Main Cylinder & Flats
AssemblyThe carding zone proper: a large wire-clothed cylinder working against a slow chain of flats so fibres are split fibre-by-fibre, paralleled and freed of neps. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.
Bill of materials for Main Cylinder & Flats
7 top-level lines as of r23532| # | Item / sub-assembly | Part no. | Qty/assy | Ext. qty | Parts | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cylinder Shell | carding-machine-cylinder-body | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 2 | Card Clothing Wire | carding-machine-card-clothing | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 3 | Revolving Flat | carding-machine-flat | 110× | 110 | · | part |
| 4 | Flat Chain | carding-machine-flat-chain | 2× | 2 | · | part |
| 5 | Flat Clothing | carding-machine-flat-clothing | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 6 | Flat Stripper | carding-machine-flat-stripper | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 7 | Ball Bearing | ball-bearing | 4× | 4 | · | part |