Imitation Beetle Finish under Calendering

A machine employed to give the " Beetle Finish " to cloths by delivering a rapid succession of blows from a number of wooden hammers upon the cloth wound upon rollers or cylinders. Each hammer beats the fabric about 72 times a minute, and owing to the lateral movement of the cloth, each blow is at a different point on the cloth. The objects are to close up the threads, produce a bright hard finish and give the cloth a surface water-mark. Also see Imitation Beetle Finish under Calendering.

The finishing of cloth by means of heated rollers, the cloth being under presence between the rollers or bowls. The heat is applied by gas or steam. The number of bowls varies according to the kind of finish required, such as dull, glazed, watered, moire, etc. Calendered cloth is made much more full because the rollers flatten the threads, thus spreading them out, which gives more cover. Various calender finishes are known as: " Dull," " Chasing," " Glazing," " Friction " and " Imitation Beetle " finish.

A machine employed to give the " Beetle Finish " to cloths by delivering a rapid succession of blows from a number of wooden hammers upon the cloth wound upon rollers or cylinders. Each hammer beats the fabric about 72 times a minute, and owing to the lateral movement of the cloth, each blow is at a different point on the cloth. The objects are to close up the threads, produce a bright hard finish and give the cloth a surface water-mark. Also see Imitation Beetle Finish under Calendering.