TWIN CARD

摘要

A twin card having a first carding unit (101) arranged to receive material from a fibrous feedstock material supply means (103, 104, 105) and which delivers partly carded material to a second carding unit (102) via a doffer (109) of the first carding unit and a taker-in (111) of the second carding unit, in which: (a) the first and second carding units (101, 102) are relatively movable between an operative position in which they can co-operate with one another to carry out successive carding operations, and an inoperative position in which an access gap is defined between the units to allow maintenance/cleaning operations to be carried out; and, (b) the transfer means to transfer partly carded fibres from a first carding cylinder (107) of the first carding unit (101) to a second carding cylinder (110) of the second carding unit (102) is constituted by the doffer (109) and the second taker-in (111), thereby excluding a usual train of transfer rollers between the two units (101, 102).