位于英国莱斯特的艾兰·谢尔顿公司自1972年开始就开发和生产用于针织机的纱筒架,是世界上最早生产纱筒架的厂家之一。开始主要用于针织行业,后来又推广到其它纺织工艺,包括络筒、整经、机织、变形等。最近该公司还研制生产出几种新型的积极式输纱器及一系列织物检验和测量装置,它们被销售到针织厂、染布厂、整经厂及成衣厂等纺织工业的许多部门。 Ian Sheldon of Leicester, England, has been developing and producing bobbin holders for knitting machines since 1972 and is one of the first manufacturers in the world to produce bobbin holders. It was mainly used in the knitting industry, and later it was promoted to other textile processes including winding, warping, weaving, and deformation. Recently, the company has also developed and produced several new types of active yarn feeders and a series of fabric inspection and measurement devices, which are sold to many departments of the textile industry such as knitting factories, dyeing factories, warping plants and garment factories.