Arrangement of Combing Cylinders in a Combing Machine

Abstract

The invention relates to a combing machine having a plurality of combing heads (10), wherein each combing head (10) has a nipper assembly (18) with a pivotably mounted upper nipper plate (22) and a rotationally fixed lower nipper plate (20) and each has a combing cylinder (16) which is mounted in a rotationally fixed mount on a common shaft (12). A movement of the upper nipper plate (22) is controlled by a rotational angle position of the combing cylinder (16) by means of a control unit (29). Each combing cylinder (16) is provided on its circumference with a combing segment (38) and detaching segment (46), wherein a rotatably mounted detaching roller (48) can be advanced to the detaching segment (46). According to the invention, at least one combing cylinder (16a) is arranged on the common shaft (12) with an offset (14) relative to the other combing cylinders (16b, 16c) to reduce the mechanical load on the common shaft (12).

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