Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers

2007 Edition
| Editors: Jan W. Gooch

Picker

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30160-0_8567

n. (1) A machine that opens staple fiber and forms a lap for the carding process used in the production of spun yarns. (2) It is the part of the picking mechanism of the loom that actually strikes the shuttle.

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