Intermediate Speed Frame
Howard and Bullough Limited
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1926
Materials
Metal
Measurements
200 cm (height)466 cm (length)100 cm (width)
Place of origin
Accrington
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453853
Summary
An intermediate speed frame made by Howard and Bullough Ltd, Accrington, in 1926. This is the fourth machine to process the raw cotton. The machine takes the bobbins of cotton roving (thin strands) from the top and combines two bobbins together through a set of drafting rollers, making the roving even finer, and adds in a slight twist for strength with the fly arms. The carriage at the front travels up and down to wind the cotton roving down onto another bobbin, and when full the bobbin is doffed (removed) from the machine.
Provenance
This intermediate speed frame was a gift from Mutual Mills in Heywood, Lancashire, 1977.
Marks and inscriptions
Ends of machine: Howard and Bullough Ltd Accrington
Makers and roles
Howard and Bullough Limited, manufacturer