Yarn dyeing frame

Made:: United Kingdom

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Cheese yarn dyeing frame. Photographed in store 2.
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Yarn dyeing frame, includes frame and base.

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Category:: Textile Industry

Object Number:: YINP905

Materials:: steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Measurements:: overall: 470 mm x 1223 mm x 500 mm,

type:: yarn dyeing frame

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Yarn dyeing frame

Yarn dyeing frame, for dyeing large batches of yarn.

This dyeing frame could dye 225kg of yarn at a time. The yarn was placed on nickel tubes and dipped into a bath of dye. A pump forced the dye into the yarn through holes in the tubes.