internal front faces 24 a 25 a of shaft journals 24 25 essentially end with the internal front face 20 a or 21 a of hubs 20 21 the outer front faces 24 b 25 b extend past the side surfaces of the cylinder 4 toward the outside the outer ends of the shaft journals 24 25 are positioned in locally fixed bearings 26 and or 27 that are attached to machine walls 28 29 the main carding cylinder 4 has a circumferential speed of for example 40 m sec in contrast to known cylinders which are provided with a single continuous drive shaft the invention provides two short shaft journals 24 25 that are in this example glued in place the glued connection supports the torque the axial fastening and the bending moments resulting in a clear weight reduction for the cylinder 4 the glued connection is characterized in that a completely finished cylinder journal 24 25 is glued in place the cylinder bearings 26 27 and the housing machine walls 28 29 can thus be pre assembled before the respective journals 24 25 are glued in place the glued connection preferably is created with an anaerobic hardening single component adhesive since in this example the connection is exclusively a glued connection it has essentially no play following the hardening process as a result no material stresses are.