Fabric analysis; covering wool, worsted, silk, cotton, artificial silk, etc. from fiber to finished fabric (1920)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia, Textile Pub. Co · leaf 189
fore built somewhat stronger and very compact, providing at the same time a fan, driven by an electric motor, which, drawing the air from the outside through a fine wire screen, forces it through the heating unit and from there through the material tol)e dried. In its passing through the heating … Fig. 86 coil the air is heated up to 235 to 284 degrees F., according to the material to be dried ; for silk 284 degrees F., is the average temperature used. In order to insure an even drying of the material, the baskets are provided with a conical mesh wire funnel into which the air passes on its…
Textile fabrics
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