National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia- MNACTEC

11 Spinning machine

Selfactin, manufactured by the Societé Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, 1903. National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia, Terrassa.

Selfactin, manufactured by the Societé Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, 1903. National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia, Terrassa.

The Selfactin is a spinning machine that first stretches and twists the strand and then winds the fibre onto a spindle. It consists of two parts: the fixed part, called a rack, responsible for the stretching, and a detachable part, called a shuttle, where the twisting and the winding of the fibres took place. The invention of the Selfactin, in 1824, led to women becoming involved in spinning, as it required little physical effort and great manual dexterity.

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