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A lifetime ago I worked in a textile mill in the US. After a several months I worked my way up to be a machine operator, a weaver. I had upwards of 50 weaving
by slowhand09 5y ago
A lifetime ago I worked in a textile mill in the US. After a several months I worked my way up to be a machine operator, a weaver. I had upwards of 50 weaving machines I kept operating thru my shift. Each of these produced probably 80meters * 6meters of fabric in an 8 hour shift. And at this rate, mills in southeast asia were able to undercut prices so much the US industry collapsed.
- ch4s3 5y agoIt's pretty amazing how much efficient you can build in if you're starting a process from scratch and know what the first mover did. This is precisely how the US pushed the UK out of the textile business. It's no wonder that it happened again after another series of innovations.
- coupdejarnac 5y agoHow old were the machinese you operated? I'm imagining turn of the century steam powered weavers. :)
- slowhand09 5y agoThey were state of the art MAV Rapier machines, in mid 1970's. They didn't use shuttles, but instead had rapiers that transported the fibers across the weave.