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COTTON FARMING IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GINNING INDUSTRY.
Don’t Overlook Importance Of Seed House Safety Overhead seed houses are valuable for short-term seed storage, wet seed storage and gins with limited yard space. With recent design improvements, overhead seed houses can also provide a highly efficient method for loading trucks from flat-storage houses. When fully loaded, a double-hopper seed house can weigh 200,000 pounds or more. This load hovers above trucks and personnel, so structural integrity is critical. Volatile weather can put older seed houses at risk, especially those that have not been properly maintained. Through the years, moisture and chemicals from seed along with humidity cause the inevitable – rust and corrosion. Since the damage primarily occurs inside the seed house, it’s out of sight and mind. If a structural failure occurs, personnel are put at risk of injury. All cotton gins should review their overhead seed house safety and maintenance procedures prior to commencement of the 2015 cotton ginning season. Safety Tips • No one should ever go beneath a seed hopper when it contains seed. • Do not enter the seed trailer or climb on the side walls of the trailer. • Be sure all ladders and catwalks are properly guarded. • Post decals “DANGER – DO NOT ENTER AREA BELOW HOPPER DOORS WHEN SEED IS IN STORAGE HOUSE.â€? Available free from your local ginning association. • Contact your ginning association or loss control representative to get a copy of the COTTONSEED SYSTEM SAFETY POLICY for employees, visitors and outside contractors such as seed haulers. • Use all other commonly known safety practices every day.
Stover Module Retriever Bed
Stover Gin Mover
* Rubber Tracks * RMS Chain on entire bed * Specially designed hydraulic tracks * Stover sliding tracks * Splitter valve * Automatic rear bumper * Optional camera and monitor
* Easy to operate on gin yard *Driver can easily determine correct spacing of modules *Can be used for narrow module *Can be used on traveling head module feeders
800-689-7740 361-884-8961 www.stoverequipment.com
Maintenance • All proper safety precautions should be taken by all personnel who perform maintenance and repairs. • Clean out all seed. • Clean hopper panels to remove seed oil. Steam cleaning is reported to work consistently well. • Make the inside surfaces of the hopper panels smooth again! Sanding and steel brushing reportedly work well. • Try to examine for stress fractures and any loose hardware. COTTON FARMING JULY 2015
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• Remove rust and corrosion. Trailer-Viewing Catwalk The best industry practices include the use of a trailer-viewing catwalk mounted on the outside of the vertical columns, approximately 9.5 feet above the driveway. This provides the operator a good vantage point to see into the tops of the trailers and to determine when to open and close the hopper doors. Jim Granberry, president of Cliff Granberry Corp., contributed this story. Contact him at (972) 381-8899 or www.cliffgranberrycorp.com
Cotton Gin Brushes
Channel Saws
Our precision CNC fabricating equipment enables us to produce the highest quality gin brushes and channel saws at a very competitive price. When it comes to our products, we use only the highest quality “Made in the USA� raw materials available. We know gin machinery and the conditions in which it has to perform, and our brushes and channel saws are manufactured to an exacting standard for the modern cotton gin.
Cotton’s Calendar July 16 – Calcot Board Meeting, Bakersfield, Calif. Aug. 17-19 – ACP Meeting, New Orleans, La. Aug. 19 – PCCA Board Meeting, Lubbock, Texas. Aug. 20 – Calcot Board Meeting, Bakersfield, Calif. Aug. 24-26 – NCC Mid-Year Board Meeting. Sept. 16 – Staplcotn Annual Meeting, Greenwood, Miss. Sept. 21-22 – Calcot Annual Meeting, Bakersfield, Calif. Oct. 21 – PCCA Board Meeting, Lubbock, Texas. Nov. 18 – PCCA Board Meeting, Lubbock, Texas. Dec. 16 – PCCA Board Meeting, Lubbock, Texas. Jan. 5-7 – BWCC, New Orleans, La.
FOR SALE
Ask your supplier for
RAM Brushes & Channel Saws or give us a call
RAM Manufacturing Company 1333 E. 44th St. Lubbock, TX 79404 806-745-5552 Fax: 806-745-5582 rammfgco@rammfg.net www.rammfg.net
3 – Complete Signode M-34 / 3 head strapping systems. Consisting of all indexing mechanisms, 8 strapping heads, many boxes of new parts. GRUNDFEST & KLAUS 1 – 36� vane axial fan Cary, MS 7 – 29� vane axial fans Bill: 662-907-1498 Will consider delivery 6 – 21� vane axial fans
Parts, Supplies, New and Used Machinery Buy and Sell
MILES GIN SUPPLY Elm Mott,TX 76640
Call or Fax (254) 829-1201 Night (254) 829-2372 20 COTTON FARMING
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WWW.NORTHERNLUCUS.COM 1116 Slaton Hwy. Lubbock, TX FOR SALE: 2 – 158 GIN STANDS WITH CONTROLS MANUFACTURER OF HI-CAPACITY LINT CLEANING SYSTEMS IN 86” to 110” WIDTHS NEW 60” & 72” OVERSHOT BATTERY CONDENSERS 96” TO 144” INCLINE CLEANERS, STICK MACHINES & AIRLINE SEPARATORS HIGH CAPACITY VACUUMS USED & FACTORY REBUILT GIN MACHINERY BALE HANDLING SYSTEMS COMPLETE LINE OF REPAIR PARTS FOR MURRAY, MITCHELL, H.E., CONSOLIDATED, CONTINENTAL, MOSS, LUMMUS, HORN & CMI 806-745-8156 1-800-776-8182 FAX 806-745-0564 E-MAIL: NORTHERNLUCUS@YAHOO.COM WWW.NORTHERNLUCUS.COM
Lummus Corporation has available the following quality, high-capacity used gin machinery. All machinery is offered “as is, where is” (unless noted otherwise) and is subject to prior sale. “As is” machinery can be repaired/reconditioned for an additional charge. 1 – Consolidated 96” R-5000 Stick Machine*
2 – Lummus Model 66 Lint Cleaners with Condensers 1 – Cherokee Regal RFB Lint Cleaner with Condenser and Guards
2 – Consolidated 120” R-5000 Stick Machines*
1 – Belt-Wide 75-HP Flooded-Suction Hydraulic Booster Pumping Unit 1 – Lummus 60” overshot Standard Battery Condenser* 1 – Lubbock Electric Hydraulic Pumping Unit for Gin Dor-Les® or E.E. 1 – Consolidated 72” undershot Standard Battery Condenser* 1 – Consolidated 72” undershot MC Battery Condenser* 1 – 1997 model Ginning/Lint Cleaning Line, consisting of a 96” wide Model 700TM Feeder, 170-Saw ImperialTM III
Dor-Les® Press (single reservoir with multiple motor/pump groups) 1 – Lummus Bale Handling System for up-packing press 1 – Lot, miscellaneous Burner and Moisture Unit components (contact us for details)
Gin, Super-Jet® Lint Cleaner, and tandem (2) Model 108 Lint Cleaners, with all guards, duct work, and related items
* - does not include any Steel Supports or Platforms
Physical Address: 225 Bourne Boulevard • Savannah, Georgia 31408-9586 USA Mailing Address: P.O. Box 929 • Pooler, Georgia 31322-0929 USA Phone: (912) 447-9000 • Fax: (912) 447-9250 Toll Free (USA Only): 1-800-4LUMMUS (1-800-458-6687) Web Site: www.lummus.com • E-mail: lummus.sales@lummus.com ®
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