Spinning Mule

The Spinning Mule (English ) is a spinning machine for spinning cotton and was invented in the late 18th century by the Weber Samuel Crompton. The name " Mule " (English for mule ) refers to the fact that this machine takes over features both their predecessor types, such as the mule as a cross between a donkey and a horse has characteristics of both types.

The machine combines elements of the water frame and the spinning jenny: The Water Frame controls in the weight-bearing stretching rollers for the spinning material, while the Spinning Jenny delivered the remote production. The mule is also driven by an external power source such as the steam engine transmissions and could take up to 1000 screws. Wool and cotton were spun with short fibers primarily on the machine. However, the production of the yarn was extremely complicated by the sold production process: the " mule-spinner " had with the left half of the body, all mounted on a up to 800 -pound rail car spindles move away from the stretching rolls and spin out at the same time the starting material. The right hand of the spinner however, led a hand wheel with which the direction of rotation of the spindles in the retraction of the carriage is reversed and at the same time the newly formed thread was wound. This process was repeated during a twelve -hour day about 5000 times.

From the process described it is clear that the mule-spinner time, the aristocracy of the textile workers represented, because of incorrect operation of the machine tore equal to hundreds of threads. This contrasted with work-related illnesses such as the leg spinner by the one-sided stress on the left half of the body.

The technical development of the Mule was the mule spinner, who worked as a machine, despite the complicated processes of motion without human labor.