April 11, 2018 10:14 pm
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Throughout the ages, the textile industry has been one of the mainstays of nearly every human civilization. In recent years, technological advances and globalization have led to a radically redefined textile industrial complex that relies on complicated supply chains stretching across the entirety of the globe. Textile machinery currently performs a number of tasks formerly performed by hand by human laborers. Today, jobs such as ginning, spinning, weaving and dyeing are largely performed by automated processes with limited human help. That means that it’s extremely important for industry players at every level of the textile supply chain to properly maintain... View Article
March 28, 2018 10:14 pm
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In 1793, Eli Whitney patented the first modern iteration of the cotton gin, revolutionizing the then-burgeoning industrial textiles industry and changing the way that humans interact with cotton forever. Since Whitney first filed his patent, the size and scale of commercial cotton gins has change drastically, but their general operations and functions remain the same. Today, cotton typically arrives at the gin pressed into a bale or “module” weighing as much as 10 metric tons. The gins are capable of processing this cotton quickly and efficiently, and with minimal human effort required. Once the ginning process is complete, the cotton... View Article
March 7, 2018 5:06 pm
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Cotton production is one of the most important industries in the United States. The country is the worldwide leader in cotton exporting and third internationally in production, behind only the much larger nations of China and India. Almost all of the cotton growth and production in America occurs in the south and west, with the dominant producing states being Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, Arizona and California. Today, more than 99 percent of American-grown cotton is Upland cotton, with the fraction of a percentage remaining being American Pima. Overall, the business is worth $25 billion per year and employs more than... View Article
February 21, 2018 5:06 pm
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Textile manufacturing continues to be a major industry in the modern day. At textile mills, fiber is converted into yarn, which is in turn converted into fabric that is dyed or printed and fabricated into clothes. A variety of cotton mill components in Lubbock, TX play a role in this process. Cotton continues to be the most important natural fiber, and thus plays a massively important role in textile mills. There are six stages associated with processing cotton at these mills. Let’s take a quick look at each: Cultivating and harvesting: Cotton can be grown anywhere that has long, hot,... View Article
January 25, 2018 10:52 pm
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Whether you’re a cotton farmer, operate a cotton gin, or are an OEM who services any of the cotton gins throughout West Texas and the cotton belt, you know that once the cotton harvest is underway and cotton modules arrive that need to be processed and processed quickly, that when equipment failures happen, it’s a real emergency that can mean huge delays in production due to a complete shutdown of your gin. Delays in any part of the cotton production process can translate to huge losses and for smaller companies can mean bankruptcy and the end to your business. So... View Article
