Cotton mixes homogenization without categorizing bales in inventory

Method for forming a homogenized mix of cotton bales for a spinning process where an inventory of said cotton bales have variable cotton fiber quality and where said cotton fiber quality data is specified on cotton bales contained in an inventory of cotton piles said method comprising the following steps:

• splitting said inventory of cotton piles into about 15 piles (6) to form a group of piles (7) which comprise a inventory mix (8);
• storing all the bales of a cotton lot (1) in a new pile (6) or in an existing pile having an identical origin;
• retrieving the quality data of the cotton bales (5) from the cotton lot (1), and transferring said quality data to spreadsheets or a computer program and thereafter releasing said quality data for use in processing said inventory mix (8);
• forming a total inventory of all of said 15 piles (6) that have the quality data of the said cotton bales (5) from the cotton lot;
• recording a number of days for which a that variation in quality among mixes (24) must be controlled;
• recording a tolerance (13) for each quality parameter among mixes;
• forming groups of piles and associate each of said 15 piles (6) to a particular group of piles;
• determine the components of the inventory mix (8);
• forming a homogenized mix of said inventory mix (8) as follows:
• Step 1—planning the quality (9) for a given period;
• Step 2—preparing a premix (10);
• Step 3—generating (11) a mix from the said premix (10);
• Step 4—calculating a minimum and maximum value (12) allowed in said mix;
• Step 5—including (14) remaining (151) bales of a previous mix;
• Step 6—taking (16) missing bales from inventory piles (152a) (152b);
• Step 7—recording (18) quantities of bales in the spreadsheet or computer program;
• Step 8—choosing (19) (15c) bales for the mix;
• Step 9—defining the positions (21) (15d) of bales of the mix to a production line;
• Step 10—separating (23) the identified bales for the mix and laydown into said production line (26).