"Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles - Jackson Winding and Warping Company - Picture of a high speed warper"

Nederlands: Conusscheermachine met riet en gelesapparaat.

• Scope and content: "Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Jackson Winding and Warping Company. Picture of a high speed warper. The machine shown in a Sipp-Eastwood EO type high speed warper. This machine beams the warp while the warp is being made up, thus eliminating the necessity for beaming later prior to sizing. This is the only machine of its type in the country and is still in the experimental stages. The capacity of this machine is one complete warp an hour; that is 5,000 yards in 5 hours (5 complete warps, each warp being 1,200 yards). From this machine the warp goes directly into the sizing process. To do one warp of 1,200 yards on the old type of equipment would take an operator 7-1/2 to 8 hours. The operator of the high speed equipment must be an experienced warper. It usually takes several weeks to teach even an experienced warper how to operate this new type of equipment. No attempt is made to teach wholly inexperienced help how to run these machines since it would take several months to do this. It is also to...."