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Table of contents
1. Introduction to cotton & fibres 2
A. Cotton 2
B. Synthetics 3
C Other fibres 4
2. Introduction to carding 5
Lickerin 5
Cylinder Back Fixed Flats 5
Cylinder Tops 5
Cylinder Front Fixed Flats 5
Cylinder Doffer 5
3. Product and service offering 7
4. Mounting and maintenance of card clothing 8
4.1 Introduction on maintenance 8
A Blowroom 8
B Card 8
Quality based 8
Volume based 8
Microscopic 9
Maintenance schedules for Duratech wires 10
Maintenance schedules for Ultra wires 11
4.2 Mounting metallic wire 12
Bare Cylinder and Doffer Grinding 12
Cylinder and Doffer Wire Mounting 12
4.3 Tops clipping and mounting 13
4.4 Maintenance re-sharpening 15
Super cylinder wire 15
Duratech and Ultra cylinder wire 15
Tops 15
A Tops re-sharpening in the card 15
B Tops re-sharpening off the card 16
Doffer wire 16
5. Fixed flats and fixed flats systems 17
XLSA under Lickerin 17
XLR & Pretech rear fixed flat systems 17
XLX, XLXV, XLXE, XLXEV front fixed
flats systems 17
6. Settings and troubleshooting 18
Gauge settings 20
Speed settings 21
Symptom/Cause/Remedy 22
Card clothing specifications and maintenance 29
Notes 39
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1. Introduction to cotton & fibres
The two main fibre groups that are processed on short
staple (or revolving flat) cards are as follows:
A. Cotton
B. Synthetics
A COTTON:
Cotton is still by far the most important fibre carded on
short staple cards. Cotton is a natural fibre and exists in
a range of varieties, differing in quality characteristics.
The most commonly used fibre characteristics for cot-
ton are as follows:
Micronaire (a measure combining fibre fineness
and maturity)
Staple Length
Maturity
(indication of fibre wall thickness, see figure 1)
Strength
Grade
Trash Content
For carding, the above parameters are considered
together with card make and model and yarn produced
when specifying card clothing.
Figure 1: Cross section of cotton fibres showing the inherent
variation in fibre maturity (fibre wall thickness)
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Although it is possible to range cotton in different ways, a way of distinguishing cotton according to range of character-
istics important for carding is:
Range for the maturity ratio
> 1.00 : very mature
0.95 1.00 : above average
0.85 0.95 : mature
0.80 0.85 : below average
0.70 0.80 : immature
Ranges for fibre strength
(bundle strength in cN/tex)
Below 21 : very weak
21 24 : weak
24 27 : medium
27 - 30 : strong
Over 30 : very strong
Fine, immature and weak cottons have to be carded
carefully; otherwise, there is a risk to break fibres result-
ing in more nep generation. Immature fibres do not only
form neps easily, but do not absorb dyestuffs easily and
will dye to a lower shade, making immature neps
extremely visible in finished fabrics
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Gentle carding can be achieved by reducing production
rates, reducing lickerin and cylinder speeds and via the
use of appropriate card clothing.
It is recommended to use less aggressive card clothing
(lower front angle and/or lower point density) and less
aggressive speed settings in the case of delicate and
weak cottons.
B SYNTHETICS:
A range of man-made fibres can be carded on short sta-
ple cards.
The most widely used are as follows:
Viscose, lyocell and modal (all regenerated cel-
lulosic fibres)
Polyester
Acrylic.
Within each group, fibres exist in different lengths and
finenesses. Fineness is mostly expressed in dtex or
denier, length in mm. Carding of synthetic fibres is
mostly done at lower speeds and more open settings
than cotton carding. Card clothing also has to be adapt-
ed to the fibre and the application.
Range for micronaire
Below 3.0 : very fine
3.0 to 4.0 : fine
4.0 to 5.0 : medium
5.0 to 6.0 : coarse
Over 6.0 : very coarse
fibre length range (staple length or UHML)
< 25 mm : short
25 28 mm : medium
28 32 mm : medium to long
32 36 mm : long
> 36 mm : very long
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C OTHER FIBRES:
Fibres such as linen, silk, wool, ramie and other special-
ity fibres can also be processed, on their own, or in
blends. For carding, the usual parameters are consid-
ered together with card make and model and yarn pro-
duced when specifying card clothing.
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2. Introduction to carding
Carding is the process of gradual opening and cleaning
of fibre tufts and parallelising of the fibres.
Before carding takes place the fibres need to be opened
and cleaned in the blowroom. Lack of blowroom effi-
ciency will also result in negative yarn results, e.g. in
increased Classimat faults, in decreased card perform-
ance and in reduced lifetime of the clothing of the card.
Lickerin:
The fibre tufts are presented by the feed roller and taken
by the lickerin. The lickerin opens the fibre tufts, trash
will be removed by opening the tufts and via centrifugal
forces.
Carding segments (or lickerin fixed flats) help to further
reduce tuft size.
Cylinder - Back Fixed Flats:
The opened tufts are transferred from the lickerin to the
cylinder.
The fibres will pass the rear fixed flats. The gradually
increased density of the different fixed flats at the back
will improve the efficiency of opening the fibres and pro-
tect the revolving flats. Mote knives (and suction ele-
ments) at the back remove trash and dust.
The back of the card is responsible for tuft opening and
removal of coarser trash. A higher number of Classimat
faults can be a consequence if the back of the card is not
working properly.
Cylinder Tops:
The fine carding (fibre individualisation, nep removal,
fine trash removal) is the task of the tops (revolving
flats). The tops setting to the cylinder is gradual: wider
at the back, and closer at the front of the card for pro-
gressive and efficient carding.
The tops are where the main carding process takes place
(nep reduction and fine trash removal).
Cylinder - Front Fixed Flats:
Front fixed flats have a combing function, to reduce trail-
ing hooks and finish the parallelisation process prior
to stripping the cylinder at the doffer. The result is a
reduced number of imperfections (IPI) in the spun yarn.
Mote knives between the front fixed flats allow elimina-
tion of dust and trash at the front of the card.
Cylinder Doffer:
The doffer will collect fibres (depending on the transfer
rate) from the cylinder and deliver these to the stripping
rollers after which the sliver is formed.
Problems at the front or at the doffer can result in a
higher yarn imperfection index (IPI). The doffer affects
the regularity (CV) of the card sliver.
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This information applies in general, as the process steps
following the card will also affect yarn quality to a large
extent. Basic recommendations for good quality carding
are:
The card clothing needs to be selected depend-
ing on the specific card, on the fibres and on the
end application (spinning process, quality
requirements,). Table 1 gives a basis for card
clothing selection.
Settings of the cards. These are mostly recom-
mended by the card manufacturer (OEM),
together with the schedules for the verification
of the settings. The fibres, end application and
production rate can affect the choice of card set-
tings.
Good maintenance schedules of the card cloth-
ing are required: all card wire has to be sharp
and in good condition. Proper maintenance of
the blowroom is also required.
Maintenance and cleaning of the card according
to the guidelines of the card manufacturer
Cotton Man made fibres Blends
Cotton/ Regenerated
OE yarn Carded combed < 1 dtex 1,5-3 dtex > 3 tex man made
Cylinder < 40kg/h C20-30-66 C20-30-86 C20-30-86 C25-20-63 C25-20-63 C25-20-63 C20-30-86 C25-25-72
C20-35-86 C20-35-86 C20-35-86 C25-20-72 C25-20-72 C20-30-66
C20-30-95
> 40kg/h C20-35-86 C20-35-86 C20-30-86 C25-20-72 C25-20-63 C25-20-63 C20-30-86 C20-30-66
C20-35-95 C20-35-95 C20-30-95 C25-30-72 C25-20-72 C25-35-86 C20-30-86
C20-40-95 C20-40-95 C20-35-95 C25-30-86 C25-30-72
Doffer D40-30-30R2 D40-30-30R2 D40-30-30R2 D40-30-30R2 D40-30-30R2 D40-30-30R2 D40-30-30R2 D40-30-30R2
D47-30-30R2 D47-30-30R2 D47-30-30R2 D47-30-30R2 D47-30-30R2 D47-30-30R2 D47-30-30R2 D47-30-30R2
Tops TL40 TL50 TL52 TL40 TL40 TL30 TL44 TL40
TL44 TL52 TG52 TL44 TL44 TP27 TL50 TL44
TG45 TG52 TG55 TG45 TG45 TG45 TG45
TG52
Stationary Flats Lickerin 57/65/88 57/65/88 57/65/88 57/65/88 57/65/88 57/65/88 57/65/88 57/65/88
LT - DT - HT - ST XT - LTS2 - LTC2
Stationary Flats Rear 88/160/270 160/270/330 270/330/440 88/160/270 88/160/270 88/160 160/270 88/160
CT - ST - XT
Stationary Flats Front 330/440/550 550/660 550/660 4440/550 330/440 270/330 440/550 440/550
CT - ST - XT
Table 1: Specifications for card clothing for a range of applications
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3. Product and service offering
Bekaert Carding Solutions offers card clothing for blow-
rooms and for cards of virtually all makes and models
and for all applications. Metallic wires are available in
different steel grades, differing in wear resistance and
lifetime.
We offer our services in specifying card clothing for par-
ticular applications, as well as in providing maintenance
schedules for optimum quality performance.
Our regional workshops located around the world will
perform mounting and maintenance services of the
highest quality to enable spinners to get the best quality
results.
We are happy to support and inform customers doing
card clothing servicing themselves about the best ways
to service card clothing.
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4. Mounting and maintenance of card clothing
4.1 Introduction on maintenance
A Blowroom:
Maintaining the blowroom in good condition will
result in better pre-opened cotton, with lower
trash content and less neps, fed into the card.
The consequence is a better carding result
(lower number of neps and less trash in the card
sliver) as well as a longer lifetime of the card
clothing.
Therefore, it is recommended to replace blow-
room wires every 2000 to 2500 tons.
Lickerin wire and fixed flats cannot be re-sharp-
ened and are recommended to be changed in
due time for carding performance and to protect
cylinder and tops from accelerated wear.
Cylinder and tops have to be re-sharpened in
order to counter their normal wear.
The essential rule in maintaining card clothing is to take
action in time.
It is advised to re-sharpen the tops and cylinder before
the teeth become excessively worn. It is preferred to re-
sharpen lightly and regularly, rather than to wait till wear
is excessive, as a heavy grind would be required to cor-
rect the worn teeth of the wire. If the wear is excessive,
re-sharpening will not be able to rectify the worn teeth.
We encounter different ways of maintenance schedules
in spinning mills:
Quality based:
Quality of sliver is measured (mostly neps via
AFIS testing) and corrective maintenance is per-
formed when acceptable quality levels are no
longer obtained. Figure 2 shows the principle of
a neps based maintenance schedule.
Volume based:
the maintenance periods are defined according
to throughput volumes. Tables 2 and 3 show
typical maintenance schedules for cards
equipped with respectively Bekaert Duratech
and Ultra card clothing.
B Card:
Draw frame blending of slivers from different
cards is the correct practice for good quality
spinning.
Therefore, we strongly discourage the mainte-
nance of card clothing of several cards at the
same time.
When the maintenance intervals of the different
cards are spread out evenly throughout the life-
time of the wire, the sliver blending at the
drawframe will ensure a constant yarn quality.
The essential goal of the maintenance is to
maintain the quality of the lickerin, fixed flats,
cylinder, doffer and tops: keeping the wires
sharp.
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Microscopic:
Evaluation of card clothing with a portable
microscope (minimum magnification 30) to
detect the first signs of wear after which appro-
priate light re-sharpening can be performed
In reality, a combination of any of the above three meth-
ods can be used to determine when card clothing
replacement or re-sharpening is required.
A number of parameters will affect the wear rate and life-
time of card clothing. Raw material has an important
effect.
Cotton blends containing a high level of trash
(especially if sand is present) will wear the wire
points more quickly than clean cottons.
Dull or matt man-made fibres containing a high
amount of delustrant (mostly titanium dioxide)
will cause more rapid wear.
- Some dyestuffs used in synthetic fibres are
very aggressive against card clothing.
Maintenance requirements also depend on the quality
acceptance requirements of the mill and on the proper
settings and general maintenance of the card.
Upon request, BEKAERT Carding Solutions can provide
specific maintenance schedules according to card cloth-
ing and application.
Quality (e.g. neps)
Acceptance limit
Processed volume
re-sharpening
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for cylinder and tops
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Cylinder wire: Duratech Lickerin: Duratech = replacement = resharpening Material Throughput
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1) The selection of the maintenance
schedule depends on:
raw material used (e.g. amount and type of trash)
yarns spun
quality requirements of the spinning mill
2) According to quality demands, the recommended guide values may deviate to high-
er or lower levels.
3) According to raw materials, the recommended guide values may deviate to higher or
lower levels.
4) The main cylinder intervals recommend the use of a traversing stone resharpening
mechanism.
5) Feed rollers if wired change every 2000 ton, otherwise when damaged.
6) For cards with brush doffer stripping mechanism, change when damaged.
7) An alternative method of controlling quality is by nep test data to resharpen and
replace wire in due time.
Table 2:
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schedules for Bekaert
Duratech card clothing
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CARD CLOTHING - MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES FOR ULTRA WIRES
1) The selection of the maintenance
schedule depends on:
raw material used (e.g. amount and type of trash)
yarns spun
quality requirements of the spinning mill
2) According to quality demands, the recommended guide values may deviate to high-
er or lower levels.
3) According to raw materials, the recommended guide values may deviate to higher or
lower levels.
4) The main cylinder intervals recommend the use of a traversing stone resharpening
mechanism.
5) Feed rollers if wired change every 2000 ton, otherwise when damaged.
6) For cards with brush doffer stripping mechanism, change when damaged.
7) An alternative method of controlling quality is by nep test data to resharpen and
replace wire in due time.
Table 3:
Volume based maintenance
schedules for Bekaert Ultra
card clothing
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4.2 Mounting metallic wire
Bare Cylinder and Doffer Grinding:
With old cards, it is required to verify the con-
centricity of the surfaces prior to mounting wire.
With more modern cards, this is only required in
case there has been a crash.
The maximum acceptable tolerance for level-
ness (concentricity and lateral straightness)
over the entire surface of the bare cylinder and
doffer is 0.02 mm for modern high production
cards; and 0.04 mm for older cards.
In case the concentricity is outside tolerance,
the concentricity has to be restored via a suit-
able bare cylinder grinder. In case it is required
to grind the bare cylinder, new border wire
needs to be applied.
Cylinder and Doffer Wire Mounting:
The mounting method must be in accordance
with the instructions of the mounting equipment
supplier.
The most important aspect of mounting the wire
is in applying the minimum tension, but suffi-
cient to ensure that the wire sits firmly on the
cylinder surface.
Excessive tension increases the risk of cracking
and breaking the wire during mounting.
On older cards, the cylinder or doffer surface
can yield slightly in case of excessive mounting
tension, resulting in an uneven surface of the
wired cylinder.
Insufficient tension and lack of form (bending of
the wire) results in the wire falling over and
being incorrectly mounted.
The general rule is to apply at maximum the ten-
sion in kg that corresponds to the rib thickness
in mm, multiplied by 10. For instance, with a 0.5
mm rib wire, the maximum acceptable tension is
5 kg. Best practice is to use 2 to 3 kg mounting
tension for 0.5 mm rib cylinder wire.
The surfaces must be kept free of dust and dirt
during wire mounting.
Ensure that the cylinder and doffer wire are
applied as smoothly as possible in order to
avoid high spots over the working surface.
Todays precise cylinders have very fine points.
Thanks to the high quality and height uniformity
of metallic wires of BEKAERT Carding Solutions,
it is not required (nor advised) to re-sharpen the
wires after installation before starting the card.
However, to check for any errors caused in
mounting the wire, first check the doffer to
cylinder setting. If unacceptable high spots are
found on the doffer (although wire mounting
has been done carefully) these should be
removed using minimal pressure and the light-
est possible cut with a well-maintained re-
sharpener or hand stone. A too high pressure
could result in hooked doffer teeth, negative for
the performance of the doffing action.
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BEKAERTs UNIMECH 2000 system of wire mounting
equipment (see figure 3) includes a smooth variable DC
drive unit and a mounting arm and support system,
designed specifically to achieve regular and smooth
mounting of metallic wire. It has a tension gauge that
allows accurate setting and control of the winding ten-
sion.
4.3 Tops clipping and mounting
BEKAERT tops are manufactured to accurate tol-
erances (for carding performance), sharp tips
(for carding efficiency) and high hardness and
hardness depth (for lifetime of the tops).
When mounting the tops on the card, the height
uniformity and sharpness need still to be pres-
ent.
The process of preparing the flat bars, clipping
the tops and grinding (if required) has to be
done very carefully by skilled operators using
the proper equipment.
A good top can be ruined if the mounting and re-
sharpening process has not been done properly.
The whole process of tops clipping and mounting con-
tains several steps:
1. Stripping the worn tops from the flat bars
2. Cleaning the flats to remove any dirt
3. Verification of flat ends and flat end milling (if
required)
The bare flats are checked to ensure that they
have the correct and accurate bevel on the seat-
ings. If the bevel is not correct, or if the seatings
are worn, the end seatings have to be milled on
a flat end-milling machine. Flat end milling is
performed to make the seating of all the flat bars
accurate before clipping. End milling is not pos-
sible on all types of flats.
4. Verification and correction of height uniformity
Height uniformity is measured on a flat test bed
using a dial gauge. Irregularities along the face
of the flat will be reproduced to the points of the
tops after clipping. Therefore, it is recommended
to make the flats as level and as uniform in
Figure 3: Unimech 2000 wire mounting equipment
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height as possible prior to clipping the tops. The
end milling process is improving height unifor-
mity between flats. Height differences within
each flat can be corrected via manually manipu-
lating the flats to straighten and level them. It is
possible to insert paper strips between the tops
and the flats during the clipping process to cor-
rect inaccuracies. Complete level plastification
of the face of the flat bars is an alternative.
5. Clipping the tops on the flats
6. Height uniformity control on a flat test bed using
a dial gauge:
Measurement of the height uniformity of the
tops on the heel portion of the clipped tops only
(step 6, see figure 4) is recommended. Each top
will be mounted on the card under an angle of
about 1 (the exact angle depends on the card),
which means that only the heel portion really
matters for setting the tops to the cylinder.
7. Grinding
If there is height variation outside tolerance after
clipping, the tops can be ground on a flat grind-
ing machine. Due to the tapered setting of each
individual top on the card, it is sufficient to only
heel grind over 3 mm of the surface of the flat
(see figure 5). If proper care has been taken in
the preparation of the flat bars a slight heel
grinding (re-sharpening) will be sufficient to
achieve the required height tolerance. Excessive
grinding would reduce the lifetime of the tops as
well as the carding performance.
8. Burnishing
If heel grinding has been done then burnishing
is also required to polish the wire and to elimi-
nate small hooks caused during the grinding.
It can be concluded that for good carding performance
and long lifetime of tops the requirements are:
The tops need to have sharp points with high
hardness for high nep removal efficiency and
long lifetime.
The accuracy of the whole flat set must be to the
absolute minimum after clipping so that they
can be set as close to the cylinder as possible.
The skills of the operator in the tops clipping and mount-
ing process are crucial to achieve these main factors.
Please contact BEKAERT for detailed information about
clipping and mounting flat tops to achieve the best per-
formance and lifetime.
Figure 4: Principle of height
measurement on the heel only
1 1
Height measurement on heel
only with fixed dial gauge
2 to 3 mm heel grinding
TOPS GRINDING
TOPS HEIGHT
MEASUREMENT
Figure 5: Tops grinding
heel grinding only
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4.4 Maintenance re-sharpening
Super cylinder wire:
Super cylinder wire can be re-sharpened using a rotary
conventional re-sharpening device only under strictly
controlled procedures. The re-sharpener should be set
to ensure the highest degree of parallelism with the
cylinder. The re-sharpening should be as light as possi-
ble with a minimum of spark. The danger is that if the re-
sharpener is set to increase spark, the result is damage
of the wire, reduced carding quality and dramatically
reduced lifetime.
Duratech and Ultra cylinder wire:
It is recommended to only use modern, well maintained
traversing stone re-sharpening equipment, used as indi-
cated in the guidelines of the equipment.
A visual assessment under a microscope (minimum
New wire Maximum allowed wear prior
to re-sharpening
Good re-sharpened wire Badly re-sharpened wire
with burrs
Figure 6: Evaluation of re-sharpening of cylinder wire
magnification 30) is recommended to evaluate the re-
sharpening (see figure 6).
Tops:
A) Tops re-sharpening in the card:
It is recommended to use a well maintained full-width
emery re-sharpener in the card. The tips of the tops
should be precisely reground over the whole surface.
Care should be taken that the re-sharpening roll is set
parallel with the tops for equal re-sharpening over the
full width. During re-sharpening, the spark should be
even over the full width of the card. If not, setting of the
re-sharpening roller to the tops needs to be adjusted.
The required level of grinding is to create a sharp lead-
ing edge. If the level of re-sharpening is not enough to
create a sharp leading edge, initial nep results after re-
sharpening will be good, but the amount of neps will
raise very fast again. Excessive re-sharpening results in
loss of lifetime of the tops as too much material is taken
away. Care should be taken not to create a leading burr
on the teeth of the tops. This could happen when pres-
Figure 7:
Tips of tops
and re-sharpening
New point
Worn point
After grinding
Point of new tooth Point that needs
re-sharpened
After correct
grinding
Incorrect grinding
causing burrs
sure is too high. Evaluation of the tops can be done with
a portable microscope (minimum magnification 30),
see figure 7.
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B) Tops re-sharpening off the card:
If a spinning mill has no access to a good quality full
width tops re-sharpener, the tops can be taken off and
re-sharpened on a tops re-sharpening bed.
Doffer wire:
The doffer should not be re-sharpened unless there is a
problem in controlling the web. Sometimes, particularly
with abrasive man-made fibres, the doffer wire can
become polished to the extent that the fibres slip off. The
web pre-doffs and goes out of control, with consequent
reduction in carding efficiency. Re-sharpening the doffer
wire will cure this problem. In any case, the doffer
should be ground only slightly, otherwise the long deli-
cate teeth needed for the doffing action will become
hooked and hence unable to release the web to the strip-
ping system. It is recommended to use a striated doffer
that grips the fibre onto the wire.
For all re-sharpening operations, we recommend to
carefully follow the guidelines of the card manufacturer
and of the re-sharpening equipment that is used.
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5. Fixed flats and fixed flats systems
Post-carding
fixed flats
Extended pre-carding
fixed flats
Trash
extraction
system
Pre-carding
fixed
flats
system
Under licker-in fixed flats system
Trash extraction
system
Figure 8: Card with fixed flat
systems under the
lickerin, at the
rear and at the
front of the card
Most modern cards are equipped with fixed flats
beneath the lickerin, at the back plate region and in place
of the front stripping door. Fixed flat upgrade systems
(see figure 8) can be installed on older carding machines
to improve the performance. BEKAERT provides suitable
stationary flats systems to upgrade a large range of
cards.
XLSA under Lickerin:
It combines a minimum loss of good fibres in the lick-
erin waste with intensive pre-opening and cleaning of
the fibre tufts.
XLR & Pretech rear fixed flat systems:
Give extra gentle opening and pre-carding of the fibre
tufts coming from the lickerin. A well opened fibre mass
is presented to the tops (revolving flats) for the fine
carding action. The rear fixed flats act as trash barrier to
protect the revolving flats and increases the lifetime of
the tops.
XLX, XLXV, XLXE, XLXEV front fixed flats systems:
They reduce neps and yarn imperfections. Combined
with a knife and extraction system (Ventech), trash and
micro-dust are removed prior to the doffer action.
The replacement fixed flats are available in different
tooth densities to suit the widest range of applications.
The exchange of fixed flats is easy to carry out.
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6. Settings and troubleshooting
The settings of the card will have an effect on the prop-
erties of the card sliver and of the final yarn. In the first
place, it is recommended to follow the setting instruc-
tions provided by the manufacturer of the card. Table 4
lists card settings guidelines for a modern high speed
card running at moderate production rates (indicated
settings are in warm condition of the card).
The settings of the card will have an effect on the prop-
erties of the card sliver and of the final yarn. In the first
place, it is recommended to follow the setting instruc-
tions provided by the manufacturer of the card. Table 4
can be used as a first guideline for settings for modern
high speed cards running at moderate production rates.
After mounting new tops the card is run with the revolv-
ing flats in more open setting (0.35 mm or 14 thou) dur-
ing 15 tonnes. This allows the tops to set on the card.
The tops settings are then brought down.
Setting Cotton Synthetics
in mm in thou in mm in thou
Feed plate to lickerin 0,375 15 0,45 18
Knife to lickerin 0,5 20 0,5 20
Carding segment to lickerin 0,45 18 0,45 18
Lickerin to cylinder 0,25 10 0,25 10
Rear stationary flats to cylinder (tapered setting) 0,45 to 0,30 18 to 20 0,45 to 0,30 18 to 20
Mote knife rear to cylinder 0,3 12 0,3 12
Tops to cylinder - entrance 0,25 10 0,3 12
Tops to cylinder - exit 0,2 8 0,25 10
Front stationary flats (tapered setting) 0,25 to 0,20 10 to 8 0,25 to 0,20 10 to 8
Mote knife front to cylinder 0,3 12 0,3 12
Doffer to cylinder 0,15 6 0,15 6
Stripper to doffer 0,15 6 0,15 6
Table 4: Card settings guideline for a modern high speed card running at moderate production rates
(Indicated settings are in warm condition of the card)
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Gauge and speed settings
Table 5 (page 20)
Table 5 gives an overview of the effects settings have on
the quality and properties of sliver and yarn. The table
can offer help to optimise carding for particular purpos-
es and in trouble shooting. Most of the settings have an
optimum value. The optimum can depend on the quality
level that is looked for. (Optimum) Settings will depend
on the card model, as well as on the fibres processed,
on the end application and on quality requirements.
Table 5 gives insight in the effects of settings and is a
guideline in troubleshooting and in optimising the card
performance. The table contains information that is valid
for a broad range of cards, older as well as newer cards.
Sometimes, problems can occur during carding. The
technician will have to analyse the problem, its causes
and take the appropriate action. First source for informa-
tion on troubleshooting is the card manual provided by
the manufacturer (OEM). Furthermore, the table includ-
ed in this booklet that indicates the effect of card set-
tings on carding can already be a help.
Troubleshooting table for carding
Table 6 (page 22)
A further help is the SCRA table (Symptom Cause
Remedy & Action). For a range of problems (symptoms)
you find possible causes and how to correct on the card.
The SCRA table is not card specific, it contains trou-
bleshooting information for old as well as for more
recent cards.
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Lap guide (lap feed cards)
Feed roller to plate
Feed plate to lickerin
Mote knife to lickerin
Lickerin to cylinder
Cylinder to lower back sheet
Positioning of the lap
Firm holding of fibre material
Opening
Amount of droppings
Fiber transfer
Moving fibres from lickerin onto cylinder
Web is widened when widened. When narrowed, both sides of
the web become thicker.
If widened, fibre tufts are more loose, easy slipping out. If too
narrow setting, feed roller and plate can come into contact and
get broken.
Too wide: insufficient opening and increase in fibre waste. If
too narrow, fibres get damaged and the transfer of the fibres to
the lickerin becomes difficult
Closer setting to lickerin: more droppings (fibre + waste); more
open setting: less droppings removed.
If too wide, fibres can remain on the lickerin. It too narrow, fear
of wire contact between lickerin and cylinder; and broken fibres
When widened, fibres are liable to remain on the lickerin, nap
fly increases and web unevenness can occur. If too narrow,
fear of wire contacts.
Cylinder to upper back sheet
Cylinder to tops
Cylinder to upper front sheet
Cylinder to bottom sheet
Cylinder to doffer
Cylinder to cylinder casing
(doffer side)
Cylinder to center of
undercasing
Lifting of fibres off cylinder and adjustment of fibre fly
Carding
Adjustment of flat strip
Improvement of fiber separation from the cylinder and transfer
ratio to the doffer
Transfer of fibres
Adjustment of air flow
Adjustment of falls (good fibres) under the cylinder
Widened setting: lifting of fibres from the cylinder is intensi-
fied, possibly touching the top. If narrowed, lifting of fibres is
reduced, possibly touching the cylinder.
Wider setting: reduced carding, neps increase and flat strip
decreases. Narrower setting: flat strips increase, fear of wire
contact, fibres are easily damaged. If the setting is not tapered
back to front, high number of broken fibres and reduced lifeti-
me of tops.
Wider setting: the amount of flat strip increases. Narrower set-
ting: decrease of amount of flat strip
The transfer ratio decreases if set wider and cotton can blow
out at doffer. Too narrow setting, the web can become uneven
and risk of wire contact.
Too wide setting decreases the transfer ratio, neps are easily
formed. Too narrow setting: web becomes poor, fear of wire
contact (wire damage), and fly can increase.
The air flow is disturbed if the clearance is too wide or too nar-
row, resulting in poor quality of web and sliver.
Wider setting: the amount of droppings decreases.
Adjust Action Effect
Gauge settings
Table 5: Effect of setting modifications on carding results
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Cylinder and undercasing,
at lickerin side
Top card clothing and tops
cleaning system
Adjustment of falls (good fibres) under the cylinder
Separation of flat strip
If widened, the amount of droppings beneath the cylinder dec-
reases, the amount of dropping beneath the lickerin increases
If widened excessively, flat strip cannot be separated and the
tops load. If setting is too close, there is risk of wire contact.
Card production rate
Cylinder speed
Lickerin speed
Speed of revolving tops
Production in kg/h
Carding intensity
Fiber opening
Movement of tops over the cylinder
Is having a tremendous effect on nep removal efficiency. The
higher the card output, the lower the nep removal efficiency.
Effect on sliver CV and on yarn imperfections is less pronoun-
ced. A too high production rate will have a negative effect on
these parameters as well. Longer and/or weaker fibres are
more vulnerable when increasing production rates.
Higher cylinder speeds result in lower trash in sliver, more flat
strip and better carding (higher NRE). Danger with too high
cylinder speed is fibre breakage (SFC increases) and increase
in yarn IPI.
Higher lickerin speeds protect the lifetime of cylinder and tops.
Faster rotation of lickerin results in less neps, less trash and
lower IPI. Excessive lickerin speeds are negative because
fibres get broken (higher yarn IPI, more neps). Immature and
weak cottons are especially vulnerable at higher lickerin
speeds.
Increase of speed of the revolving tops increases NRE, flat
strip increases.
Adjust Action Effect
Speed settings
Adjust Action Effect
Gauge settings
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Table 6: Troubleshooting table for carding
Excessive blow-out at cylinder
ends
Excessive blow-out at cylinder
ends
Excessive blow-out at cylinder
ends
Excessive blow-out at cylinder
ends
Broken or malformed selvedges
Broken or malformed selvedges
Card feed too wide
Incorrectly set underscreen
Card cylinder plates are incorrectly set, particularly the lower
front plate
Dull cylinder wire
Leakage of oil or grease from bearings
Rough or broken underscreens
Ensure that the lap width is not too wide (see instructions card
manufacturer)
See setting chart for correct settings and adjust
Verify and adjust settings according to the instructions of the
card manufacturer
Resharpen cylinder wire; or replace if damaged or if excessive
wear
Perform proper maintenance of bearings
Repair or replace
Symptom Cause Remedy/Action
Fibre blow-out at web selvedges
Lickerin underscreen is remo-
ving too many good fibres
Lickerin underscreen set too wide from the lickerin roller Adjust settings (lickerin underscreen, mote knife)
Fibres in lickerin trash
Lickerin underscreen is remo-
ving too many good fibres
Lickerin underscreen is not
removing enough trash
Lickerin underscreen is not
removing enough trash
Accumulation of short fibres
between the mote knife and the
lickerin underscreen
Dull or incorrect type of lickerin wire
The lickerin underscreen is set too close to the lickerin roller
The feed plate is set too far from the lickerin roller
Incorrect mote knife setting
Replace wire
Correct settings
Correct settings
Verify and correct the settings of the mote knife according to
the setting instructions of the card manufacturer
Flat strips too heavy
Flat strips too heavy
Flat strips too heavy
Flat strips too heavy
Front plate top edge setting to cylinder is too wide
Cylinder back plate set too wide
Overloaded cylinder
Lickerin screen too close to lickerin
Adjust settings according to the recommendations of the card
manufacturer
Adjust settings according to the recommendations of the card
manufacturer
See at Cylinder loading
Make a wider setting
Flat strips
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Flat strips too heavy
Flat strips too heavy
Flat strips too heavy
Flat strips too heavy
Flat waste thickness is not uni-
form
Flat waste thickness is not uni-
form
Flat waste thickness is not uni-
form
Many long fibres in the flat strip
Many long fibres in the flat strip
Many long fibres in the flat strip
Many leaf wastes in the flat strip
Too narrow setting of the cylinder to the tops
Gauge of bottom sheet too narrow
Wear of cylinder wires
Damage of tops card clothing
Defective fitting of top sheet
Misalignment of gauge tops to cylinder
Defective fitting or misalignment of bottom sheet
Clearance between feed plate and lickerin is too wide
Tops to cylinder set too wide
Rotation of lickerin is too slow
Rotation of lickerin is too slow
Adjust settings cylinder to tops according to recommendations
of the card manufacturer
Adjust setting
Sharpen or replace cylinder wire
Sharpen or replace tops
Adjust fitting and correct settings
Adjust settings cylinder to tops according to recommendations
card manufacturer
Adjust fitting of the bottom sheet
Adjust setting between feed plate and lickerin
Adjust settings tops to cylinder, closer setting
Increase speed of lickerin
Increase speed of lickerin
Symptom Cause Remedy/Action
Many leaf wastes in the flat strip
Fluctuation in the amount of flat
strip
Fluctuation in the amount of flat
strip
Insufficient trash extraction in the lickerin area (in this case,
damage of tops is also frequent)
Improper motion of the top card clothing (belt slipping, elon-
gation of flat chain, difference in drive left and right)
Contact between tops and cylinder wire
Verify and adjust lickerin area: lickerin wire status, settings, lic-
kerin speed, mote knife condition and settings
Verify and adjust/ repair the motion of the tops
Adjust settings, sharpen wire
Lickerin snatches
Lickerin snatches
Lickerin snatches
Lickerin snatches
Lickerin snatches
Lickerin snatches
Lickerin snatches
Lickerin snatches
Worn feed roller bearings
Worn feed roller shafts
Bent side shaft (if applicable)
Inefficient weighting system on feed roller
Eccentricity in feed roll
Bowed feed plate
Feed roller to the feed plate setting is too wide
Replace bearings
Replace shafts
Replace side shaft
Analyse operation of the weighting system and repair/ replace
accordingly
Correct / replace
Correct / replace
Adjust settings according to the recommendations of the card
manufacturer
Flat strips
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Symptom Cause Remedy/Action
Cylinder loading
Cylinder loading
Cylinder loading
Cylinder loading
Cylinder loading
Cylinder loading
Cylinder loading
Doffer set too far from the cylinder, consequence can be cylin-
der loading and/or higher neps
Accumulations of trash and seed particles
Local damage of the cylinder wire, e.g. flattened, rubbed, bent
or hooked wire will all interfere with the correct flow of the fibre
through the card. Fibres may be retained and bands may form
around the damaged part of the cylinder
Flat settings too close, especially in case of cotton with a rela-
tively high trash content and if the tops have a dense populati-
on
Contaminated stock
Back plate too close to cylinder
Lap feed: double thickness fed at the selvedges resulting in
banding on the cylinder and neps in the web
Set doffer as close as possible to cylinder. See recommendati-
ons of the card manufacturer
Clean the cylinder regularly, depending on the type of cotton.
Adjust the raw material reducing the amount of waste. Check
the blowroom for efficiency, replace the blowroom wire if dull.
Replace cylinder wire. For slow speed cards, local repair of
wire could be possible but should be done with the greatest
care only and is not free of risk.
Widen the settings of the tops
Check opening and stock laydown for contamination. Verify
blowroom effciency and replace blowroom wire if dull.
Adjust plate setting
Check the lap feed. The width of the lap should be narrower
than the width of the card
Lickerin loading
Lickerin loading
Doffer loading
Doffer loading
Lickerin loading
Lickerin loading
Contaminated stock
Lickerin wire not suited for type of raw material being run
Damaged wire or wire with burrs
Take-off (stripping) improperly set
Damaged lickerin wire
Lickerin setting to cylinder too wide
Check opening and stock laydown for contamination. Verify
blowroom effciency and replace blowroom wire if dull.
Consult manufacturer
Grind, brush or recloth depending upon the degree of damage
Adjust take-off (stripper) settings
Replace lickerin
Adjust setting lickerin to cylinder
Loading on wired rollers
Nep count
High nep count
High nep count
High nep count
High nep count
Incorrect settings: doffer to cylinder, stationary flats, cylinder
to flexible tops, or feed region, plates or screens
Dull cylinder or doffer wire
Dull or damaged flat tops
Dull or damaged lickerin wire
Verify all card settings
Clean, resharpen or burnish as required. The sharpness of the
doffer wire is as important as the sharpness of the cylinder
wire
Resharpen or replace
Replace the lickerin wire
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High nep count
High nep count
High nep count
High nep count
High nep count
High nep count
Fibres are retained in the form of bands (rings) on the lickerin.
Such loadings will lead to strips of neps in the web.
Relative humidity is too high
Foreign matter, such as broken seeds are adhering to the wires
Dirty wire surface (especially the cylinder)
Loaded cylinder
Tops loading
Rewire lickerin
Relative humidity for cotton 45-55% (temperature 21-27 C),
for synthetics 55-65% relative humidity, temperature 25-30 C
Brush the wires with a soft hand brush
Brush the wires with a soft hand brush
Clean the cylinder and check/correct all settings + see
Cylinder loading
See Tops loading for Causes and Remedy/ Actions
Symptom Cause Remedy/Action
Disappearing web/ high number
of sliver breaks
Disappearing web/ high number
of sliver breaks
Underscreen set too far from cylinder
Dull or damaged doffer wire. If condition of the doffer wire is
not good, the transfer of fibres from the cylinder will not be
Set according to setting instruction of the card manufacturer
Clean, resharpen or replace wire
Sliver or web problems
Disappearing web/ high number
of sliver breaks
Losing fibre off the doffer to the
main cylinder
Losing fibre off the doffer to the
main cylinder
Cloudy web
Cloudy web
Cloudy web
Cloudy web
Cloudy web
Holes in the web
good, which can also result in an increased number of neps.
Too wide setting stripping roller to doffer
Nose of front screen set too close to cylinder
Dull doffer wire
Lickerin undercasing set too far from lickerin
Feed plate set too far from lickerin
Damaged or dull lickerin
Unequal distribution of flat strips. Incorrect settings or sharp-
ness of flat tops
Bottom edge of cylinder back plate set too wide
Interference with lay of fibres on doffer due to flocking on dof-
fer end screen
Correct setting of the stripping roller to the doffer
Adjust settings
Grind doffer or replace as needed
Correct settings according to recommendations of the card
manufacturer
Correct settings according to recommendations of the card
manufacturer
Replace lickerin wire
Verify/ correct setting of flat tops. Resharpen flat tops if no lon-
ger sharp or replace flat tops
Correct settings according to recommendations of the card
manufacturer
Verify and adjust doffer screen
Nep count
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Holes in the web
Holes in the web
Web sticking to crushing rollers
Web sticking to crushing rollers
Web sticking to crushing rollers
Web sticking to crushing rollers
Web sticking to crushing rollers
Web sticking to crushing rollers
Web sticking to crushing rollers
Flocking on frame side between doffer and cylinder
Damage to doffer wire. Draft will magnify even small holes or
dents of the web on the doffer
Worn or damaged scraper blades
Insufficient tension on scraper blade springs
Insufficient draft between crushing rollers and calender
Crushing roller (calendar roller) pressure is too high
Relative humidity is too high or too low
Too many cotton seed particles
Honeydew in the web
Verify and adjust doffer and/or cylinder screen settings
Replace doffer wire
Do maintenance as per guidelines of card manufacturer
Increase tension
Draft between crushing roller and the calendar rollers should
be the highest that material can accept
Lower the pressure accordingly
Relative humidity for cotton 45-55% (temperature 21-27 C),
for synthetics 55-65% relative humidity, temperature 25-30 C
Clean the edge of scraper blades frequently with solvent.
Reduce relative humidity. Take measures to reduce trash
Reduce temperature, clean the crushing rollers frequently.
Change the bale laydown: reduce the number of contaminated
bales.
Symptom Cause Remedy/Action
Broken or malformed selvedges
Broken or malformed selvedges
Accumulation of fibre between
card framing and underscreen;
or accumulation of fibre around
cylinder and doffer co-operation
area.
Accumulation of fibre between
card framing and underscreen;
or accumulation of fibre around
cylinder and doffer co-operation
area.
Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Lap too wide
Feed guides are incorrectly set
Framework of the card is greasy or dirty
Card underscreens (cylinder or doffer) are not correctly set to
control the amount of fibre being blown out at the periphery of
the cylinder
Irregular feed
Eccentric feed roller
Incorrect meshing of gears
Tooth missing of one of the gears
Bottom edge of cylinder back plate set too wide
Check the lap feed. The width of the lap should be narrower
than the width of the card
Verify and adjust the settings of the feed guides
Clean framework. Verify for the origin of the grease or dirt and
correct
Verify and adjust card underscreen settings
Verify the feed and correct accordingly
Correct/replace
Correct gears
Replace defective gear
Correct settings according to recommendations of the card
manufacturer
Sliver or web problems
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Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Sliver variation
Banding on redirecting (strip-
ping) rolls
Banding on redirecting (strip-
ping) rolls
Web falling off stripping roller
Eccentric doffer
Eccentric doffing rolls
Eccentric calender rolls
Loose components
Excessive draft between calender rolls and coiler head; or
incorrect tension
Dirty stripping roller underscreen
Bent or damaged wire
Dirt or oil patch on the wires
Incorrect setting between stripping roller and doffer
Detect source of eccentricity and correct
Detect source of eccentricity and correct
Detect source of eccentricity and correct
Fix components
Reduce draft and/or adjust tension
Clean stripping roller underscreen
Replace the stripping wire
Clean the wire, if required with an appropriate solvent
Adjust setting according to guidelines of the card manufactu-
rer
Symptom Cause Remedy/Action
Tops loading
Tops loading (= flat strip remai-
ning in the tops)
Tops loading (= flat strip remai-
ning in the tops)
Tops loading (= flat strip remai-
ning in the tops)
Tops loading (= flat strip remai-
ning in the tops)
Tops loading (= flat strip remai-
ning in the tops)
amaged tops clothing
Tops set too close to the cylinder
Contamination, oil, grease, water or other foreign substance;
rough top wire sides
Inaccurate brush settings (gauge)
Wear of the circular brush
Grind, brush or replace clothing as required
Adjust tops settings
Clean tops. Remove contamination from the raw material if
present
Adjust settings
Replace brush
Trash
Trash in sliver
Trash in sliver
Trash in sliver
Trash in sliver
Low air suction
Choke under lickerin
Incorrect settings (gauges and speeds)
Insufficient trash extraction at the lickerin
Correct central air suction
Clean out choke. Make sure there are no chokes in the piping
and that the central air suction is correct before starting the
card.
Check all settings and adjust when necessary
Modify/ Adjust lickerin setting; increase lickerin speed; check/
replace mote knives if required
Sliver or web problems
Yarn strength
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Trash in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Trash and/or neps in sliver
Dull or damaged lickerin wire
Wear of tops
Wear of the cylnder wire
Too small amount of flat strip
Uneven gauge between tops and cylinder
Tops set too wide from the cylinder
Uneven or incorrect fitting back or front sheet
Wear of underlickerin knife(s), or of knives in the fixed flat sys-
tems
Underlickerin knife(s) are not correctly set
Setting of the wings (under the lickerin) are too narrow
Stationary flat knife(s) are not correctly set
Stationary flats are worn, dull wires
Replace lickerin
Sharpen tops or replace
Sharpen cylinder wire or replace
Adjust settings tops
Adjust settings tops
Reduce setting tops to cylinder
Adjust back and/or front sheet and settings
Change the worn knive(s)
Set the underlickerin knive(s)
Open the wings
Check the settings of the knives ( at lickerin, back and front sta-
tionary flats) and adjust if necessary
Replace stationary flats
Symptom Cause Remedy/Action
Loss in yarn strength
Loss in yarn strength
Loss in yarn strength
Loss in yarn strength
Loss in yarn strength
Loss in yarn strength
Crush roller pressure is too high
Excessive lickerin speed
Incorrect type of lickerin wire
Insufficient flat strip
Insufficient trash and waste removed at lickerin
Feed plate to lickerin setting too close resulting in broken fibres
Reduce the pressure according to the guidelines of the card
manufacturer
Reduce lickerin speed
Replace lickerin wire with appropriate type of wire depending
on fibre characteristics
Verify settings tops to cylinders, verify screen setting. Adjust
settings. Increase speed of revolving flats.
Verify all settings in the lickerin area and adjust to increase
trash removal
Increase the setting of the feed plate to the lickerin according
to the fibre length and the recommendations of the card manu-
facturer
Trash
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Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
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Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
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Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
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Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
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Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
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Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
35
Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
36
Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
37
Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
38
Card clothing specifications and maintenance
Card make and model:
Production rate (kg/h):
Yarn count:
Fibres:
Sliver count:
1. Feed roller
Clothing specification Card number: Maintenance information
2. Lickerin (single or triple lickerin cards)
3. Carding segments (lickerin)
4. Fixed flats rear
5. Cylinder
6. Revolving flats (tops)
7. Flat cleaning rollers
8. Flat cleaning rollers
9. Front stationary flats
10. Doffer
11. Cleaning roller
12. Stripping roller
39
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