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Carding Machine

The document provides information about the carding machine process and components. It discusses: 1) The operating principle of carding machines which use a feed chute to form a batt of fibers that are combed through a licker-in and transferred to the main cylinder where impurities are removed. 2) Key components of carding machines including the main cylinder, flats, doffer and their functions in opening, transporting and condensing fibers. 3) Diagrams of carding machine cross-sections, paths and schematics to illustrate the fiber flow and components.

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Carding Machine

The document provides information about the carding machine process and components. It discusses: 1) The operating principle of carding machines which use a feed chute to form a batt of fibers that are combed through a licker-in and transferred to the main cylinder where impurities are removed. 2) Key components of carding machines including the main cylinder, flats, doffer and their functions in opening, transporting and condensing fibers. 3) Diagrams of carding machine cross-sections, paths and schematics to illustrate the fiber flow and components.

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Total Textile Process at a Glance

Carding Machine
Carding Machine
Operating Principle of carding machine

In modern installations, raw material is supplied via pipe ducting into the feed chute (of
different designs) (2) of the card. An evenly compressed batt of about 500 - 900 ktex is
formed in the chute. A transport roller (3) forwards this batt to the feed arrangement (4).

This consists of a feed roller and a feeder plate designed to push the sheet of fiber slowly
into the operating range of the licker-in (5) while maintaining optimal clamping.
The portion of the sheet projecting from the feed roller must be combed through and
opened into tufts by the licker-in. These tufts are passed over grid equipment (6) and
transferred to the main cylinder (8).

In moving past mote knives, grids, carding segments (6), etc., the material loses the
majority of its impurities. Suction ducts (7) carry away the waste. The tufts themselves
are carried along with the main cylinder and opened up into individual fibers between the
cylinder and the flats in the actual carding process.
The flats (10) comprise 80 - 116 individual carding bars combined into a belt
moving on an endless path. Nowadays some 30 - 46 (modern cards about 27) of the
flats are located in the carding position relative to the main cylinder; the rest are on
the return run.

During this return, a cleaning unit (11) strips fibers, neps and foreign matter from
the bars. Fixed carding bars (9) and (12) are designed to assist the operation of the
card. Grids or cover plates (13) enclose the underside of the main cylinder. After the
carding operation has been completed, the main cylinder carries along the fibers
that are loose and lie parallel without hooks.

However, in this condition the fibers do not form a transportable intermediate


product. An additional cylinder, the doffer (14), is required for this purpose. The
doffer combines the fibers into a web because of its substantially lower peripheral
speed relative to the main cylinder.

A stripping device (15) draws the web from the doffer. After calendar rolls (16)
have compressed the sliver to some extent, the coiler (18) deposits it in cans (17).
The working rollers, cylinder and flats are provided with clothing, which becomes
worn during fiber processing, and these parts must be reground at regular intervals.
Cross Section of Carding Machine
Cross Section of Carding Machine
Path Diagram of Carding Machine
Schematic Diagram of a Carding Machine
Licker-in

This is a cast roller with a diameter


usually of around 250 mm. Saw-tooth
clothing is applied to it. Beneath the
licker-in there is an enclosure of grid
elements or carding segments; above
it is a protective casing of sheet metal.
The purpose of the licker-in is to pluck
finely opened tufts out of the feed batt,
lead them over the dirt-eliminating
parts under the roller and then deliver
them to the main cylinder. In high-
performance cards, rotation speeds
are in the range of 800 - 2 000 rpm for
cotton and about 600 rpm for
synthetics.
Carding Bar
Cylinder
The cylinder is usually manufactured
from cast iron, but is now sometimes
made of steel. Most cylinders have
a diameter of 1 280 - 1 300 mm
(Rieter C 60 card 814 mm, speed up
to 900 rpm) and rotate at speeds
between 250 and 500 (to 600) rpm.
The roundness tolerance must be
maintained within extremely tight limits
the narrowest setting distance
(between the cylinder and the doffer)
is only about 0.1 mm. The cylinder is
generally supported in roller bearings.

Clothing configuration between main


cylinder and doffer
Flat
Doffer
The cylinder is followed by the doffer,
which is designed to take the individual
fibers from the cylinder and condense
them to a web. The doffer is mostly
formed as a cast iron (or steel) drum with
a diameter of about 600 - 707 mm.
(680 mm on Rieter machines) . It is fitted
with metallic clothing and runs at speeds
up to about 300 m/min.
Detaching Apparatus

Web detaching using detaching rollers and transverse belts


Machine Drive
A, main drive for the
cylinder, licker-in
and flats;
B, drive for the
infeed;
C, drive for the
delivery, i.e. doffer,
detaching rollers
and coiler;
D, drive for the
cleaning roller of the
detaching roller;
E, drive for the
cleaning roller of the
flats via the stripping
roller;
F, fan.
Layout of Rieter Carding machine
Layout of Rieter Carding machine
Layout of Trutzschlar Carding machine
Layout of Trutzschlar Carding machine
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