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FLY FRAME [2 records]

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Record 1 2002-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

Any machine used in yarn manufacture ... to reduce the size of the sliver to the roving, and insert a slight amount of twist.

CONT

A general name for all the machines used to produce roving, different types of which are called slubber, intermediate, fine, and jack. Roving frames draft the stock by means of drafting rolls, twist it by means of flyer, and wind onto a bobbin.

Key term(s)
  • spindle unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

Le banc à broches. Le but de cet appareil est d'amincir et d'aligner encore les fibres par des étirages successifs et progressifs. Ces derniers s'accompagnent d'une torsion [...] qui maintient les fibres tout en leur permettant de glisser encore les unes par rapport aux autres. Le ruban ainsi étiré et tordu s'appelle la mèche. Le nombre de passages au banc de broches dépend de la finesse de la mèche à obtenir.

CONT

Terme général désignant toutes les machines utilisées pour produire des mèches de différents types et appelées selon le cas banc à broches en gros, banc à broches intermédiaire, banc à broches en fin, banc à broches en surfin. Les bancs à broches étirent le ruban à l'aide de rouleaux d'étirage, donnent la torsion au moyen d'une ailette et l'enroulent sur une bobine.

Key term(s)
  • banc à broche

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias textiles
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
OBS

all -- draft the stock by means of rollers, twist it by means of a flyer, and wind it onto a wooden bobbin. Also known as fly frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
OBS

--appareil permettant de boudiner les textiles.

Spanish

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