Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by theinventors: “While some phases of the process hitherto used to produce raffia spools have been automated,others have been carried out manua lly. As such, no existing machine is known to perform the entireprocess automat ically, from start to finish, from the assembly of the reels to the winding of p redeterminedraffia strand lengths, and the cutting and stabilisation of the str and to ensure that the reel maintains itsform.”
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