How Pillows Are Made

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Here’s how pillows are made.
The synthetic fiber pillows come in two styles. Garnet, meaning the pillows are filled with a roll of synthetic fiber. And blown, meaning it’s filled with loose synthetic fibers.
This first machine, the pre-opener, combs the fibers with a large, steel, spiked roller. This separates them to a considerable extent, though not yet fully. The fibers exit this machine straighter and smoother. However, several are still crimped.
The pre-opener’s four outputs drop the fibers onto a conveyor belt, which takes them to the next opening machine. Along the way, nozzles spray a special solution to reduce static electricity which causes fibers to cling to each other.
To make garnet pillows, fans blow the fibers through a long duct that leads to another opening machine called the garnet hopper. It feeds the fibers onto a spiked conveyor belt, which combs them out further. This removes many, though not all of the remaining crimps.
After the garnet hopper, the fibers look like the ones on the right. Fluffier, straighter, and smoother. The fibers now travel to the next opening machine. It has several metal rollers with sharp ridges which stretch the fibers straight, removing those remaining crimps.
The fibers then enter yet another machine, passing over one of two rollers, each of which forms a flat, fluffy sheet called a web. The two webs merge as they exit the machine, forming a thicker web. Then, the next machine laps it back and forth over itself to build an even thicker web. The width of the lapping determines the width of the pillow.
Then, the machine cuts the continuous web into pieces and rolls each one into what they call a bat. The length of the piece determines the characteristics of the pillow. The longer the rolled piece, the fatter and heavier the bat, which translates into a higher and firmer pillow.
An automated machine makes the cotton or cotton-blend shell that encases the bat.Workers mount two identical rolls of fabric onto the machine’s two cradles and feed the ends through a series of tension rollers because the two sheets must be taut as they pass through the machine’s different stations.
At the first one, blades trim the fabric to the correct width for the pillow size. Standard, queen, or king. Then, a slitter runs across each sheet, cutting a series of rectangular pieces.
The machines then mates two rectangles, stitches them together on three sides to form a shell, and sews on the product information label. The machine uses an extremely strong overlock stitch.
Now it’s time to fill the shell. As the bat travels on a conveyor belt, another belt above compresses it as it enters the waiting shell, covered just beforehand, in the pillow’s plastic retail packaging.
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1:12
I honestly thought for a split second the video‘s over
😂

[@mabd001]

When I was young, I use to think that pillows were made out of feathers

[@uss_04]

Some people have allergies to the down.

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Muhammad Abdurahman me too

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Some do, the throw pillows on my couch are filled with feathers

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My pillow is made out of feathers… I didn’t know about cotton pillows

[@dfri1985]

Anyone else looking to see how stuff was made, looked over to your pillow and looked up How Pillows are Made

[@KingAlphaOmega]

What a coincidence, watching this while sleeping on my pillow.

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I like that. I hope Tech Insider has more videos like this in the future.

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*watches this before sleeping*

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Macky Cabangon 2 days later...
*watched this before sleeping*

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same

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That's the same woman from the discovery channel's "how it's made" did you guys steal how it's made footage?

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1:11 I thought the video was done and almost clicked away from the vid

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What a beautiful insight xx

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thanks for subtitles

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now that's a soft sell

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You didn't show the whole process =(

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Zulhilmi Ghouse You will see the rest of the process in your dreams. Now go to sleep😴💤💤💤

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Literally tech insider pladerices almost everyone of there videos this is how its made a tv series there jupiter video has the buisness insider logo on the lander because it was made by buisness insider

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I was listening to music and all of a sudden looked at my pillow design I said this nice I wonder how they make it and here I am watching a video😂😂

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Just jumped in the middle. And fiber is created by magic?

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1:11 nice

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Where do you get your music?

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I remembered when I used to make pillows

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Is it possible to make pillow from pet bottle flakes fiber????how is it ???

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Need a manufacturer that can make our specialty pillow

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hell yea

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What type of fancy spider do these guys have

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I am still keeping *Shiny Bubble* away from that. 😉

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Yes sir

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Good

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Next on How Its Made

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1:12 they messed up

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This is wrong pillows are made by my grandmother 😂

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good to know.
now i can sleep tight

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cool.

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Such a slow way of doing this process

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Ok we get it there are alot of machines

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_satisfied_

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Once again I'm back to the how it's made side of youtube

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this video is making me feel sleepy

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How r mattresses made???????

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the qustion is
how pillow are made
imagine it came on question paper what would you write

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I say abused sheeps with chopped down trees in so-call farms.

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hi tech oh, and also don’t forget about pollution, global warming and specific diseases as well.

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Um, but why aren’t the pillows sewn shut?

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We are manufacturer of polyester and cotton fibre (garnet).
Please contact us if any requirement.
Thank you

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Darcy is a pillow

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I thought it would have been from sheep

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This reminded me of that one episode of sponge bob

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Wow..
I'N EARLY ! xD

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I'm early

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Wit, aren't pillows made with feather

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Ran Kim They were made out of feathers.
They changed it to artificial fibres because it's cheaper and some people are allergic to the feathers.

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Hi

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Canadian flag...

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Recycle video from How It's Made..lol

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OwO

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Wtf! this is just copying and pasting an episode of how it's made. 😕