How to build, equip and operate a cotton mill in the United States (1913)
Frank P. Bennett & Co · Boston, New York [etc.] F. P. Bennett & company, inc · leaf 263
ated, the operation of theneedles on the half-lap removing shorefibres, neps and foreign matter thatwere not removed in the previous proc-esses, resembles the operation of thelicker-in upon the fringe hanging overthe nose of the feed-plate, only insteadof having a saw tooth, the needles onthe… … Fig. 14. Section of High Speed Combing Machine. enteenth row, in which there are usu-ally ninety needles per inch. And asstated, the needles in the last rows arethe smallest in diameter. In otherwords, the pitch of the needles varies,becoming gradually finer, and rangesfrom 1-30 to 1-90 inch. The…
Cotton manufacture · Textile factories
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