Raw wool scouring machines

In the conventional scouring machine (Fig. 5-17), raw wool is propelled through a tank filled with warm water containing detergent, raked through the bowl, conveyed by means of a transfer mechanism to squeezing rollers and then earned into another similar tank. The bowls have false bottoms consisting of perforated plates 

The raw wool is also scoured by some unconventional machines [25], In the Fleissner machine loose wool is conveyed through the bowl by a series of suction drums (Fig. 5-18). The flow of liquor through the wool and into the three suction 

In the jet scouring machines (Fig. 5-19) the wool travels on a conveyer belt or a 

In the CISRO Lo-flo system [28], first one or two bowls of conventional machine are replaced and wash plate bowls (Fig. 5-20) are used instead. The wool is 

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