Metallic wire for flat card

The application for metallic card clothing onto spinning carding machines has no limits and is used in the production of low, medium and high quality yarns.

Since there are numerous solutions available for flat cotton cards we always ask our customers for the following information in order to accurately determine the type of card clothing to use:

material to be processed;
microns;
type and staple length in mm of fibers;
deniers.

And technical data concerning the machinery:

type of machine and brand name;
working width;
diameter of rollers;
production in kilos per hour;
speed of cylinder/doffer;
number of flat tops.

Once supplied with this information we can suggest the best combination of metallic wire for any type of fibers to be processed, thanks to the research and experience we have acquired in carding over the years.

Card clothing specifications

1 FEED ROLLER
2 LICKERIN (SINGLE OR TRIPLE LICKERIN CARDS)
3 LICKERIN SEGMENTS
4 PRE-CARDING ABOVE LICKERIN
5 CYLINDER
6 REVOLVING FLAT TOPS
7 FLAT CLEANING ROLLERS
8 FLAT CLEANING ROLLERS
9 FRONT CARDING ABOVE DOFFER
10 DOFFER
11 CLEANING ROLLER
12 STRIPPING ROLLER

Cylinder wire selection

CODE	TECHNICAL SPECS	PPSI
CYL 1080	0.4 x 2.0 x 30°/35°	1080
CYL 960	0.4 x 2.0 x 30°/40°	960
CYL 860	0.5 x 2.0 x 30°	860
CYL 860	0.5 x 2.5 x 25°/30°	860
CYL 720	0.6 x 2.0 x 20°/30°	720
CYL 720	0.6 x 2.5 x 20°/30°	720
CYL 620	0.7 x 2.5 x 15°/30°	620
CYL 620	0.8 x 2.8 x 15°/25°	620
CYL 540	0.8 x 2.5 x 15°	540
CYL 540	0.8 x 2.8 x 15°	540
CYL 440	0.8 x 2.8 x 15°	440
CYL 400	0.9 x 3.2 x 15°	400

All cylinders are available with special steel alloy “LL” Long Life for high production cards.

Universal doffer wire selection

CODE	TECHNICAL SPECS	PPSI
DOF 340	0.9 x 4.0 x 25°/30°	340
DOF 360	0.9 x 4.0 x 25°/30°	360
DOF 385	0.9 x 4.0 x 25°/30°	385
DOF 400	0.9 x 4.0 x 25°/30°	400
DOF 350	0.9 x 5.0 x 25°/30°	350

All doffers are available as Striaton (R) and Banana Shape (BAN).

REGULAR

BAN

R-BAN

Lickerin wire selection

CODE	ANGLE	H 5.5 x PPI
LK	10°/5°	4 to 5.5
LK	0°/-5°	4 to 5.5

Standard grooved lickerin.
Wire base to be confirmed and checked.
Rib thickness available from 1.0 to 1.4 mm.

Interlocking lickerin wire selection

CODE	ANGLE	H 5.0 x PPSI
V 8	10°	44
V 8	5°	35 to 44
V 8	0°	24 to 35
V 12	10°	60 to 90
V 12	5°	60 to 90
V 16	20°	160 to 210
V 20	20°	210 to 240

Revolving flat tops

type A

type B

CODE	TYPE	PPSI	USE
FT 270	B – FLAT WIRE 80°	270	POLYESTER FIBERS > 3.0 DTEX
FT 330	B – FLAT WIRE 80°	330	POLYESTER FIBERS 1.0 to 3.0 DTEX
FT 350	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	350	POLYESTER / BLENDS
FT 380	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	380	POLYESTER / BLENDS
FT 400	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	400	OE / POLYESTER / BLENDS
FT 420	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	420	OE / RING SPUN
FT 450	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	450	OE / RING SPUN / COMBED
FT 480	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	480	RING SPUN / COMBED
FT 500	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	500	COMBED COTTON
FT 520	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	520	COMBED COTTON

flat tops available with progressive setting (PRG)

CODE	TYPE	PPSI	USE
FT 33/44 prg	A – BICONVEX WIRE 72°	330-440	BLENDS / OE / RING SPUN
FT 38/52 prg	A – BICONVEX WIRE 72°	380-520	OE / RING SPUN / COMBED
FT 38/55 prg	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	380-550	RING SPUN / COMBED COTTON
FT 42/60 prg	A – BICONVEX WIRE 75°	430-600	FINE COMBED COTTON

Stationary flat wire

type A

SCREW TYPE h 11 mm

type B

SCREW TYPE h 16.8 mm

type C

CLIPSED TYPE h 7.0 mm

type D

UNDER LICKERIN h 7.5 mm

CODE	TYPE	PPSI	POSITION
FFT 65	D	65	LICKERIN SEGMENT
FFT 85	D	85	LICKERIN SEGMENT
FFT 100	A/B/C	100	PRE-CARDING ABOVE LICKERIN
FFT 150	A/B/C	150	PRE-CARDING ABOVE LICKERIN
FFT 250	A/B/C	250	PRE-CARDING ABOVE LICKERIN
FFT 350	A/B/C	350	PRE-CARDING ABOVE LICKERIN
FFT 250	A/B/C	250	FRONT CARDING ABOVE DOFFER
FFT 350	A/B/C	350	FRONT CARDING ABOVE DOFFER
FFT 450	A/B/C	450	FRONT CARDING ABOVE DOFFER
FFT 550	A/B/C	550	FRONT CARDING ABOVE DOFFER
FFT 650	A/B/C	650	FRONT CARDING ABOVE DOFFER

Metallic wire selection

cotton

P < 15 Kg/h	open end	ring spun	combed
cylinder	cyl 720	cyl 720	cyl 860
doffer	dof 360 b	dof 360 b	dof 385 b
lickerin	lk 10° – v8 10°	lk 10° – v8 10°	lk 10° – v8 10°
flat tops	ft 400 – ft 420	ft 420 – ft 450	ft 450 – ft 38/52 prg

15 < p < 40 kg/h	open end	ring spun	combed
cylinder	cyl 720/860	cyl 720/860	cyl 960
doffer	dof 360 b	dof 360 b	dof 360 b/385 b
lickerin	lk 10° – v8 10°	lk 10° – v8 10°	lk 10° – v8 10°
flat tops	ft 420 – ft 33/44 prg	ft 33/44 – ft 38/52 prg	ft 38/52 prg

p > 40 kg/h	open end	ring spun	combed
cylinder	cyl 860/960	cyl 860/960	cyl 960/1080
doffer	dof 360 b	dof 360 b/385 b	dof 385 b/400 b
lickerin	lk 10° – v8 – v12 – v16	lk 10° – v8 – v12 – v16	lk 10° – v8 – v12 – v16
flat tops	ft 450 – ft 38/55 prg	ft 480 – ft 38/52 prg	ft 38/52 prg – ft 38/55 prg

synthetic fibers

1.0 < dtex < 1.8	p < 15 kg/h	15 < p < 40 kg/h	p > 40 kg/h
cylinder	cyl 620	cyl 720	cyl 860
doffer	dof 340 R:B	dof 360 R:B	dof 360 R:B
lickerin	lk 5° – v8 – V12	lk 5° – v8 – V12	lk 5° – v8 – V12
flat tops	ft 330	ft 350	ft 380

dtex > 1.8	p < 15 kg/h	15 < p < 40 kg/h	p > 40 kg/h
cylinder	cyl 400	cyl 440	cyl 540
doffer	dof 340 R:B	dof 340 R:B	dof 360 R:B
lickerin	lk 0° – v8 0°	lk0° – v8 0°	lk 0° – v8 0°
flat tops	ft 270	ft 270 – ft 330	ft 330

blends

	p < 15 kg/h	15 < p < 40 kg/h	p > 40 kg/h
cylinder	cyl 720	cyl 720	cyl 860
doffer	dof 340 R:B	dof 360 R:B	dof 360 R:B
lickerin	lk 5° – v8 5°	lk 5° – v8 5°	lk 5° – v8 5°
flat tops	ft 350 – ft 380	ft 380 – ft 400	ft 400 – ft 33/44 prg