Draw frame

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001844",
  "term": "Draw frame",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A machine in textile manufacturing that blends and straightens slivers of fiber, such as cotton or wool, to improve their uniformity before spinning. Multiple slivers are fed together into a system of rollers, each rotating faster than the one before it, which drafts the material into a single, thinner sliver of a consistent weight per unit length. This process, known as doubling and drafting, aligns the fibers and reduces thickness variations.",
  "synonyms": [
    "drawing frame"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial supplies, equipment, and components",
  "see_also": [
    "drawing frame"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Streckwerk",
    "es": "manuar",
    "fr": "banc d'étirage"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/draw-frame/"
}