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THE HONG KONG AND FAR EAST BUILDER
NANYANG COTTON MILL
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The mill buildings, situated at K.I.L. 1094 Ma Tau Kok Road, Kowloon, occupying an area of some 96,450 sq. ft.. are of reinforced concrete frame structure with saw-tooth North light roof, brick panel walls and metal windows and skylights. The roof is of R.C. with hollow tiles for in- sulation and the floor is of six inch concrete.
The front facade is glazed with 14" wired glass as are the skylights. Twenty four ounce plain glass is used else- where.
Fireproof steel sliding doors with fire hydrants anıl extinguishers are provided on a scale to meet the Fire Department's requirements.
The stores and workships are also of reinforced con- crete with brick panel walls.
Flats having entrances from the roadway are provided for the senior and junior staffs in the mill. The female workers are housed in a dormitory located in the vacant ground adjoining the mill. The ground floor of this dormi-
tory contains a canteen and kitchens. The building is lighted throughout by electricity and there is running water and ample modern lavatory accommodation. The male workers are housed in temporary buildings in the same area but it is planned to build permanent buildings for them also. Medical service is provided for the workers and the Company also pays part of the cost of food.
The work rooms in the mill are well lighted and spacious. The machines are all of the latest types and are laid out to provide the maximum efficiency in production,
and with a view to future extensions for which considerable areas of land are held in reserve.
All machines are driven by individual electric motors. The power supply is stepped down to the required voltages by a transformer housed in the mill. The power consump- tion is about 450 KVA per day.
There is a test room with modern apparatus installed to carry out the various tests required on material taken from each stage of processing. The capacity of the mill, based on 20's counts, is about 16,000 pounds of yarns per 24 hours. The physical characteristics of the material change for the worse as it becomes dry.
There is also extensive action from the static elec- tricity generated by the friction of the belts and from the machinery and the material being processed. In too dry an atmosphere the material becomes brittle and less work- able and the task of the operator is increased. A series of spray humidifiers operated by electrically driven fans in the roof provide the required degree of humidity. In the Card Room and Spinning Room the relative humidity is 60% with a temperature of from 70 to 75°F. Ventilation
is by means of exhaust fans in the roof. In the Card Room the Abingdon system of Vacuum Strippers deals with dust and fluff and carries them away into special chambers outside the Card Room. This seems to be entirely success- ful in eliminating all dust from the atmosphere.
Owners, The Nanyang Cotton Mills Ltd.
Architects. H.K. Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
Contractors. Voh Kee Consrtuction Co., Ltd.
R. CORNEY & CO.,
Telegraphic Address CORNEY Hongkong
& CO., LTD.
(ESTABLISHED IN 1903)
127 Des Voeux Road Central
HONG KONG
Telephone 22037
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