IV. Cut flax tow preparation:—
- 1. Lap machine.
- 2. First breaker cards, 4 feet diameter.
- 3. Second ditto, ditto, 3 feet 6 inches ditto.
- 4. Finisher cards with 8 workers.
- 5. First drawing frames, of 4 heads each.
- 6. Second ditto, ditto, of 5 ditto.
- 7. Frames for regulator roving, 32 spindles each frame.
- 8. Spare fallers with gills for first and second drawing.
- 9. Ditto, ditto,s with gills for roving.
V. Spinning rooms for both lines and tows:—spindles in frames in a number proportional to the number of the above preparation machines; and consequently to the quantity and quality of the flax yarn intended to be spun.
VI. Utensils and tools; such as cards clothing with needle pointed filleting.
Observations upon the above statement of the series of machinery requisite in a modern flax mill of the most improved construction:—
The long or uncut flax to be spun into yarns averaging 30 leas per lb.
Each heckling machine will produce about 41⁄2 cwts. per day, which would be distributed into 200 lbs. of line, and 2662⁄3 of tow.
The total with 3 machines would be therefore 600 lbs. of line, and 800 lbs. of tow.
The preceding statement contains three systems of line preparing, each system being composed of—
- 1 line spreader, or first drawing;
- 1st frame of 3 heads; 2d ditto, 2 slivers each;
- 1 ditto of of 4 ditto;s;3d ditto, ditto ditto;
- 2 ditto rovings of 32 spindles, which are capable of supplying about 640 spinning ditto;
- 1 line spreader being allowed for contingencies.