J. F. Low & Co. machinery

Photograph Album, entitled ‘James F. Low & Co., Ltd., Monifieth Foundry, Monifieth, Scotland’. Contains 47 black and white photographs of jute machinery from J.F. Low & Co. Limited, Monifieth.
Photographs include:
1. Jute Bale Opener.
2. Teaser Card P.
3. Patent crimping and softening machine for jute, hemp and kindred fibres.
4. Half circular waste breaker card (delivering and driving side).
5. Half circular waste breaker card (feed and gearing side).
6. Half circular down-striker two pair breaker card.
7. Half circular down-striker two pair breaker card.
8. Half circular up-striker two pair braker card.
9. Half circular downstriker finisher card.
10. Half circular upstriker finisher card.
11. Half circular downstriker finisher card.
12. Full circle finisher card.
13. Flax card, Gearing side (showing automatic feeder and drawing head).
14. 6 ½ Pair finisher card with drawing head.
15. Full circular breaker and finisher card.
16. Lifting arrangement for pressing roller (patent).
17. Three boss drawing head.
18. Drawing frame (push bar type).
19. Two head push bar drawing frame.
20. Patent lifting arrangement for pressing rollers on drawing frames.
21. Three head spiral drawing frame.
22. Back guard for push bar drawing frames.
23. Spiral roving frame for flax, line or tow.
24. Spiral roving frame for flax, line or tow.
25. Spiral roving frame for line or tow.
26. Hemp roving frame
27. Flax roving frame
28. Gill spinner with regulating motion.
29. Gill spinner with regulating motion.
30. Spinning frame.
31. Wet spinning frame.
32. Dry spinning frame with rabbet spindles.
33. Patent automatic stop motion twisting frame.
34. Patent automatic stop motion twisting frame.
35. Section patent automatic stop motion twisting frame.
36. Monifieth roll winder.
37. Power reel (light type)
38. Delivery contractor traverse motion/ spring grip for pressing rollers/ lifting arrangement for pressing rollers.
39. Power driven reel.
40. Automatic drawing roller, traverse motion
41. Holdsworth patent combination double thread top and single thread bottom screws and cams, and showing Webster’s patent receptor cam.
42. Automatic traverse for delivery contractors on drawing frames.
43. Spiral gear drive for faller screws.
44. Flax roving frame.
45. Hemp roving frame.
46. The monifieth cop winding machine.