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For conversion into yarn for the manufacture 

 of rope, mats, etc., the fibres must be straightened 

 out by means of hackles, or partly by the aid 

 of milling machines. 



The straightened or hackled fibre is spun into 

 yarn by means of a spinning machine, which 

 twists the yarn and winds it on a bobbin, the 



FIG. 7. 



size of the yarn being regulated by the spinner, 

 who delivers it evenly to the machine. 



A cabling machine further twists two yarns 

 together to form cabled yarn, and hanking and 

 bundling machines pack the cabled yarn for 

 market. 



The coir yarn produced may be further treated 

 for the manufacture of ropes, mats, etc. 



