. The velvet and corduroy industry; a brief account of the various processes connected with the manufacture of cotton pile goods. ill show the now defunct domestic sideof the industry. He is cutting here on one of theseold short frames which did not long survive the domesticstage. Note the attic in which the work is being carriedon. There is always the foundation of trouble at thesecommencing and finishing places, and considering thecare which has to be exercised in the cutting of the pile,it is astonishing that the transformation of cotton intovelvet is possible so economically that good qual
. The velvet and corduroy industry; a brief account of the various processes connected with the manufacture of cotton pile goods. ill show the now defunct domestic sideof the industry. He is cutting here on one of theseold short frames which did not long survive the domesticstage. Note the attic in which the work is being carriedon. There is always the foundation of trouble at thesecommencing and finishing places, and considering thecare which has to be exercised in the cutting of the pile,it is astonishing that the transformation of cotton intovelvet is possible so economically that good qualitiescan be sold as cheaply as is the case in normal times. In some well-organized mills, the frames are lengthenedat each end by the addition of small subsidiary tablesabout 24 ins. long, which permit the operator to get agood start at the beginning of each race, and contributeto the evenness of the pile in the settings-in. Slip-cutting. In the cheaper qualities, whichnaturally are made in a coarser fashion, though stillhaving some 750 to 800 races in the standard widthof 22 ins., for economy sake the cutting is frequently. o w mO P o 50 VELVET AND CORDUROY INDUSTRY done by a method known as slip-cutting. This shp-cutting is frequently employed in the very lowestclasses of velvet where price is more an object thanquality, and when this method is adopted the knife isinserted in every other race, but actually cuts thefloat of two races at the same time, although the effectmay be broadly stated to be that of cutting everyother race. It may be added that this class of cutting is fre-quently done with two knives, the operator holdingone in each hand, and as the standard of work is nothigh, it is possible to procure a very much larger outputby employing this method. Obviously, if the necessarypile can be produced by half the effort there is mucheconomy in operation, but it is not a process whichcould be used at all for the medium and good classvelvets. The operation of cutting requi
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