System Design of a Partially Mechanized Cotton Processing Ginnery

Ginnery is a small factory in which raw cotton is processed from bowled shaped seed cotton stage to lint cotton stage. Drawback in the existing method of production activities reveals that the complete process needs improvement. It is found that no scientific method is used in most of the working stations, manual handling of materials & the workers have to walk long distances of 3 - 8 km in a shift. The methodology suggests redesigning of manual material handlings so that workers are not required to walk long distances with load as propose systems become more productive at less cost. The scope is restricted to choice of device for mechanically deciding it's major specifications & deciding the complete plan layout. A complete thought is given as regards how to mechanize all manual handling operations by implementing conveyors system through human energy calculations and manual material handlings design data bases of NIOSH. It can be fulfill the need of manual handling. Conveyor transportation system exists in various layouts depending on the purpose served.