monoblade scutching machine

Bale Blades, Tapered - A turbine scutching machine in which the scutching blades are tapered in width in the first third of each compartment in contradistinction to the usual parallel sided blades. Blades, Tapered and Coned - A turbine scutching machine in which the blades are tapered and at the same time the first third of each scutching rotor is coned. Bunch - The aggregate of pieces which is tied up with two or more ties preparatory to baling. Conditioning - The operation of adding moisture to or abstracting moisture from straw to put it in the optimum condition for scutching. Decortication - The term sometimes applied to the scutching of unretted straw in contradistinction to retted straw. Handles - See Scutching Wheel or Handles. Piece - The small handful which is the unit of scutched flax. Scutching - The mechanical operation of separating the fibre from the woody part of the de-seeded or retted flax straw. Scutching, Automatic - See Scutching, machine or turbine or automatic. Scutching, Hand - The operation of scutching as carried out on a Belgian or Irish scutching wheel. Scutching, Machine, or Turbine, or Automatic - The operation of scutching flax entirely mechanically. Scutching Machine, Monoblade - Similar in principle to a turbine machine, but each compartment has a single steel blade on one shaft in place of multiple blades on two shafts. Scutching Machine, Turbine - A scutching outfit consisting generally of (a) prebreaking rollers to crimp the centre of the straw (b) a set of fluted breaking rollers to crimp the ends of the straw (c) a conveyor to hold the straw during processing; (d) a root end compartment where intersecting steel blades scutch the root end and middle of the flax; (e) a top end compartment where similar blades scutch the middle and top end of the flax; (f) a delivery bar where the scutched flax is piled up for removal. Scutching Wheel, or Handles - The machine on which hand scutching is done. It consists of an upright wooden or metal stock in a notch of which the broken flax straw is held and is there operated on by a number of wooden blades mounted equidistantly on a central shaft. Scutching Wheel, Belgian - A scutch wheel which usually has 12 light blades of walnut. Scutching Wheel Irish - A scutch wheel which usually has 6 blades, much heavier than those in the Belgian wheel. Strick (v.) - To divide straw from the breakers into suitable pieces and to level the ends before hand scutching.

The operation of passing flax straw either endways or sideways through a series of fluted rollers to crimp or break the woody part of the straw preparatory to scutching. Rollers, Annsborough - A special form of pre-breaker consisting of 4-6 pairs of fluted rollers through which straw is fed diagonally to break the centre portion prior to entry to a turbine scutcher. Rollers, Crimper - A special form of roller designed to put a very fine crimp into the straw and to break up the woody part into very small pieces. Rollers, Dodd-Gillespie - A special form of breaker consisting of 36 or more pairs of graduated fluted rollers designed to give an intense breaking of the woody part of the straw prior to scutching on a Monoblade machine, or in preparation for hackling without scutching. Rolling - See Breaking or rolling.

The operation of passing flax straw either endways or sideways through a series of fluted rollers to crimp or break the woody part of the straw preparatory to scutching. Rollers, Annsborough - A special form of pre-breaker consisting of 4-6 pairs of fluted rollers through which straw is fed diagonally to break the centre portion prior to entry to a turbine scutcher. Rollers, Crimper - A special form of roller designed to put a very fine crimp into the straw and to break up the woody part into very small pieces. Rollers, Dodd-Gillespie - A special form of breaker consisting of 36 or more pairs of graduated fluted rollers designed to give an intense breaking of the woody part of the straw prior to scutching on a Monoblade machine, or in preparation for hackling without scutching. Rolling - See Breaking or rolling. ———————— In lace making a knot or twist that fastens the thread to the bobbins used in pillow lace.