KINLAU AIR CUSHION DRYER/LEAF CLEANER - MOST COMMON QUESTIONS
Q.?. Isn't this just a 'fountain dryer'?
No: Old style '"fountain dryers" have slow entry speeds and a minimum of operations. The Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaner enters cotton @ a high entry speed making it more of a "jet speed" dryer. The higher entry speed provides for a greater hot air-cotton mix for very efficient drying and also importantly a separation of the pin trash from the seed cotton itself, this both enhances and permits its removal.
Q.?. How much leaf can this machine really take out?
Field study shows up to 40% of total leaf/pin trash is removed in the basic model. Higher percentages are removed in the models with recirculator-separator units.
Q.?. Where, in the gin, would this machine work best?
The Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaner is most effective immediately after the cotton leaves the module feeder hot box, or the unloading separator. The unit can also be very effective as a secondary dryer after the first cleaning stack, but not as effective a cleaner due to the nature of the incline cleaners effect of beating leaf into the seed cotton.
Q.?. Will this machine work in pull through systems?
Most of the Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaners operate in the field under straight pull systems. The machine will, however, work just as effectively well under push pull conditions.
Q.?. Will this machine really be an effective cleaner on picker cotton?
Although the Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaner was developed and initially used on stripper cotton, its effectiveness on picker cotton is equally good, picking up as much as 40% of the leaf/pin trash, along with the highly efficient drying.
Q.?. How many bales an hour can be effectively put through this machine?
At the present time, the largest single cotton stream unit has handled 55 BPH. Usually larger gins have two streams of cotton with up to 30 BPH in each stream. Larger Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaner models can easily handle that much cotton, both cleaning and drying.
Q.?. Isn't this just a 'fountain dryer'?
No: Old style '"fountain dryers" have slow entry speeds and a minimum of operations. The Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaner enters cotton @ a high entry speed making it more of a "jet speed" dryer. The higher entry speed provides for a greater hot air-cotton mix for very efficient drying and also importantly a separation of the pin trash from the seed cotton itself, this both enhances and permits its removal.
Q.?. How much leaf can this machine really take out?
Field study shows up to 40% of total leaf/pin trash is removed in the basic model. Higher percentages are removed in the models with recirculator-separator units.
Q.?. Where, in the gin, would this machine work best?
The Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaner is most effective immediately after the cotton leaves the module feeder hot box, or the unloading separator. The unit can also be very effective as a secondary dryer after the first cleaning stack, but not as effective a cleaner due to the nature of the incline cleaners effect of beating leaf into the seed cotton.
Q.?. Will this machine work in pull through systems?
Most of the Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaners operate in the field under straight pull systems. The machine will, however, work just as effectively well under push pull conditions.
Q.?. Will this machine really be an effective cleaner on picker cotton?
Although the Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaner was developed and initially used on stripper cotton, its effectiveness on picker cotton is equally good, picking up as much as 40% of the leaf/pin trash, along with the highly efficient drying.
Q.?. How many bales an hour can be effectively put through this machine?
At the present time, the largest single cotton stream unit has handled 55 BPH. Usually larger gins have two streams of cotton with up to 30 BPH in each stream. Larger Kinlau Air Cushion Dryer/Leaf Cleaner models can easily handle that much cotton, both cleaning and drying.