The rope is drawn through this tube by a series of pulleys which exert a steady pull and so keep the proper twist in the rope. From these pulleys the finished product is delivered onto a separately driven coiling reel, an automatic device registering meanwhile on a dial the number of feet run.
The small reel, seen near the head of the main shaft, holds the small heart rope which is fed into the center of certain four-strand ropes to act as a bed for the strands.
The compound laying-machine can be had in many sizes of differing bobbin capacity, and the extent and variety of a manufacturer’s equipment on this type is one important indication of his ability to turn out promptly and at a reasonable price the sizes of rope in most common demand.
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