Device and method for detecting lightweight waste in a carding machine
US6675441B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD01G15/825
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A carding machine includes clothed rolls for processing and carrying fiber material thereon; an arrangement for separating lightweight waste from the fiber material processed by the clothed rolls; a conduit for receiving the lightweight waste; an air stream generating arrangement for generating an air flow in the conduit for removing the lightweight waste; an adjusting device for varying a degree of carding intensity of the carding machine; and a detecting device for measuring quantities of the lightweight waste produced at a respective degree of carding intensity.
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