Electrical progress in the textile industry

The textile industry, being one of the oldest of industries, was so highly developed mechanically when electricity was still in its infancy that for many years the industry did not use electric apparatus for anything except as a source of prime motive power. Within comparative recent years, however, developments in machinery and processes have been rapid. With the new machinery and processes it is natural that many electrical means are employed to perform functions previously performed mechanically. There are a number of basic electric tools that are now employed in various combinations to get many desired results in machine operation and performance. It is the purpose of this article to list and describe a number of these and also to show how they are used to get improved textile machine performance.