Manufacturing processes of spinning 3

The cotton has to go through a series of blowing machines, namely blending feeder, cage delivery, vertical opener, hopper opener, hopper feeder, shirley opener and finishing scultcher. All the machines are connected by large pipes which give a continuous operation.

Date 1956
Industry Textiles
Material Type Image
Collection Post-war Industries
Source Au, Kam Nin. (1956). Cotton Textile Industry of Hong Kong (A General Survey of its spinning, weaving and knitting sections), Unpublished Thesis. Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, p.26.
Repository The University of Hong Kong Libraries
Note to Copyright Permission for use is given by Au Kam Nin
Accession No. C_133
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