Beaming Machine

Sectional Warper/Beaming machine, machine used in the later stages of jute processing. Here spools from the winding department are loaded onto a frame from which the threads are drawn and wound onto a wooden reel or ‘swift’. Next the ends from the swift are pulled onto a beam, ready for fitting to the loom creating the 'warp' thread in material. This machine comprises of a wooden spool frame which feeds onto the beam. Machine produced by Geo Hattersley & Sons Ltd., Keighley, England, with the motor made by Horace Green & Co, Cononley, Keighley, England. Part of collection of jute processing machinery used to teach jute spinning and weaving at Dundee College of Technology.