SKEIN WINDER

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Tends machine that winds yarn, thread, or textile selvage from bobbins, $T3cones,$T1 cops, or tubes into skeins for dyeing or shipment: Places supply package of yarn, thread, or selvage on spindles. Threads ends of yarn through guides and wraps or ties them around swift (long collapsible reel). Starts machine and observes yarn for breaks. Stops machine to tie or sew broken ends together and replace exhausted supply packages. Cuts yarn with knife or scissors when specified amount of yarn is reeled, and ties ends of skein together. Laces string through and around skein to prevent tangling. Pulls levers to collapse reel and slides skeins off end of reel or observes automatic discharge to detect tangles. May set dial of revolution counter to measure yardage wound. May tie several skeins into bundle. May be designated according to material wound as Twine-Reeling Machine Operator (tex. prod., nec). (references)
	Tends machine that simultaneously winds yarn from skeins onto spools or $T3cones:$T1 Hangs skeins of yarn on rack and beats out (shakes or pulls) skeins to straighten yarn and facilitate winding. Inspects yarn to detect soil, color spots, or defective twisting and discards faulty skeins. Removes reel (swift) from machine, wraps skein of yarn around reel, and replaces reel. Cuts card holding yarn in place, using scissors. Threads end of yarn through guides and turns it around spool or cone and starts unit winding. $T3Pieces up$T1 broken ends or ties new skeins with knotter. Observes winding operation and removes cones when full. Sets in empty cones. May be designated according to type of yarn wound as Lastex-Thread Winder (textile). (references)
	Tends machine that winds narrow fabrics, such as tape, into skeins for dyeing or shipment: Draws fabric ends from box, threads each end through traverse guide, and ties end to reel. Turns dial to set yardage counter that stops machine when specified yardage has been wound. Presses pedal to start machine. Laces string through and around each skein to preserve arrangement and prevent tangling. Pulls lever to contract reel, slides skeins to end of reel, and removes skeins. (references)
	Inserts loops of prewound skein of wire into slots of stators for fractional-horsepower motors: Loops skein end and inserts two sides in adjacent coil slots, manipulating wire with fingers. Forms additional loops in skein and inserts in other pairs of slots until entire skein is wound into core. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: SKEIN WINDER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-k-n-n-r-s-w"
	-3 letters: deerskin, rewidens, skinnier, weirdies, wideners, wineries, wineskin.
	-4 letters: deniers, dinkier, dinkies, dinners, eiswein, endrins, endwise, enskied, enwinds, indenes, insider, inwinds, nereids, newsier, redskin, reinked, resined, rewiden, rewinds, sinewed, skeined, skinned, skinner, swinked, weiners, weirdie, wennier, widener, wieners, wienies, winders, windier, winkers, winners.
	-5 letters: denier, denies, denser, desire, dewier, dienes, dikers, diners, dinner, drinks.
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