spindle; spinning machine component; mill capacity unit
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spindle; the main component of a spinning machine that twists fibers into yarn and winds it onto a bobbin
Also known as 纺锭 or 锭子. The rotating spindle is essential for converting loose fibers into continuous yarn.
This new spinning machine is equipped with five thousand high-speed spindles.
Workers are replacing worn spindles in the workshop.
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The spindles rotate rapidly, twisting cotton into uniform yarn.
noun
a unit of measurement for the production capacity of a textile mill, expressed by the number of spindles
technicalFactory scale is commonly described in multiples of ten thousand spindles (万锭). For example, a '500,000-spindle mill' is a large-scale operation.
This is a large-scale modern textile enterprise equipped with one hundred thousand spindles.
The factory plans to increase its spindle capacity to fifty thousand within the next three years.
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Spindle scale is an important indicator for measuring the production capacity of a textile mill.