Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-25
RoTAKIANs HEAR
 TALK ON COTTON Continued From Page Five.) f

would be called 2os. while sos would be very fine yarn.
 The next process is called drawing and this is divided into first and second process and are very similar. The sliv- CT taken from the cards is put through this drawing process, the object of which is to draw out the flores. and to cause the to lie parallel to each other. Six card slivers are fed together be tween two pairs of rollers, the second of which Is revolving faster than the first. The result of this is the stretch ing of that portion of the slivers which is between the two sets of rollers Aft CT the six slivers have passed through the drawing frames they are delivered again to cans in single strand with the flores more parallel than before and these sivers are now ready for the fly frames to be converted into rowing. Our object now is to convert the untwisted silver into a twisted rowing and this is done on a machine called a slubber. The cans are set at the back of the sub Der and each strand is fed through a small eye or trumpet and then between rollers and then wound upon bobbins set on spindles. The silver is twisted by being fe6 onto the bobbin by an arm, OF flyer winch revolves little more slow Ig after it. The result Is a slightly twisted silver, now called a rowing, about the size of 9 small clothes line This rowing !s then delivered to the intermediate, fine and jack frames where the process is very much liks that of the slubber but usually two strands are twisted into one to increase strength and to produce more even rowing. In the ordinary process the last rowing as it leaves the jack frames has been doubled over 27,- 0o0 times, before spinning begins. Spinning is the next process and this is the operation which puts the cottor into the form of yarn. There are two kinds of spinning, known as ring spin i ming and jack spinning, but we will only | consider the ring method. The principa ] of the ring frame is very similar tc | that of the rovinS operations which i'm mediately proceed it. The thread i! 1 again drawn through three sets of roll i CTS running at successively higher rate' l of speed, and then passes through | guide to a small metal loop, called , | traveller, which runs around on meta 1 track or ring within which the spindle | with its bobhin is revolving. Since tn | spindle pulls the traveller around aft
 CT it, the yarn is twisted or spun a
 it is wound on the bobin. Sometime
 two spoo,s of rowing are spun into | | single thread, but more frequently ther | is no combination. All the rings ol
 one frame, usually about 256, are move up and down together on ther rails, s
 that the yarn will be wound evenly oI
 the bo5bins.
 There are two different kinds 0 l yarn. termed warp and filling. Not onl
 is different bobbin used for warp an
 filing yarns, but they are also woun 1 differently on the bobbin. Warp yarn
 wound evenly up and down the whol
 length of the bobbin. while the filiin | bobbins, which go straight from tn
 spindle into the loom shuttle, are woun on in sects to facilitate rapid unwind
 ing.
 After the warp yarn Is sun there. ar
 several processes in order to arrange tn
 threads for the weaving and thee are
 spocling, warping. beaming, ashini
 and drawing-in. From the warp bobbir
 the yarn must be transferred to spoo
 in order that sufficient length of yarn r
 obtained to make the warp which
 usually of 5000 to 12,000 yards. an
 after a sufficient number of spools hay l been filled they are placed in a warpt | creel and this process is to combr the proper number of ends into a chai
 Gas called) and wind them into a larg
 roll or ball ready for the coloring pr'
 cess. After coloring these chains al
 more or less tangled and it becomes ne
 essary to arrange each thread so thel
 will be no tangle from here on. Tn is done through the process of bean
 ing and requires that the yarn be draw through reeds and wound on large Sc
 ton beams. After thsse section bean
 are completed the yarn is then reat ! for the slashers. These machines co1 sist of size thoughs and large copD
 cylinders heated by steam. and as u
 yarn passes through, 1t is coated wi a sizing of starch and softener. dried it passes over the hot cylinders al passes along to the beam on whi' 1t Is wound ready to be delivered to t weave room. Upon reaching the wea room each end of yarn must be draY Q through proper reeds and harness befo it is placed in the loom ready to recei . the filling yarn and be woven in l c.oth
 t or other materials into cloth or fabri | and is done in a machine called loo
 After the cloth is woven it must - inspected, finished, measured and ma . ready for packing and shipping. g There are many details which na f been omitted for they are of no dire 7, importance, but it would be pleasu '- to have you all visit the Shetucket Col k pany's plant at your leisure and see l. routine of the cotton from the bale
 the finished product. Thank you
 At the conclusion of MT. Twists ts
 he was given a rising vote of app Y ciation for his courtesy in providing
 gars for the luncheon. A letter e thanks from the Norwich Roque As e citation for the assistance of the N z u-icb Rotary rl,Ih during the rece tournament held here was read by A T ing Secretary F. Howard Baker. e F. Russell Smith. chairman of the s: tertainment committee announced tf d the first three meetings in Septeml e would be conducted by T. c. Murp
 Judge Nelson J. Ayl;ng and c. A. ie ger. The last meeting in the month V y be business meeting.
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