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Record 1 2021-02-25

English

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

A machine used for opening cotton direct from a bale. Layers of compressed cotton are taken from a bale and fed into a machine where the tearing action of two coarse spiked rollers moving in opposite directions, produces a more open mass of tufts.

French

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

Appareil servant à débarrasser les balles des feuillards et des toiles grossières de jute qui les entourent.

Key term(s)
  • casse-balles

Spanish

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