Brownell Yarn Twister

Object/Artifact

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Brownell Yarn Twister

Entry/Object ID

1991.03.01

Description

G.L. Brownell, Model M Twister-22.8 cm Gauge-Machine No. 27258 Consists of 3 main parts; two creels on either side of the main body of the machine, operated by two electric motor on one side, with rubber belts. Creels contain supply cones which feed onto 2 sides of 24 spindles, all separately driven.

Use

Huyck Canada, Limited, Arnprior Ontario

Collection

Textile Industry; Machinery and Accessories

Cataloged By

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Brownell Twister Division, James Smith & Son, Inc. Worcester, Mass.

Date made

1977 - 1990

Place

Location

Brownell Twister Division, James Smith & Son, Inc. Worcester, Mass.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Either end of main machine

Transcription

G.L. Brownell

Language

English

Notes

Maker's Mark: G.L. Brownell

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Twister

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Textile machinery, Yarn, Paper

Search Terms

Huyck Canada Limited, Huyck Canada, Arnprior, Paper, Felt

Material

Cast iron, Wood, Metal, rubber

Location

Room

Wool Hall Gallery

Building

M.V.T.M.

Date

November 7, 2023

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Notes

Exhibit Start: 2011-06-08

General Notes

Note

Notes: * More information on the operation of the Brownell Yarn Twister in accession file. This was a specialty yarn twister used by Huyck Canada, Arnprior, Ontario to make 2 to 14 ply yarn to be used in " Pulp felts" . It was normal to make the higher ply yarns by, for example a 14 ply yarn would be made by twisting 7 strands of 2 ply yarn previously made by another twister. This machine also could make a 'core' yarn by twisting 5x2 ply yarns resulting in a 12 ply yarn. Yarn twist is varied by increasing or decreasing speed at which yarn is fed. The direction of twist is controlled by the direction of current flow to motor. Yarn packages are wound onto a bobbin having the following dimensions a. length of traverse; 203 mm b. diameter of bottom flange; 152mm c. Diameter of top flange; 152mm d.overall length of bobb; 225mm e. diameter of barrel; 54mm f. approximate weight of one bobbin; 0.75kg Status: OK Status By: Blades, Alexandra Status Date: 2010-06-03

Created By

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Create Date

January 1, 1991

Updated By

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Update Date

November 11, 2023