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New Equipment Inspection frames, winders, slasher installed Four new inspection frames Four new Byars three-in-one inspection frames will be installed in the Plant No. 2 Cloth Room as part of the facilities on-going modernization program. The equipment will permit inspection, grading, and batching functions on a single piece of equipment. A conveyor system will send inspected cloth rolls directly to the ware house. The machines will improve the overall cloth room efficiency and increase the number of yards inspected during a normal operating shift. Two machines are now in operation and the additional ones will be added as more air jet weaving machines begin producing fabric. Nine Murata winders Nine Murata winders will be installed in Plant No. 2 to provide the quality yam necessary to support the air jet weaving machines. When the yam preparation equipment is completely installed. Plant No. 2 will have seven single and two dual yam cotmt winders in operation. To make room for the winders, a total of forty-four spinning frames will be removed from production. The remaining equipment will be operating additional hours to make up for the production lost. Yam processed by the winders will be used for both warp and filling on the new air jet weaving machines. A new West Point warper has been installed to accommodate warp beams up to 72" wide. The creel is equipped with an electronic stop motion which stops the warper drum faster and reduces the amount of time to locate and repair ends. The new machine provides great flexibility in beam widths and pro duces the quality warp required for the air jet machines. Another warper will be installed in December. New West Point slasher Qinton Mills has installed a new West Point slasher to process warp yam for the 160 air jet weaving machines. The equipment has been installed in an area within the #3 Weave Room. The 20 can slasher has two size boxes is capable of handling beams up to 130" wide. Many slasher parts are enclosed and expected to keep the work area around the slasher at comfortable temperatures, especially during the summer months. The slasher is equipped with state of the art electronic electrical com ponents and will be finked to a high tech computerized monitoring system that records and controls stretch, moisture content, speeds, and other data needed to follow the performance of the machine. Cloth room inspection tables Russell Bigham and new winders Side view of slasher Slasher monitoring 6 ClothMaker