Manufacturing processes of spinning 1

Bales of raw cotton, each weighing about 500 lbs, are highly compressed to a density of 20 to 30 lbs per cubic foot. Bales differ in quality and it is therefore necessary to blend or mix cotton from serveral bales at a time.

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 Cotton Textile Industry of Hong Kong (A General Survey of its spinning, weaving and knitting sections), Unpublished Thesis.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_131
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