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Glossary

What is Open-end (rotor) spinning?

A faster, lower-cost spinning method that twists fibre into yarn inside a rotating rotor rather than on a ring and traveller; produces a coarser, less even yarn than ring spinning, suited to lower counts and lower-cost orders.

This term in other languages

Arabicالغزل مفتوح الطرف (الدوّار)
FrenchFilature open-end (à rotor)
TurkishAçık uçlu (rotor) iplikçilik

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The main machine families in spinning, weaving and knitting mills

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