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Item 13: Yarn Preparation: Doubler Winding

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

Two yarns are wound from spinning bobbins through a tension devise and slub catcher, upward to the gathering rol, then down to the traversing yarn guide onto the tube. He two ends are wound as one. Tubes are fed to twisting where a 2-ply yarn is produced or may be fed to warper. The machine is a Foster #57 Doubler Winder. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20409.

Dates

  • 1952

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

0.61 cubic feet

Format:

black and white photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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