Film Number |
2714 |
Title |
FELTS FOR PAPERMAKERS |
Producer |
Gaumont Picture Corporation Ltd. |
Date |
1953 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
22 mins 15 secs |
Description |
After shots of old company ledgers and their other factories, wool is seen being delivered to the Porritt and Spencer mill in Bury. Fleeces are sorted by hand, cleaned in a scouring machine, and then blended. After being fluffed up (a process called willying), the wool is sprayed with oil, put into a disentangling machine called a devil (because of its many spikes) and blown into a bin where it is packed up. The wool fibres are teased out in a machine called a scribbler, then made into a fine web and gently wound onto large bobbins. The soft fibre is then spun on a large automated mule, twisted into yarn and tested. It is woven into cloth on looms and shrunken and stretched until it becomes felt. |
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