This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: … is composed of rolls with raised ridges for the purpose of cutting, and with knives that can be adjusted for the purpose of separating the paper as it is rolled from these rollers onto another roller having a collapsible center, which can easily be taken out of the roll. The rolls are then separated. It is possible with this one machine to cut about two tons of paper each day. The paper is next taken to the wetting machine. This machine has for its purpose the moistening of the paper before the spinning is done. This makes the paper tougher and keeps it from tearing. There is a small amount of sizing used in this moistening process. The paper which was cut on the slitting machine into widths necessary to spin the various sizes of fibrecord is then put on this machine. The end is brought down under rollers into the wetting solution which is in a pan under other rollers, and between two flat pieces of rubber which scrape off the excess water sizing. Care is exercised not to get this paper too wet, for should this be done the paper would swell and when thoroughly dry would open up and untwist, which would make a most undesirable cord to use. The dampened coil is next put in the spinning machine which somewhat resembles a lathe, the roll being held between two parallel pieces of iron with a bolt through the hole in the center. This bolt is tightened to get the desired tension. The roll revolves as the strand is pulled through the die. In the spinning process the end of the paper is slipped through a hole the size of the desired cord, and is fastened onto another spool on which the cord is to be wound automatically. The stakes are made in the same manner, except that a spool, having wire on it, is attached, the feeding of the wire being automatically done. We a…
