Abstract: The invention provides an improved direct double twist cabler including two-for-one spindles for cabling as well as for plying, wherein the plying spindles are horizontally supported above the cabling spindle, and wherein the cabling spindle is supported slantly in the range of 5.degree. to 15.degree. outwardly, so as to lengthen the path of yarn before entering the cabling spindle without the possibility of obstructing a handling operation, and a yarn breakage detecting-and-stopping means interposed between the plying spindles and the cabling spindle.

Abstract: A twister adapted for the manufacture of cordage on which yarns are twisted in opposite directions in the continuous processes of plying and cabling, wherein the twisted yarns are finally wound on a bobbin under a constant stretching action irrespective of an increase in the outside diameter of the bobbin, thereby eliminating the necessity of doffing between the plying and the cabling processes.