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In the case of spinning, many selfacting machines are equipped with new engines with continuous current, and have been lengthened in order to increase the number of spindles from 600 to 800.
Chapter 6 1984
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The old selfacting machine is still most widely used; the ring spinning is not largely diffused and the most advanced open-end spinning still needs to be adapted to the less homogeneous wool which is largely obtained from reclaimed rags. 7 Thus, the carding machines are the oldest type of equipment in the local textile machinery.
Chapter 6 1984
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A different picture emerges from the same Census data for the spinning machines, which were mainly (53 per cent) built after 1976 and another quarter were built between 1971 and 1975.9 Even in the old selfacting machines, however, a number of innovations have greatly improved their efficiency.
Chapter 6 1984
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