Recent Changes in the Textile Technology Field
The way we make clothes is always changing because of changes in textile technology . Some of the innovations are bioprinting, non-thermal plasma technology, and spinning frames with more than one spindle. At the beginning of the 18th century, James Hargreaves made a spinning frame with many spindles to help the textile industry grow. The device was a smart way to solve one of the hardest problems of the industrial revolution, which was how to increase production without lowering the quality of the goods. Hargreaves' idea was to put eight wooden spindles on one end of a metal frame. Up to eight spools of thread can be wound on these spindles at once. It was a big step forward in the textile industry's use of machines. This machine with many spindles was one of the first things that could be called truly mechanical. In fact, the technology lets people spin up to 120 spindles at the same time. The invention of the spinning frame with more than one spindle was a turning point ...