Textile sizing machine
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textile-sizing-machine-262-17470680
title:
Textile sizing machine
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The technique of sizing a warp was mechanised during the nineteenth century when William Radcliffe and his assistant Thomas Johnson invented the sizing machine. The purpose of introducing size, which is either a starchy substance for cotton or gelatinous mixture for woollen fibre, is to reduce the chances of threads fraying and breaking due to the friction of the weaving process. The size stiffens the thread and helps the fibres lie closely together. Many recipes for size can be found in textile
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Textile finishing machine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_sizing_machine
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2023-10-01T01:33:11Z
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