103 (#155) ############################################ CARDING AND CONDENSING per oz. made from brown cotton material cost 20/- per 240 lb. on willey room floor. Machines were 4 swift scribbler, 2 swift carder 72" wide ; on low stuff keep 2 mules going off one condenser. Weft 160 yds. per oz. did 60 warterns (360 lb.) in 10 hours. Best sets of machines-Scribbler and condenser 6 swifts per set. * West of England sets of machines- Scribbler, Intermediate and Condenser-3 swifts per set. The following are notes from a lecture recently delivered by Mr. S. Smith (a representative of Messrs. Samuel Law and Sons, Cleckheaton) : In certain classes of woollen work, slightly easy pricking of the wire is useful for fancies. Centrifugal force, over- coming the air friction, causes the fancy teeth to straighten out and softly enter the swift clothing but vigorously to brush up the wool on the swift when the teeth leave the deepest point and the function of raising begins. There are times when the angle stripper should be con- sidered in conjunction with the fancy. It is interesting to note how various settings of the angle stripper to the swift affect the work of the fancy, both in woollen and worsted carding. Tummers on woollen carders are important. They should have the sharpest possible point and be set as close as possible to licker-in and swift, without touching. On single part carders especially, the character of the slubbing is affected in no small measure by the condition and setting of this roller. They should be kept smooth, perfectly true and level across. On many classes of work, too keen a point causes the material to be more difficult to strip from the Tape Doffer where a comb is the stripping agent; and in many instances has a detrimental effect on the sliver even where the doffer is stripped by a stripper. To ensure first class work of fine skeins from a tape condenser, the clothing of swift, doffer, fancy and stripper should receive careful consideration. Incorrect bend of wire on any one roller may cause much trouble. Harmonizing of the bend, along with the carder's attention to degree of * Probably due to the necessity for carding to open out partially disintegrated threads, etc. 103
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