The Effect of Fiber Configuration in Feed on Comber Waste

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Abstract
The effect of the fiber configuration in the feed to the comber on the waste extracted has been investigated at different step-gauge settings and with different cottons. Experi ments have been conducted with normal combing and with combing without the top comb. With normal combing, the waste decreases with decreasing fiber disorder, and at a given fiber disorder it generally decreases with a reduction in the number of trailing hooks fed. However, with a high degree of fiber disorder in the feed. the waste tends to increase with a decrease in the number of trailing hooks fed to the comber. Without the top comb, the comber almost always extracts more waste when leading hooks predominate in the lap, irrespective of the fiber disorder. These results have been critically examined. and a hypothesis has been formulated with respect to the mechanism of waste removal at combers, to explain the observed facts.

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