CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS BY INSTALLING A DIFFERENT MESH SURFACE ON LABORATORY EQUIPMENT THAT CLEANS FROM SMALL IMPURITIES

This article presents a study on a machine designed for cleaning cotton from small impurities, focusing on its main components. A laboratory version of the cleaning equipment was developed, and its operating principle is described. Various mesh surfaces were prepared in different sizes and shapes, and their effective surface areas were measured. The research objectives were defined, and experiments were conducted using mesh surfaces of different geometries installed on the laboratory equipment. The impact of mesh surface shape on cleaning efficiency, seed damage, and the presence of fiber defects and residual impurities was analyzed. The obtained results were analyzed, and the compliance of the equipment’s cleaning efficiency and the levels of fiber and seed damage with state standards was studied. Based on the analysis, it was established that the cleaning efficiency had increased.