Studies on Carding Force between Cylinder and Flats in a Card: Part III-Carding Parameters, Sliver Quality and Carding Force

Changes in the carding parameters leading to an increase in the load on the operational layer of the cylinder are detrimental to the quality of carded sliver with regard to neps and regularity. The ratio between the mean carding force and the load on the operational layer of the cylinder or the mean carding force/unit load of fibre on the operational layer is a reliable index of the carding quality. Increase in carding force/unit load decreases both the nep content and the Uster U% of the iver.