Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1911)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 43
and tarry matter, and as many baskets orslat boxes as there are qualities and kinds to be made. The accompanying picture (Fig. 11) shows two wool-sortersbenches and general arrangement in use in some large mills inthis country. A is the screen on the table, through which someof the impurities fall.… … Fig. 11. Wool Sorters Bench. Under these racks at C are the steam pipes, which heat the woolso that the fleeces can be opened out easily. In cold weather theyolk, or natural grease, in the wool becomes so stiff that unlessheat is applied the fleeces cannot be spread out flat on the benchwithout…
Textile fabrics · Textile industry
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