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carding machineMachine for carding textile fibres. In the 18th century, hand carding was laborious and constituted a bottleneck in the newly mechanized production of textiles. Several inventors worked to develop machines to perform the task, notably John Kay, Oliver Evans, Lewis Paul, R. Arkwright, and Johann Bodmer. carding machine [′kärd·iŋ mə′shēn] (textiles) A machine for disentangling fibers before they are spun. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The modern combing machine is a specialized carding machine. The modern combing machine is a specialized carding machine. Germany has received an order to supply new multiple motor drives for a paper machine and a carding machine from Sappi Austria Produktions-GmbH & Co. |
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