Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects . eads and shaking eachgarment, send them to thepress-room, where they arecarefully folded in papersor press boards in dozenpackages and put into thepress, in which they are leftfor three hours under apressure of 3000 pounds ormore. After being takenout of the press and thepress-boards removed, theyare carefully scanned bygirls, who throw out allimperfect goods and foldthe perfects or firsts, in proper shape
Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects . eads and shaking eachgarment, send them to thepress-room, where they arecarefully folded in papersor press boards in dozenpackages and put into thepress, in which they are leftfor three hours under apressure of 3000 pounds ormore. After being takenout of the press and thepress-boards removed, theyare carefully scanned bygirls, who throw out allimperfect goods and foldthe perfects or firsts, in proper shape to fit the boxes, after whichthey are boxed and labelled, ready for the shipper. A well regu-lated and well managed mill ought not to have more than 2| percent of seconds, even on a medium grade of goods. Equipment and Arrangement of the Finishing Room. A wellequipped, up-to-date mill today has several features in the finishingdepartment that the larger number of the mills have been slow toadopt. In these improvements are included an electric or powercutting machine, taking the place of the old way of cutting with aknife following a slot in the cutting bench and pushing by hand with. Fig. 4. Eastman Electric Cloth CuttingMachine. 304 KNIT GOODS FINISHING 11 an up and down motion as with a saw. Another departure is inthe method of drying, a complete drying machine being substitutedfor the old way of a large room given up to drying and wasting arrangement of the tables—cutting, inspectors, makers,and other tables as well as the machine tables—depends greatly onthe size of the finishing room. The cutting tables should be in closeproximity to the knitting frames. If the cutting is done on a floor
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