The above photographs are fiber diagrams comparing the fiber distribution and length of fibers in Two Top produced by Pacific Mills Worsted Division with other types of top. No. 1 represents a conventional pick carded and combed rayon top. The...
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Article from the July 31, 1950 issue of the Yerkes News plant newsletter documenting the history of the DuPont Yerkes Works in Buffalo, New York. Item 19 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Excerpt from a special rayon-themed issue of the trade journal, "Textile World," announcing the commencement of rayon production at DuPont's Old Hickory, Tennessee plant. Vol. LXVIII, No. 13, pages 59 to 60. September 26, 1925. Includes two...
Samples of rayon yarn being given tests for elasticity tensile strength and elongation at the rayon plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company near Richmond, Virginia
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...
Liquid viscose transformed in a chemical bath into cellulose filaments to make rayon at plants of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company. Note the liquid being covered through the many fines holes in the spinneret and in a short space becoming separate...
High tenacity rayon yarn, a specific DuPont development which was made available to the entire industry without charge as a contribution to the national security in WWII was introduced in 1936 under the trademark Cordura. The yarn was brought...
Running off rayon yarn for weighing to determine denier (weight) at the Richmond, Virginia plant of the Rayon Division of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
All rayon undergoes a careful inspection as it is wound by machine at the Rayon plants of the DuPont Company. The scene shown here is typical of the operations at the plants near Richmond, Virginia and Old Hickory, Tennessee.
Rayon yarn is examined carefully before shipment from the rayon plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company near Richmond, Virginia. Skilled in finding imperfections their eyes trained to find trouble with the least loss of time and effort, a corps of...
The versatility of rayon is better understood after a glance at this conveyor belt carrying coal deep in a West Virginia mine. Cordura high tenacity rayon, developed by DuPont, has found its way into auto, track tires, conveyor belts in coal mines,...
This versatile, adaptable shrug has unusual surface interest because knit in yarn containing DuPont's Fiber E rayon. The attractive, nubby texture is the result of the fiber's ability to be permanently crimped. The shrug is unusually pleasing to...
