Description Overview Octir Industries S.P.A. Turbocard Model TC/1 card Year 1997 Delivery with 1 sliver 60 inches wide Used for the production of very even slivers for open end spinning, friction spinning and pile fabrics, and for the production of webs for medical use Standard working width of 1520 mm Specifications 15-foot extended apron feed condenser and reserve 2-cylinder feed that feeds the card Can changer that takes cans 26 inches diameter x 40 inches high Holds 3 cans with automatic doff With control panel Sliver speed 80 to 300 m/min depending on products Configuration Automatic volumetric chute feed or automatic gravimetric hopper feeder Entry section with feed roll and shell plate or with feed roller pairs depending on fibre length Carding swifts with worker/stripper pairs or fixed and self-cleaning carding sectors Cleaning and blending rollers with or without worker/stripper pairs Delivery section designed for single sliver (from 10 up to 18 gr/m) Can coilers of different dimensions with automatic can change Different configurations: single card with one carding swift, or double card with two carding swifts Raw Materials New and reclaimed synthetic fibres from micro denier up to 3 den, length from 20 mm up to max 60 to 70 mm Wastes and reclaimed cotton fibers in blend with reclaimed new synthetic fibers Raw material must be conveniently beaten, opened and sprayed with antistatic before processing Condition Turbocard opens, cleans, blends and parallelizes short and medium length fibres, new and/or regenerated