Papers, Personal

Name/Title

Papers, Personal

Entry/Object ID

1991.05.03.40ad

Scope and Content

Peach coloured legal sized paper. Title reads: THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Faculty of Technology) COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Christmas Terminal Examinations, 1938. Session 1938-39 SPINNING II 5 Questions Reverse; blank page Transcription: 10.000 P.B Tha. THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY) COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Christmas Terminal Examinations, 1938. Session 1938 - 39. SPINNING II (Textile Industries. 2nd Year Ordinary & 1st Year Higher) Thursday, 15th December, 1938 2.0 to 4.0 p.m. Candidates are required to attempt not more than FOUR questions. QUESTIONS: 1. Make a sectional line sketch to show the passage of cotton through a hopper bale opener. How are the bales arranged and how is the cotton fed to the machine to obtain the best possible mixing? 2. Why is the pedal feed regulator usually placed near the end of an opener installation? Make a line sketch of the regulator drive, and calculations for the number of beats per inch of cotton fed when the cone strap is in its extreme and middle positions respectively. You may assume that the beater is two bladed end makes 700 r.p.m. 3. Explain the purpose of the following, used in connection with blowing room machines: - high speed, dust cages, dust settling chamber, bag filters, reserve boxes, two way distributor, by-pass valves, end dust trunks. 4. State the objects of the card. Make a sketch of the feed mechanism, taker-in, mote knives and undercasing, showing their relative positions. Describe briefly the action of the taker-in at the feed plate. 5. Define the term "bevel11 as applied to the flat of a card. Why is this bevel necessary and how is it obtained? Sketch a flat in its carding position over the cylinder, indicating the inclinations of the wires, the directions of movement of the flat and cylinder, the approximate speeds of the flat and cylinder, and the distance bet them.?

Collection

Textile Industry

Cataloged By

Murray, Pam

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Education, Textile industry, Tests, Examinations, Spinning

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Manchester University

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Object Name

Papers, Personal

Location

Location

Drawer

D65

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Category

Permanent

Date

November 7, 2023

Location

Container

Archive Box 1

Shelf

Shelf 2, Shelf 2

Cabinet

Red Sideboard

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Whit, Elizabeth

Date

July 7, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bornet, George M.

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Note

Status: OK Status By: Cotter, Ellen Status Date: 2022-06-07

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Create Date

July 7, 2010

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Update Date

November 12, 2023