This view was taken at the nylon plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Martinsville, Virginia. It shows the polymer and spinning building, where the operations of manufacturing nylon yarn begin.
A bucket in a rayon spinning machine at plants of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company. The cover has been removed to show the bucket, which revolves at high speed while the rayon thread builds up as a white cylindrical cake against the inside wall of the...
General view of a bucket spinning machine at a rayon plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company. The white lines up the face of the machine are the rayon threads as they leave the chemical bath.
Orlon acrylic fiber is spun as continuous filament onto bobbins shown here. Bobbins are then placed on racks prior to being washed. After washing, the yarn will continue on it way to the third production stage where it will be wound on shipping...