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Page 6 / Clinton Mills Clothmaker / Plant No. 1 Modernization / February 1987 ItltttM jMfc m * mMM a jf * • f m Focus on Clinton Mills Mt The magazine creel is a feature on the new IRA Griffin slasher that permits one slasher set to be made ready while another is running. This reduces slasher downtime. The Sulzer weaving machines are linked to a centralized computer system. The computer will collect data on picks, machine speeds, number of stops, and type of stops. On the weaving machine is a system where the weaver can indicate a problem by pushing a button. Linda Brock is pictured above with master computer in Plant No. 1. Frederick Evans operates MJS equipment in Plant No. 1 carding. A completely new slasher room has been constructed in No. 1 weaving to accommoi slasher has 4 pre-dry sections and a finish drying section. These are a total of 20 accommodate 16 beams. The new slasher is capable of handling 9,792 warp ends ant wide. Evelyn King (above photo), a winder operator, transports a “truck” full of filling yarn. The yarn has been transferred from spinning bobbins to wound packages for use as filling. Charles Williamson Jr. and Albert Brown (right photo) carefully assemble one of 29 MJS frames. The jet spinning provides a quality yarn from sliver and completely eliminates the roving process for warp yam. The MJS will produce warp yarn. These additional MJS frames have been placed on the floor awaiting final assembly-