Promised Revolution in Wool Scouring.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 5009, 17 May 1889, Page 3

Promised Revolution in Wool Scouring.

The South Australian papers mention that the Messrs Burnell, of Hindmarsh, South Australia, have invented a machine which, it is stated, will revolutionise wool-scouring. The problem which the inventors claim to have solved ore as follows : —l. To produce a machine which will carry a fleece of wool through and scour it perfectly without in the least tearing or tangling it, and delivering it dry in the same condition as when put into it so that, if needs be, it might be sorted after cleansing as well as before. 2. r Jho saving for utilisation of the grease and potash contained in the wool by a simple and easy process. 3. The accomplishment of the before-mentioned ends by the use of a solvent which is not in the least injurious to the fibre or color of the wool. It may bo mentioned that the solvent which removes the grease while passing through the machine is evaporated and recondensed into the liquid state and used over again continually with but very little waste. The grease may be turned into gas to drive all the machinery and pump all the water required. As this process is essentially a cold one no steam or fire is required to heat the scour, consequently the wool cannot possibly be injured by heat. 11 he solvent, which is benzine, is not poisonous, and therefore not dangerous to human life.