Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
Chapter 80-6-1 - COTTON GINS
Section 80-6-1-.06 - Gin Operation Requirements

(1) All parts of the gin machinery shall run true, and all belts shall be kept in condition to pull at all times the maximum capacity.

(2) The saws and ribs shall be kept in perfect alignment and in good condition, the saws being centrally placed between the ribs.

(3) Gins shall not be run at a greater speed than that recommended by the manufacturer of the gin in use, nor than that which will produce the best quality of lint for the particular cotton being ginned. The gin roll shall not be run tight enough to cause injury to the fiber.

(4) Air blasts shall have sufficient pressure at the end of the nozzle and so directed against the saw teeth as will ensure the removal of the lint from the saws in the proper manner. Where brushes are used the bristles shall be of sufficient length as to take all the lint from the saws.

(5) Cotton in process of ginning shall be kept from contact with oil, grease, dirt, motes and trash.

(6) In changing from a trashy, low grade bale to good cotton, for the purpose of giving the same good sample on both sides of the succeeding bale, the breast of the gin shall be left down on every bale until the roll ceases to turn, for the purpose of giving the same sample on both sides of the bale, before beginning on the next bale.

(7) All persons engaged in the business of ginning cotton in the State of Alabama shall properly equip their gins and hold themselves in readiness to perform such duties as the Commissioner may require, unless from good cause the duty cannot be performed.

(8) The Commissioner shall make recommendation to the operator of any gin plant of any change or improvement to said plant that is required or that would be to the advantage of the operator or customer, or both. It shall be the duty of the operator to notify the Commissioner when such changes have been made.

(9) Notice of the discontinuance of use of any gin equipment, of record in the office of the Commissioner, shall be made to the Commissioner at the time of or before the discontinuance of use.

Author: Charles H. Barnes