Ring spinning frame
Textiles & Clothing

Ring spinning frame

19th century onward

A ring spinning frame twists fibres into yarn and winds it onto a rotating bobbin. A traveller running around a metal ring provides the relationship between twisting and winding.

About this artifact

A ring spinning frame twists fibres into yarn and winds it onto a rotating bobbin. A traveller running around a metal ring provides the relationship between twisting and winding.

Sources & image credits

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Documented image of this machine or its operating principle; see image credits for the original date and subject.

Image: Ring_spinning_machine_in_the_1920s.jpg
Creator: Unknown authorUnknown author
License: Public domain

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