Draw frames and fly frames : being a practical treatise on the above machines (1898)
Thornley, T. (Thomas) · Manchester : A. Heywood · leaf 62
Fig. 17. 51 … Fig. i8. slightly less than 5^. So far from regarding this crimpingof the sliver as an evil, the Company contend thatit is a good thing. They allege that the crimp condensesand unites the fibres so that the sliver is therebystrengthened and licking up of fibres prevented. In anycase it is an…
Textile machinery
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