speed frame
- noun
- Specialized
:
máquina de velocidad
- Workers carefully monitor the speed frame to ensure consistent fiber thickness.
Examples
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The speed frame is essential for textile production.
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The textile mill installed a new speed frame to improve the quality of their roving.
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Modern speed frames are equipped with automation for greater efficiency in yarn production.
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Many factories use speed frames to enhance efficiency.
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The technician set the speed frame to ensure consistent twist while processing the fibers.
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Using the speed frame, the operator efficiently converted the sliver into smooth roving for spinning.
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After adjusting the tension, the speed frame produced high-quality roving ready for the next stage.
Synonyms
A machine that pulls and lightly twists loose fibres to make thin yarn for spinning
A machine that twists and thins fibers to make roving before spinning
A machine in a textile mill that twists stretched fibres into loose thread
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is partially compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'speed' and 'frame' can infer it refers to a frame or piece of equipment related to speed, so the general notion of a machine is accessible. However, the specific textile function (drawing out sliver and imparting twist to produce roving) is specialized and not derivable from the constituent meanings alone, so full understanding requires domain knowledge.
Etymology
Speed frame comes from textile mills: it is a frame, a machine, that runs at high speed to pull and lightly twist loose fibers into a long strand called 'roving'. That's why the name means a machine that quickly prepares fibers for 'spinning'.
