Textile factories use machinery for dyeing, carding, spinning, weaving, and packing. Carding and spinning machines convert fibers into single ply yarn, which can be twisted into two-ply yarn for durability. Dyeing machines color fibers before or after spinning, and weaving equipment produces the final product. Packing machines automate the final inspection and packaging process.
Textile factories operate with the use of a wide range of machinery and equipment that allow the goods produced to be created, finished and packaged. In some cases, the textile equipment is used to create the thread or yarn that will eventually be shipped to other companies that make fabrics for clothing, towels, and household items like drapery and bedding. The most basic of all equipment of this type is usually associated with one of four specific processes: dyeing, carding, spinning and weaving.
Carding and spinning machinery essentially converts the fiber from a raw state into roping and finally into single ply yarn. Both natural and synthetic fibers usually begin this dual process in a mass that resembles the stuffing of a pillow. The carding machinery compresses the loose fibers into thick sections of rope which in turn can be transferred to the spinning machines. There the rope is further refined and reinforced into a high quality yarn that is strong.
For many productions, single ply yarn is not considered strong enough for durable goods. When this is the case, textile equipment such as twisting machinery will be used to create a strong two-ply product. One of the oldest forms of weaving machines used in the United States was known as the torticollis. Ring twisters unwind the single stranded yarn wound around the bobbins during the spinning process and will wind the two strands of yarn into a single strong yarn. Twisters of this type were more or less obsolete by the 1970s and were often replaced by more powerful twisters that were capable of ten to twenty times the hourly output.
In some cases, the two-ply yarn was wound onto bobbins and shipped directly to a customer to be used in the creation of everything from toweling to carpeting. However, some larger designs required winding the thread onto large spools. The textile equipment that accomplished this was usually known as warping machines or simply warping machines. An intricate structure was used to unwind several hundred spools of thread onto a large spool at once. The spool would then be covered with a thin cardboard shell, labeled with the weight, splice and amount of thread on the spool, and shipped to the end customer.
Dyeing machines are a type of textile equipment that fits into the overall production process at different stages of operation. In many cases, the dye vats are used to color and treat the raw fiber before it goes through the carding and spinning process. This helps ensure that the color is consistent throughout the batch and blends together. However, some other processes require the raw fiber to be refined into yarn first. With this approach, the yarn is passed through a series of dye vats which help gradually infuse color into the product. Dyeing plants often also dry the product as a final stage, allowing you to move immediately to the next stage of the production process.
Weaving equipment is often the last type of textile machinery that the thread or yarn will go through. In this stage, the yarn is woven into any desired end product. These could be scraps of fabric, rolls of carpet or upholstery material, or specialty fabrics like terrycloth, microfiber, or denim.
One final form of textile equipment that many people overlook is packing machines. While some textile companies tend to combine manual inspection with the packing process, some examples of this type of equipment are fully automated. The final product is packed into a uniform wrapper, automatically weighed and labeled, then stacked at one area end of the packing line. From there, the final product can be transported to a warehouse until it is sold and shipped to a customer.
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