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CANTRE [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bobbin creel: an item in the "Textileworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

cantre : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de travail du textile» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-06-22

English

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

A framework arranged to hold slivers, rovings, or yarns so that many ends can be withdrawn smoothly and evenly without tangling.

OBS

creel frame: term standardized by ISO.

French

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

Dispositif supportant des bobines, des tubes, des roquets, qui comporte des broches et permet le bon déroulement des fils.

OBS

cadre du cantre : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
DEF

Bastidor que sostiene las bobinas o carretes de alimentación en las máquinas de hilatura, los telares, urdidores, etc.

OBS

[...] suele disponer de un mecanismo que provoca [una] parada automática [...] en caso de rotura del hilo.

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Record 3 2010-11-10

English

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

The rack located adjacent to a tufting machine which holds the cones of pile yarn that supply yarn to the needles of a tufting machine.

CONT

A tufting machine is essentially a huge sewing machine with hundreds of needles that insert loops of yarn into the primary backing. Yarn is fed from a creel, one tube of yarn for each needle, and threaded through the needles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
DEF

Râtelier situé à proximité d'une machine à tufter et servant à tenir les cônes de fils de velours alimentant les aiguilles de cette dernière.

Spanish

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