The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, November 05, 1967, Page 8, Image 15
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.he P.siley Plant.
because 'his new plan*
covin's I'Th.ftOP square fee',
mujdi'y equivalent to
arres or ?.i>: football fioVs.
Warned for all four '"oriiit'!'
company presidents
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bailey?[!>c bailey Plant is
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and sits on a 100-acre si'e.
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es i:?"y to Mom!, spin
weave a combination
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polyester fibers, pmd'.icitv
'liqh quality fine
poods voiles, batistes and
?ro;ir 'cloth ? primarily for
'to dress and shirtinq
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'.lie plant. Ground
was broken and work bec\m
hv Yeargin Conslruc< (.!!
Compeny of Greens'1
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':'!u- plant ;s modern in
very resoect, incorpornt ng
I'vcry ' orlmological advance
available to plants
?>! its type in the textile
mens' ry.
''tic throughout, it
is i' i's i i; nod for flow;
11 t'i 11''! passage of mil'cfin's
from fiber at one
i"'i! !<i fabric* at the other.
< >11!y one partition is found
in I'll1 entire manufacturi
* ; * area, between the
weave room and cloth
room, where final inspection
before shipping takes
place.
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U. S. POSTACE
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Clinton, S. C.
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fabrics leave Clinton as un- i
finished grey goods. But 1
hoy find their way into some 1
of America's finest men's. <
women's and children's ap- (
pare! fashions. 1
The plant produces three (
basic fabrics ? voiles, batistes
and broadcloths ? all in a <
blond of G5 per cent Dacron
polyester and 35 per cent
combed collon.
Sheer, coo! voile shows up
in wrinkle-free sport shirts
(loft) as well as drosses for a
rose-loving little girl.
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air-condilxonod, with over
2.0C0 Ions of refrigeration.
"Hi 5s huge air system is so
precise mat ctit.oring temperatures
and relative humidities
can ho maintained
in different parts of the
plant, even tliough there
are no will's belv/een them.
Hecanse two-thirds of the
plant's fiber consumption is
in man made fibers, and
because a comprehensive
air cleaning; and waste recovery
s y s ! e m operates
continuously, the plant is
practically lint - free. Lint
auc! loose libers plucked
from machines and the air
by this jiiord-sized "vacuum
cleaner" is carried through
ah* ducts to a central recov
rry bin and can bo reprocessed
for other uses.
The plant uses H.000 KVA
of eloctric.'t! power, water
from tin* company's filtering
system, and heat and
steam from a *100 II.P. ^asfired
boiler.
NOVEMBER 5, 1967
L* 16' N?' 7 to
MEMBER. 1?:7
Broadcloth is a favorite fabric
for sport shirts in popular
aold, masculine prints (lower
eft). The young man is exrhanging
a shy glance with a
romely coed wearing a shirttype
shift of printed batiste
[lower right).
Bailey fabrics are sold by
Clinton Cottons. Inc.. of New
/ork. generally to converters
tfho have the fabric bleached.
:lyed. printed or finished as
needed. The cloth is then sold
in turn to apparel manufacturers.
who shape the final
products for retail sale.
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Collection Systems (DDC)
electronically monitor production,
downtime a n d
maintenance status of each
spinning frame and loom
in the plant, and automatically
report this for each
machine on each shift.
Forty-foot service corridors
containing machine
shop;-, storage areas, and
supporting equipment extend
the full length of the
plant on front and back.
Tho main office and two
Vend-a-terias are located
on the front.
Employees also have access
to locker room facilities.
The Kind sea peel grounds
include visitors' parking on
the front, 1 f?0 lighted parking
spaces for employees at
the rear of the plant.
The plant uses about
50,000 pounds of Dacron
polyester fiber anil 72 bales
of cotton, to weave about
230,000 yards of blended
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