“WITH ITS HUNDREDS OF FLYERS.” SPINNING ROOM, NO. 1 MILL
To insure an even twist these speeds, once they are set, should not be allowed to vary, and to obtain this steady running, the Plymouth Cordage Company uses, almost entirely, machines of a special type, so constructed as to guarantee the best possible results.
Binder twine is always given what is known as a right-hand twist, but rope yarns must, for certain kinds of rope, be given a left-hand twist. This is accomplished by reversing the direction of the capstans. The flyer carries four grooved wheels—two for the right, the others for the left-hand yarn—and by these the yarn is guided from the capstans to the revolving bobbin.
The spinning room, with its hundreds of flyers, each running in the neighborhood of 1,500 revolutions a minute, speaks eloquently of the years’ changes. Gone is the “drowsy dreamy sound” of the wheel in Longfellow’s “Ropewalk,” and in its place we hear the high singing noise of the gears—the voice of modern industry. And with the changes have come more rapid and economical production, better hours and pay for the workman, better rope for the consumer.
SPINNING ROOM, NO. 3 MILL,
PLYMOUTH CORDAGE COMPANY
PLATFORM AND APPARATUS FOR STORAGE AND HANDLING OF TAR SUPPLY,
PLYMOUTH CORDAGE COMPANY
