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THE nOSCROP SINGLE THREAD


YARN TESTING nACHINE


THE ANNUAL nEETING


OUR EXHIBIT,


Of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers


was held at Mechanics Fair Building, Boston, Mass., April


28 and 29. During this week the Textile Exhibitors'


Association conducted an exhibition of textile machinery


and allied products, and although the first to be held


under this administration and without the feature of prizes


to be awarded, there were liberal entries and crowds


of people attended. During the sessions of the


manufacturers' association there were more mill men on the


machinery floor than in the assembly hall and a large


proportion of the visitors on Friday and Saturday were mill


representatives.


Of which we show an illustration on first page,


attracted much attention. The Northrop loom was in


operation on very fine goods woven from 80 · warp and


120 · cop fIlling with " feeler" attachment for matching


the pick. This loom represented what is being done


commercially on a large scale at the Whitman Mills, New


Bedford, Mass., and the Burgess Mills, Pawtucket, R. I.


Many of our visitors had never seen a Northrop loom


running on such fine goods before and with cop filling. A


practical demonstration is the best possible answer to the


doubts raised by skeptics.


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Was in almost continuous operation and was one of


the few absolutely new devices in the hall. In our April


" Cotton Chats" sent out a few days before the exhibition,


we gave a general invitation to all interested to bring


samples of yarn to be tested. The fact that not one sample


was presented for test raises a question. Were all parties


waiting modestly to see the imperfections in samples


made by some one else?


The single thread test is the only true test of the


evenness of yarns. The important fact to be demonstrated


is the number of weak places in a given length of yarn.


This can not be done by the old lea test.


In Great Britain, where this machine originated,


Messrs. J. & P. Coats, Ltd., ordered 20 machines after


testing one machine thoroughly.

Cotton Chats 1909, No. 80, Page 2-3