Carding

CARDING

In Spinning, it is a process of separating individual fibers.  carding process is used to lay the fibers in  parallel direction and removing most of the remaining impurities from Blow room making cleaning and uniforming as a function of carding.  Cotton, wool, waste silk and man-made staple are subjected to carding. Carding produces a thin sheet of uniform thickness that is then condensed to form a thick, continuous, untwisted strand called SLIVER. When very fine yarns are desired, carding is followed by COMBING, a process that removes short fibers, leaving a sliver composed entirely of long fibers, all laid parallel and smoother and more lustrous than uncombed types. Carded and combed sliver is then spun.