spinning machine

Thread-making apparatus

A spinning machine is a device that twists fibers into thread or yarn.

Before mechanization, spinning was done by hand with a spindle or spinning wheel.

Industrial spinning machines—the spinning jenny, water frame, and spinning mule—transformed textile production in the 18th century, becoming icons of the Industrial Revolution.

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cotton gin · bobbin · cotton thread · fiber arts · treadle · foot pedal · spinning jenny · pulley system · drive belt · camshaft · yarn · spinning jenny

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textile production process

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Fabric-making frame

power loom · handloom · knitting machine

mechanization level

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Fiber-to-thread device

distaff · hand spinning

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G