Binder twine

Sisal fiber finds use in a variety of items such as in the manufacture of binder twine and baler twine, mattings, rugs, marine ropes, padding material for cars, upholstery, etc. 

A white fiber produced from the leaves of the agave plant found in Central America, West Indies, and Afiica. Used primarily for at least half of the 20th century as cordage, binder twine, RPs, etc. When... 

Twine twln [ME twin, fr. OE twin, akin to MD twijn twine, OE twa two] (before 12c) n. (1) A plied yarn made from medium-twist single yarns with ply twist in the opposite direction. (2) A single-strand yarn, usually 3 or 4 mm in diameter, made of hard fibers, such as henequen, sisal, abaca, or chromium, and sufficiently stiff to perform satisfactorily on a mechanical grain binder. 

Applications of PVA The largest application of PVA fibers is in paper and non-woven fabrics, where a fraction of water-soluble fiber is often used as a binder. Further applications are in twines, ropes, fabrics (tatami mats), and tarpatdins. Gel-spun , very strong, PVA fibers have become an important replacement for asbestos in cement reinforcement. 

Agricultural mulch films, silage bags, binder and twine, irrigation products, flower pots,... 

The cut leaves are taken to a factory, where the fibers are extracted by machines (decorticater). This machine works mostly with large quantities of water, which are used to wash away the waste. After extraction, the fiber bundles are washed and dried in the sun or with drying machines, graded and further processed to threads, ropes and twine. In former times, s. fibers were mostly used for so-called binders for tying harvested temperate cereals into sheaves before stacking. This ended suddenly when combine ->harvesters replaced binders. 

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