Spinning

Blending of fibers is done to obtain the properties of all the fibers blended and also to decrease the raw material and production cost. It can be done at different at stages, before the blow room process or after it.Metered blending done with exact proportions of fibers taken after carding is called Web Blending. Sliver blending is done at the draw frame after which the sliver is processed by spinning it. Spinning of yarns is the process of twisting the drawn-out strands of individual fibers together to form a yarn. There are two ways of doing this which are: 1. Hand spinning 2. Machine spinning Hand spinning is done by carding the fibers first by using a carder and then spinning it using a spindle. It is also done by using a manual spinning wheel known as Charkha.

Machine spinning is done by Ring spinning machine which converts slivers into bobbins using ring frames which make yarns strong enough to be used as a warp.

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The spinning frame winds yarn around a bobbin. Generally, after this step the yarn is wound to a cone for warping. Winding is done to make packages of yarn ready for further usage.