Flexible Card Clothing for Textile Machinery
Textile and clothing machine spare parts — what the part does, how to specify it, and the companies that supply it.
Card clothing is the working surface of the carding machine: thousands of hooked wire teeth set into a foundation, which open, clean and parallel the fibres that will become yarn. Flexible card clothing sets those teeth in a flexible cloth foundation of layered fabric and rubber, and it clothes the card's flats and some rollers, flexing to its mounting and presenting a resilient toothed surface to the fibre. It is a consumable precision product — tooth form, density and foundation quality decide carding quality — made by a small number of specialist firms.
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Flexible Card Clothing and How It Is Specified
The foundation is built up from woven plies bonded with rubber or resin, giving a cloth that can be cut, stretched and pinned or glued to the flat or roller while staying dimensionally stable in work. The wire is set in a pattern — points per unit area, tooth height, angle and knee form — chosen for the fibre (cotton, wool or synthetics), the machine and the roller or flat it clothes. James Holdsworth & Brothers Ltd of Mirfield, West Yorkshire — listed below — is the oldest privately owned manufacturer of card clothing in the world, producing a complete range of flexible and metallic card clothing for the textile and allied industries worldwide, as well as related machinery, and exporting to over 30 countries.
Holdsworth innovation includes the patented Holdsworth Sliver Ring, a unique product for card clothing.
Fitting, Grinding and Life
Flexible clothing is fitted under controlled tension so the toothed surface runs true, then ground and stripped-in before production. In service the teeth dull and hook damage accumulates from tramp metal and overfeeding; the surface is maintained with the grinding and cleaning equipment on the related pages of this section (grinders and metallic cleaning tools from the same maker), and re-clothing is due when grinding no longer restores a sharp, even point pattern. Specification follows the card maker and model, roller or flat dimensions, fibre type and the tooth pattern previously run — changing pattern changes the carding action, so mills change deliberately, with the maker's advice, rather than casually.
Companies Supplying Flexible Card Clothing
James Holdsworth & Brothers Ltd
James Holdsworth & Brothers Ltd is the oldest privately owned manufacturer of card clothing in the world. Based in Mirfield, West Yorkshire in the UK, it produces a complete range of flexible and metallic card clothing for the textile and allied industries worldwide, as well as related machinery, exporting to over 30 countries. Innovation is associated with the Holdsworth name — for example the Holdsworth Sliver Ring, a unique patented product for card clothing.
Supplies: Flexible Card Clothing · Metallic Card Clothing · Card Clothing Machinery
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Common Questions
What is flexible card clothing?
Card clothing whose wire teeth are set in a flexible multi-ply cloth and rubber foundation. It clothes carding machine flats and rollers, presenting the toothed surface that opens and cleans fibre.
How long does flexible card clothing last?
Life depends on fibre, throughput and maintenance. Regular grinding and cleaning extend it; re-clothing is due when grinding no longer restores a sharp, even tooth pattern.
Who makes flexible card clothing?
A few specialist makers. James Holdsworth & Brothers of Mirfield, UK — the oldest privately owned card clothing manufacturer in the world — produces a complete flexible and metallic range and exports to over 30 countries.