From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Combing
Combing
spun from fibre prepared with combs, instead the fibre
must be carded. Cotton is combed when it is to be used
for quality fabric with high thread counts.
In general, combing is done with fibres that are
longer, and carding with fibres of a shorter length.
Worsted yarns pass first through a gilling machine in-
stead of a carder, which starts the combing process, and
then through a comber. [3]
Machinery
In cotton manufacture, the Heilmann comber was su-
perseded by the Naismith comber. In worsted a Noble
comber was a common make.
Noble comber in Bradford
See also
Combing is a method for preparing carded fibre for spin- • Carding
ning. It separates out the short fibres by means of a rotat-
ing ring of steel pins. The fibres in the ’top’ it produces,
have been straightened and lie parallel to each other. References
When combing wool, the discarded short fibres are called [1] Dooley 1914, p. 40
noils, and are ground up into shoddy.[1] [2] Collier 1970, p. 68
[3] Collier 1970, p. 24
Description
The combs used have long metal teeth, and only barely Bibliography
resemble the comb used on hair. However, they are used • Collier, Ann M (1970), A Handbook of Textiles,
in a similar fashion with one comb holding the fibre Pergamon Press, pp. 258, ISBN 0 08 018057 4, 0 08
while the other is moved through, slowly transferring 018056 6
the fibre to the moving comb.[2] • Dooley, William H. (1914), Project Gutenberg Textiles
Combing the fibres removes the short fibres and (Project Gutenberg ed.), Boston, USA: D.C. Heath and
arranges the fibre in a flat bundle, with all the fibres Co., http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24077 Project
going the same direction. This preparation is commonly Gutenberg, retrieved 13 November 2011
used to spin a worsted yarn. Woollen yarns cannot be
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