SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS IN A RECTILINEAR COMBER
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- Feed rollers move the lap by 4-6.5 mm .
- Upper nipper plate is lowered and the fibers are nipped.
- Combing segment combs the fiber fringe and Carries away those fibers not held by nippers.
- Nippers open again and move towards the detaching rollers.
- Detaching rollers rotate backwards and bring back a part of the material
- The new fiber fringe is placed over the returned material
- Detaching rollers reverse the direction and draw the clamped fibers out of sheet
- The top comb thrusts its single row of needles into the fibe fringe
- Nipper assembly moves back. Top comb is withdrawn and new cycle begins. Combing segment is cleaned by the brush roller