation and validation made by farmers,
composed by 15 items, considering efficiency of gin and the bale weight, this machine
received the concept "very good" of the family cotton growers.