Bulk The ability of a fibrous structure (e.g. yarn) to fill space. A bulky yarn has a softer handle than a lean yarn Carding A process carried out by a card (or carding machine). It involves opening clumps of wool, disentangling and mixing the fibres and the removal of vegetable matter as preparation for subsequent steps in yarn manufacture Clothing The metallic teeth covering the surface of card rollers Combing The straightening and parallelising of fibres and the removal short fibres and impurities Condenser The last section of a woollen card. It divides a broad thin web of fibres into narrow strips, which are then consolidated by rubbing into slubbings Coning Winding yarn onto a package (cone) Count (or linear density) The mass per unit length of a slubbing, yarn, sliver or top measured in – tex or kilotex Crossbred wool Coarse (or strong) wool, commonly used in carpets and generally coarser than around 32 microns. Often obtained from Romney sheep and breeds derived from this breed Doffer The final roller in a carding section which removes fibres from the swift and delivers them to the next stage Doublings The number of slivers or rovings fed into a machine for drafting into a single end Drafting (or drawing) Reduce the linear density of a sliver, top or roving, e.g. by the action of two pairs of rollers rotating at different speeds (roller drafting)
Bulk The ability of a fibrous structure (e.g. yarn) to fill space. A bulky yarn has a softer handle than a lean yarn Carding A process carried out by a card (or carding machine). It involves opening clumps of wool, disentangling and mixing the fibres and the removal of vegetable matter as preparation for subsequent steps in yarn manufacture Clothing The metallic teeth covering the surface of card rollers Combing The straightening and parallelising of fibres and the removal short fibres and impurities Condenser The last section of a woollen card. It divides a broad thin web of fibres into narrow strips, which are then consolidated by rubbing into slubbings Coning Winding yarn onto a package (cone) Count (or linear density) The mass per unit length of a slubbing, yarn, sliver or top – measured in tex or kilotex Crossbred wool Coarse (or strong) wool, commonly used in carpets and generally coarser than around 32 microns. Often obtained from Romney sheep and breeds derived from this breed Doffer The final roller in a carding section which removes fibres from the swift and delivers them to the next stage Doublings The number of slivers or rovings fed into a machine for drafting into a single end Drafting (or drawing) Reduce the linear density of a sliver, top or roving, e.g. by the action of two pairs of rollers rotating at different speeds (roller drafting)
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