Carding calculations

• Length of sliver produced by a card = length of lap fed x draft in card

Where C = Cleaning efficiency Index, N = Nep Index, L = Length

Index, E = Evenness Index
 Waste Calculations

Total waste in a card = Licker-in waste + fan waste + cylinder and doffer fly + flat waste

Standard nep count in a card = 0.2 x (neps/board x hank of card x card width in cm)
 Table showing Standard waste (%) in cards

Mixing Types of Licker-in Flat strips Others Total

Cards droppings
20s-40s SHP 1.5 2.5 0.5 4.5
HP 1.8 3 1.2 6
SHP 2 3.5 1.5 7.0
50s to SHP 1.2 2.3 0.5 4
100s HP 1.5 2.8 1.2 5.5
SHP 1.8 3 1.2 6.0
Technical Specifications of a high production card

Maximum fibre length Up to 60 mm- cotton, synthetic

fibres and blends
Maximum Mechanical 100 kg/h
production
Batt weight at inlet 300 g/m to 1000 g/m
Delivery sliver count 3.3 to 15 g/m or 0.04 to 0.18 ne
Total draft 57 to 304
Delivery draft 1 to 1.5
Total Waste From 2 to 6%
Working width 1016 mm or 40”
Feed roller diameter 80 mm
Licker in diameter 350 mm clothed
Licker in speed 348 to 1393 rpm
Bottom cylinder diameter 256 mm
Carding cylinder speed 14.5 to 29 rpm
Carding cylinder diameter 300-600 rpm
No. Of working flats 38
Total flats 100
Stationary flats at inlet 2; optional 5
Stationary flats at delivery 3; optional 5+ husk knife or
6
Doffer diameter 760 m 7 to 79 rpmm,
Doffer speed 7 to 79 rpm
Web detaching cylinder Diameter 90 mm, speed 72-
793 rpm
Delivery draft group 2 over 2
Draft roller diameter 40 mm
Main motor 4 kW
Inlet and delivery drive 3kW
motor
Flats drive motor 0.185 kW
Brush drive motor 0.185 kW
Auto leveller drive motor 0.36 kW

Suction fan motor 2.2 kW

Gearing calculations in carding
 Condition of doffer comb Oscillations
• The strokes that doffer comb makes, can be calculated so that
comb box speed is just sufficient to strip the doffer.
• If Doffer speed is ‘N’ rpm and doffer diameter ‘D’ inches, then
doffer surface to be stripped per minute = ∏ DN inches
• If stroke of the comb is ‘X’ inches and only “F’ percentage of
stroke is useful, then per stroke the comb will be of X.F/100 inch.
• In addition to downward stroke, comb also moves a little
distance away from doffer at the end of the stroke so if distance
‘Y inch, then ‘Y’ inch of web will be peeled of extra.
• Therefore, total length = (X.F/100) + y
• The required strokes of comb box =
• If the hank fed is