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BREAST BEAM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

Stationary horizontal beam at the front of the loom over which the woven cloth passes before winding on the cloth beam below.

CONT

The Cranbrook loom is available ... An exclusive innovation of the Cranbrook loom is the breast and back beams made of powder-coated tubular steel ... Standard features: adjustable bench, cloth beam protector (fits in front of breast beam) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Pièce du métier à tisser, barre transversale sur laquelle passe le tissu.

CONT

[...] le tissu, après sa constitution, passe sur la poitrinière, puis, entraîné par le rouleau d'appel s'enroule finalement à l'avant du métier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
DEF

Barra transversal de un telar sobre la cual pasa el tejido ya hecho antes de enrollarse.

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