An old engraving of a yarn dresser and reel machine used in the textile mills of the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. This machine was used for sizing and polishing yarn. Using size (a starch for cotton) reduces the chances of threads fraying and breaking due to the friction of the weaving process. Belt-driven rollers deliver the yarn through a series of devices that ‘whip’ or brush it, removing unwanted strands and give it a polish. It then passes over steam pipes, then wound onto reels or bobbins (right), ready for weaving.
An old engraving of a yarn dresser and reel machine used in the textile mills of the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. This machine was used for sizing and polishing yarn. Using size (either a starchy substance for cotton or gelatinous mixture for woollen fibre) reduces the chances of threads fraying and breaking due to the friction of the weaving process. Belt-driven rollers deliver the yarn through a series of devices that ‘whip’ or brush it, removing unwanted strands and give it a polish. It then passes over steam pipes before being wound onto reels or bobbins (right), ready for weaving.
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