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KOEDOESKOP
COTTON GIN
by Calvin Knight, Cotton SA
The Koedoeskop Cotton Gin is coming to immediate third gin stand. The gin operates on
the end of its first season of operation. After the same standard process and procedure as
completing construction and starting their many other ginning operations. Seed cotton
season in the second half of last year (2018), is transported into the gin and separated
they have made quite an impression. They are (loosened from the compressed bale). It is then
currently processing 100 round seed cotton piped through the standard, rock trap, drying
bales per day, resulting in 450 bales of cotton shelves, first clean, second clean, extractor, the
lint per day. gin stand itself, and finally to the bale press.
Based in Thabazimbi, Koedoeskop Cotton They do some things differently, however.
Gin is currently operating on two continental They have a unique designed piece of
gin stands (from India) with space for an equipment for removing packaging from seed
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