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Top left: A Steamroller at work at Chandler Ginning Company in Coolidge, Arizona. Hot desert temperatures combined with very dry cotton makes this the perfect gin to use a Steamroller to restore maximum moisture for capacity of about 60 bales per hour. Warm, moist air from a Humidaire Unit is pushed into the bottom of the Steamroller where it must pass through a perforated screen that the cotton batt is pressed against. After penetrating the batt, the moist air enters a rotating, perforated drum where it is then evacuated by suction. Application efficiency is so high that there is little remaining of the moist air to be evacuated! A final combination doffing and compression roller takes the fully conditioned batt from the large drum and gives it a final compression into a thin, heavy batt that slides easily down the warmed lint slide to the press. On its way through the final compression process, an embedded moisture sensor in the Steamroller measures its moisture and adjusts the Humidaire Unit to achieve the operator's desired final bale moisture setting. Control of final bale moisture within two tenths of one percent is possible with the Steamroller. A source for warm dry air is needed for the Steamroller. Although this souce can be obtained from the Humidaire Unit, we recommend a separate small heater for this, especially in cold climates. Samuel Jackson offers a 1-million Btu/hr gas-fired heater designed specifically for the Steamroller. Discover more about the 1-million Btu/hr heater.
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The
Steamroller is the most powerful lint conditioning system available. Designed
primarily for gin operations in excess of 40 bales per hour, the Steamroller is
the only machine that can consistently take cotton lint to maximum safe moisture
levels under all conditions. Where all moist air applicators relieve hydraulic
pressure at the press, users of the Steamroller typically see hydraulic pressure
not just reduced, but often cut in half. Typical gin capacity is increased by at
least 2 bales per hour due to this press relief. Lint slide capacity is
dramatically increased with the Steamroller. Although it is not recommended as a
general rule, there are several gins that use approximately one inch of lint
slide for each one bale per hour of capacity (40" lint slide for 40 bales per
hour). The combination of maximum safe moisture restoration for growers, coupled
with greater efficiency for the gin, makes a Steamroller System a double winner
for both the gin and its growers, with return on investment normally realized
within the first season of operation.