The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing (1910)
Murphy, William S · London : The Gresham Publishing Company · leaf 149
ng motion. The stems are fed in between the rollers, which revolvealmost close to each other in a swinging style, the gradual pressurebreaking the wood of the stems while preserving the fibre intact.These machines are made in many sizes by various engineers, andeach maker has his own small… … Fig. 20.—Flax-Breaker FLAX 103 the sheaf of fibres is hung up so as to leave the end hanging free,and with a scutching knife the workman strikes it rapidly, sendingoff the woody fibres. Hand scutching has almost wholly given place
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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