These are wound cakes of DuPont's Dacron polyester fiber just off the spinning machines. Workman is shown inspecting them at the pilot plant at Seaford, Delaware. Dacron is now produced at Kinston, North Carolina and Old Hickory, Tennessee.
Before leaving spinning areas, en route to washing and de-sulfuring, cakes of yarn are wrapped in stockings of various colors, which designate denier, filament count, type of yarn, and other information of importance in ensuing operations at rayon...
Before leaving spinning areas, en route to washing and de-sulfuring, cakes of yarn are wrapped in stockings of carious colors, which designate denier, filament count, type of yarn, and other information of importance in ensuing operations at...
A dye worker at DuPont's Chambers Works is shown placing dye cake in trays for drying, after the cake has been removed from a filter press. After grinding, testing and standardizing, the product is ready for shipping.
