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Page 8 / Clinton Mills Clothmaker / Plant No. 1 Modernization / February 1987 Latest Manufacturing Equipment Offered Reed Chatwood warper operator Jerry Simmons (left) prepares warp ends for transfer from cones to section beams. In above photo weaving superintendent Joe McCall reviews weaver performance by individual weaver sets as informa tion is flashed on a computer monitor. Valuable information collected through the com puter system is available to management personnel. In left photo Keith Butler reviews a print out which is instantly available giving information necessary to assure maximum weaving efficiency. Plant No. 1 weavers take pride in the quality fabrics they produce on the Sulzer weaving machines. In right photo Chryleen Boyd repairs a machine stop as part of her weaving duties. Jackie Ellis and Linda Davis (above) inspect a roll of fabric as it passes across new inspection equipment in Plant No. 1. The material handling equipment enables cloth room personnel to virtually eliminate manual han dling of huge cloth rolls. Richard Bowie (right) enters data on a package put up directly into the computer. He records weight, style, yardage, bale numbers and other data necessary to facilitate inventory and shipping.