FRANK JONES ATTENDS GEORGE ADAMS IS
SCHIFEITER TRAINING PROGRAM ANALYSIS KNITTER
Frank Jones, a mechanic at TexElastic's
Archdale plant, recently joined Jimmy Callaway,
of A-M Texturing and Dyeing, at a four-day
Schweiter (cone winder) fixer training school in
Spartanburg, S.C. Pictured above is Frank re
ceiving his Schweiter Corporation certificate
from his supervisor, Bobby Clontz.
During the four-day school, Frank went
through extensive training on the Schweiter
winder. He learned to completely disassemble
and re-assemble the winder heads, how to make
adjustments to change yarn package size and
taper, as well as how to make all other adjust
ments needed to become an experienced fixer.
THE SENSES AND SAFETY
Most accidents, of course, are caused by
the mistakes of people. However, a few mis
haps involve failures of equipment. Even these
mechanical failures can be traced back to some
one's mistake, such as not being alert to defects
in equipment and not replacing them. Your
senses can help you spot something wrong.
SIGHT ... Be on the lookout for accidents in the
making.
hearing ... Listen for the offbeat sounds of
defective or improperly adjusted equipment.
SMELL , . . Your nose can help you detect most
gas or chemical leaks, overheated bearings,
burning brakes, arcing electricity.
TOUCH . . . Your hands can warn you of such
things as excessive vibration or over-heating.
And for good measure, there's your common
sense. Use your senses to save your senses !
TexElastic Corporation recently purchased
a new Lawson-Hemphill fiber analysis knitting
the Raeford plant. George Adams>
lab supervisor at the Raeford plant, will be re
sponsible for running support hose samples to
evaluate TexElastic's yarn.
After testing procedures are established,
yarn from all styles will be knitted. If there are
any problems (such as stretch variation, slubs,
or poor delivery) with the yarn, the problems
can be corrected before the yarn is shipped to
the customer.
By knitting a sample with two nylon merges
and checking for dye variations, TexElastic wiH
be able to determine if new nylon merges can bo
used without a clean break from old merge.
CLAY
I took a piece of plastic clay
And idly fashioned it one day.
And as my fingers pressed it still.
It moved and yielded at my will,
I came again when days were past;
The bit of clay was hard at last;
The form I gave it, still it bore.
But I could change that form no more.
I took a piece of living clay
And gently formed it day by day.
And moulded with my power and art
A young child's soft and yielding heart,
I came again when days were gone;
It was a man I looked upon;
He still that early impress bore--
And 1 could change it never more.
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