Question

reeling of silk is can you tell

Answer 1

Silk reeling is the process by which a number of cocoon baves are reeled together to produce a single thread. This is achieved by unwinding filaments collectively from a group of cooked cocoons at one end in a warm water bath and winding the resultant thread onto a fast moving reel. Raw silk reeling may be classified by direct reeling method on a standard sized reel, indirect method of reeling on small reels, and the transfer of reeled silk from small reels onto standard sized reels on a re-reeling machine. The last technique is primarily applied in modern silk reeling processes.


6.2   Various silk reeling devices

There are many types of silk reeling machines in use. The major structural features of the Sitting Type Reeling Machine, the Multi-ends Reeling Machine and the Automatic Reeling Machine are shown in Table 20.

1.     Hand spinning wheel

This primitive spinning apparatus is operated by two hands – one to drive the wheel and the other to feed in cocoons. One end of the reeling thread is wound onto each wheel, while cocoons are boiled in a separate pot.

2.     Charka type reeling machine

The Charka type is in use in India. This machine is operated with separate work motions in reel driving and cocoon feeding to reeling ends by two men per machine. Each machine has 3 ends or more to a reel, which is the same size as the large wheel of the Re-reeling machine in order to save the re-reeling process (direct reeling method).

3.     Sitting type reeling machine

There are two kinds of sitting type reeling machines, foot operated and motor-driven (see Appendix, Figure 17). The motor-driven reeling machine is not equipped with the stop motion attachment (see appendix, Figure 18). There are obstacles to the production of good quality raw silk as the raw silk thread is wound too rapidly to maintain good quality control.

Answer 2

1.     Hand spinning wheel

This primitive spinning apparatus is operated by two hands – one to drive the wheel and the other to feed in cocoons. One end of the reeling thread is wound onto each wheel, while cocoons are boiled in a separate pot.

2.     Charka type reeling machine

The Charka type is in use in India. This machine is operated with separate work motions in reel driving and cocoon feeding to reeling ends by two men per machine. Each machine has 3 ends or more to a reel, which is the same size as the large wheel of the Re-reeling machine in order to save the re-reeling process (direct reeling method).

3.     Sitting type reeling machine

There are two kinds of sitting type reeling machines, foot operated and motor-driven (see Appendix, Figure 17). The motor-driven reeling machine is not equipped with the stop motion attachment (see appendix, Figure 18). There are obstacles to the production of good quality raw silk as the raw silk thread is wound too rapidly to maintain good quality control.




4.     Multi-ends reeling machine

This machine eliminates the disadvantages of the Sitting type reeling machine by increasing the number of reeling thread ends per basin and reducing the reeling speed. The operator must stand when running this machine as the number of reeling threads per basin increases by twenty-fold. This is also called a "Standing type reeling machine". Reeling efficiency is unchanged. Quality is better due to reduced speed.

The Multi-ends reeling machine is composed of driving part, groping ends, picking ends, standby bath, reeling part, jetboute, stop motion, traverse guider, small reels, steam heating pipes and clutches (see Appendix, Figure 19).

The cooked cocoons contained in the tubs are carried into the groping ends portion of the reeling machine. From there, cocoons are moved into the picking ends apparatus. After correctly processing, the cocoons go to the standby bath for cocoon feeding. They are picked up by the reeler and fed to the reeling thread. During this step a number of cocoons will be dropped thus reducing the ratio of reeling cocoons per thread. The normal speed of cocoon feeding by a skilled reeler is around 16 times per minute. The reeling thread passes through the jetboute, silk button, first guider, second guider, third guider, fourth guider, traverse guider, in that order and then is wound onto the small reels.

The cocoons dropped during the reeling process are gathered and reprocessed starting from the groping end section. The croissure of reeling thread is made between second guider and third guider, and the length of croissure is not for twisting of thread but for cohesion of thread by rubbing of composed filament. Typically, one set of Multi-ends reeling machines consists of ten basins with each basin having twenty ends or reels.

Basin: The basin is rectangular with well-rounded corners and edges. It is only 10 to 12 cm deep. It is commonly made of dark coloured porcelain. The basin is subdivided into sections, each intended for a specific job such as brushing, end gathering of baves, stocks in reserve and waste collection.

Reels: The reels of the Multi-ends reeling machine have a circumference of 75 cm. The frame of the reel is made of light metal or plastic. The reels are fitted into reel carriers and driven by a transmission shaft by connecting gears.

Traverse guider: To ensure narrow and long web on the hank of the reel, a cam type traverse assembly has been fixed. This will make a convex surface in the hank, which is wound on the reel. The centre part of the hank is higher than the two axis.

Thread button: Porcelain button thread-guiders are used for removing any dirt adhering to the thread passing through the tiny aperture in the button.