A carding machine
untangles, cleans and joins fibre to produce a continuous fibre web for further
processing. Carding is the second step in the process of spinning. Various
parts like flat, flat cleaning brush, cylinder, comb etc. help in achieving
this task. These clean, separate, and join the fibres from the raw material
converting them to silver.
Actions in a carding
machine:
The four actions occur in a carding machine:
- Combing
Action: Using combs to remove short fibres and impurities as well as
straightening and paralleling of long fibres is done in this process.
- Carding
Action: It occurs between cylinder and flat. It is also known as the point against
point action as the direction between the two rollers is different along
with different speed.
- Stripping
Action: As the name suggests, the fibres convert into the strip in this
step. Here the roller has the same direction, however with variable speed.
- Doffing
Action: The fibre after above three steps is transferred to a doffer from
cylinder making a condensed web for forming the silver.
The quality of silver depends on
the carding machine and its parts.
The machine’s capability of removing impurity and joining long fibres
determines its efficiency and vary from company to company. A.T.E. is one of the respected companies in the
field of textile machinery. A.T.E.
supplies carding machines manufactured
by Truetzschler India Private Limited. Established
in 1939, the A.T.E. Group is recognized as a leader in textile engineering in
India, providing end to end solutions to the textile industry.
Truetzschler’s three variants of carding machine include:
1.
TC 10: It is designed to meet the highest production
requirements. The machine can adapt to cotton quality within seconds, improve
the quality produced.
2.
Card TC 11: With Lowest operation costs, longest card,
lowest wastage quantities and best product quality, this machine is in great
demand from Indian textile manufacturers.
3.
Card TC 5-1 and TC 5-3: These machines come with a
production rate of 120 kg/hr and produce silver out of cotton and man-made
fibres. This machine has touchscreen interface for maintenance and operation.
