Drawing
yarn manufacturing
Alternative Title: drafting
Drawing, also called Drafting, in yarn manufacture, process of attenuating the loose assemblage of fibres called sliver (q.v.) by passing it through a series of rollers, thus straightening the individual fibres and making them more parallel. Each pair of rollers spins faster than the previous one.
Drawing reduces a soft mass of fibre to a firm uniform strand of usable size. In the production of man-made fibres, drawing is a stretching process applied to fibres in the plastic state, increasing orientation and reducing size.
Citation Information
Article Title: Drawing
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 20 July 1998
URL: https://www.britannica.com/technology/drawing-yarn-manufacturing
Access Date: August 16, 2019