摘要 |
A carding engine equipped with a series of movable flats (1), each flat being clothed with a plurality of carding elements (2) and having a downwardly facing supporting face (13) at each end of the flat. Each end of each flat is secured to a support member (5) lying below the supporting face, the support member including a support surface (18) engageable with a bend (16) of the carding engine. The flat (1) and support member (5) have been secured together so that the support member is spaced from the supporting face (13) e.g. by a shim (23, 24), such that the distance between the support surface (18) and the plane of the tips of the working carding elements (2) is equal, within a given tolerance, at both ends of all of the flats. |