Flyer Frames for Preparing Cotton by Platt's : trade brochure : Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd. : Oldham, England : 1938
One of the many brochures and publciity items issued by the world famous Platt's of Oldham who were, for many years, one of the great names in textile machinery. Frames, of the Slubbing, Intermediate, Roving and Fine Roving types, were a vital part of the production of cotton yarns and this brochure looks at various models manufactured by the company. These Flyer Frames could include various components such as Ashton & Moorhouses Patent Duplex Cones, Curtis & Rhodes Patent Winding Motion (this overcame objections to the Houldsworth "Jack-i'th-Box motion) and Platt & Hilton's Patent Change Gear, all illustrating the technical complexities and innovations of textile technology.
The brochure dates from 1938 and has an eye-catching cover depicting thread being wound onto a bobbin. Platt's dated back to the 1770s when Henry Platt was a blacksmith manufacturing equipment and the concern through the family line until 1868 when as a limited liability company they were based in the massive Hartford Works in Oldham. In a town dominated by cotton, and with other major machine manufacturers, by 1929 Platt's employed 12,000. The company continued to expand and in post-WW2 years they effectively became two companies; manufacturing and sales. In the 1970s a series of mergers and takeovers, primarily by American concerns, saw Platt's become part of an international group and the Oldham works closed.
Flyer Frames for Preparing Cotton by Platt's : trade brochure : Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd. : Oldham, England : 1938
One of the many brochures and publciity items issued by the world famous Platt's of Oldham who were, for many years, one of the great names in textile machinery. Frames, of the Slubbing, Intermediate, Roving and Fine Roving types, were a vital part of the production of cotton yarns and this brochure looks at various models manufactured by the company. These Flyer Frames could include various components such as Ashton & Moorhouses Patent Duplex Cones, Curtis & Rhodes Patent Winding Motion (this overcame objections to the Houldsworth "Jack-i'th-Box motion) and Platt & Hilton's Patent Change Gear, all illustrating the technical complexities and innovations of textile technology.
The brochure dates from 1938 and has an eye-catching cover depicting thread being wound onto a bobbin. Platt's dated back to the 1770s when Henry Platt was a blacksmith manufacturing equipment and the concern through the family line until 1868 when as a limited liability company they were based in the massive Hartford Works in Oldham. In a town dominated by cotton, and with other major machine manufacturers, by 1929 Platt's employed 12,000. The company continued to expand and in post-WW2 years they effectively became two companies; manufacturing and sales. In the 1970s a series of mergers and takeovers, primarily by American concerns, saw Platt's become part of an international group and the Oldham works closed.