Cotton module builder

A Module Builder or Cotton Module Builder (English cotton module finisher ) is an agricultural device for compressing machine- harvested cotton. Thus, the cotton can be space-saving and transported with low losses and supported on the field without loss of quality and quantity.

History

To close the logistical bottleneck between the cotton harvest and transport for further processing was developed in the USA, the Cotton Module Builder. 1971 began the development of the first prototypes by the Texas A & M University under the direction of Professor Lambert Wilkes. This project was supported by Cotton Incorporated, an organization of American cotton producers.

Since 1972sind ModuleBuilder in use in the United States today, more than 90 % of the harvested cotton is compressed into modules builders. In other countries, where cotton is harvested mechanically, the module builder have established.

The umbrella association of agricultural engineers in the U.S., the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers ( ASABE ) has assessed the Module Builder as one of the three most important innovations in the mechanization of cotton cultivation.

Function

A Module Builder is a great trailer that moved with a tractor and driven but is used stationary. When operating the device, the wheels are hydraulically retracted. A Module Builder is about nine feet long, four feet high and three feet wide. He works mainly on the principle of a trash compactor. The Baumwollernter tilt the loose raw cotton in the open-top trailer, this one tries to achieve a uniform distribution possible. After unloading, a hydraulic ram is moved up and down with high pressure, which moves along the front side walls and to the rear, to compress the cotton uniformly. This process is repeated after each charge before a module is finished, and is discharged through the rear door. The Module Builder is added to the tractor to produce in another place a new module. The weight of a module is about 10 tons.