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 251
rough which they pass. The slivers are in this manner brought Fig. 10& together and made into a comparatively level sheet without overlapping each other as they enter the series of drawing rolls /, side by side. The object of the machine is not to draw the slivers out, but to lay them side by side… … is conducted between a pair of heavy calender rolls /C, which compress it into a sheet or lap which enables it to be rolled up. The top calender roller K is weighted either by a spring or lever arrangement at each end, with from 80 to 140 lbs. pressure. After the cotton leaves the calender rollers…
Textile fabrics
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