APPROXIMATE POWER REQUIRED BY COTTON MACHINERY.
Reading edition
Horse-power
Hopper Bale Opener 3
Hopper Feeder1-1/2
Self-feeding Opener 3
Single Beater Breaker Lapper, with Cage Section 6
Single Beater Breaker Lapper, with Gauge Box and Condenser 7-1/2
Combined Self-feeding Opener and Single Beater Breaker Lapper 9
Single Beater Intermediate or Finisher Lapper 4
Two Beater Intermediate or Finisher Lapper 7-1/2
Thread Extractor with Condenser 1-1/2
No. 6 Fan 5
Revolving Flat Card-Production, 450 lbs. per week 3/4
Revolving Flat Card-Production, 700 lbs. per week 1
Revolving Flat Card-Production, 1,000 lbs. per week 1-1/4
Sliver Lap Machine 1/2
Ribbon Lap Machine 1
Comber—6-Head 1/2
Comber—8-Head 2/3
Drawing Frames, Ordinary Rolls, 6 delvs. per 1
Drawing Frames, Metallic Rolls, 5 delvs. per 1
Slubbing Frame, 45 spdls. per 1
Intermediate Frame, 55 spdls. per 1
Roving Frame, 85 spdls. per 1
Jack or Fine Roving Frame, 100 spdls. per 1
Spinning Frame, Warp yarns
16s and coarser, 70 spdls. per 1
22s, 75 spdls. per 1
40s, 80 spdls. per 1
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60s, 90 spdls. per 1
80s, 100 spdls. per 1
Spinning Frame, Filling Yarns.
16s and coarser, 110 spdls. per 1
22s, 90 spdls. per 1
28s, 85 spdls. per 1
40s, 90 spdls. per 1
70s, 100 spdls. per 1
90s, 110 spdls. per 1
Twister, 40 to 100 spdls. per 1
Cone Winder, 65 Drums per 1
Mule Spinning, 90 to 125 spdls. per 1
Spoolers, 150 to 250 spdls. per 1
Warper 1/4
Ball Warper 1/2
Slasher 1-1/2
Plain Loom, 40 in. 1/4
Wide Loom, 92 in. 1
Reel, 50 spdls. 5
Brusher and Shearer 3
Cloth Folder 1/3
NOTE—The above figures are only approximate, and give a fair average of the power taken to drive the various machines. The speed, production and many other conditions affect the power consumed.
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