Textile raw materials and their conversion into yarns : (the study of the raw materials and the technology of the spinning process) a text-book for textile, trade and higher technical schools, as also for self-instruction ; based upon the ordinary syllabus and curriculum of the Imperial and Royal Austrian weaving schools (1901)
Zipser, Julius, Salter, Charles · London : Scott, Greenwood · leaf 254
Fig. 139.—Gilling Machine for Flax (vertical longitudinal section). broad. The lower feed rollers alone are driven, the upper setbeing heavily weighted and moving slowly by friction. Be-tween them they seize the sliver and convey it to the gills, e,consisting of about fifty-two metal bars or… … Fig. 140.—Flax Gilling Machine (plan view). four to six inches, are fitted with two rows of sharp-pointedsteel hackling pins about as large as sewing needles. Thesefallers are set in motion, in their proper order and at suitablespeed, by two pairs of endless screw spindles, g, h, in the 248 TEXTILE…
Textile fibers · Spinning
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