Dressmaking 
 
 
is a separate machine, called a breaker. Usually there 
are three-first breaker, second breaker, and finisher. In 
general principle the breaker is the same as the worsted 
card, but there is a difference in detail. Usually burr 
guards are not necessary, as in the majority of cases the 
fibres have been passed through a separate machine called 
a burr-picker before coming to the woolen cards. There 
are generally more workers and strippers on the large 
cylinder of the breaker-from   six to nine of each. The 
fibre used for the woolen industry requires much more 
carding than for the worsted, as it is not combed but 
goes from the breakers directly to spinning. 
  (i) Feeding the Fibre.-There are two general methods 
of feeding the fibre from one breaker to another, the pur-' 
pose of each feed being to produce uniformity of product. 
  (a) Traverse feed. The web is drawn in the usual method 
from the large cylinder to the side and made into a con- 
tinuous sliver by a revolving tube and drawing-off rolls. 
From these rolls it is carried to a travelling apron placed 
at the back of the second breaker. 'Here lengths of this 
continuous sliver are so arranged on the bias, side by 
side, as to form a solid lap. This lap is carried forward by 
the apron and fed into the second breaker. 
  (b) Creel feed. The web is made into a sliver by the 
side drawing, as in the other machine, and then wound into 
a ball on a spool. Several of these balls are placed in a. 
creel, or frame, and fed side by side straight into a card. 
More manual labor is required for this method than for 
the other. 
  (ii) Removing the Fibre.-The method of removing the 
fibre from the final card, or finisher, differs somewhat 
from that used with the worsted card. In the finisher 
there are two ring doffers placed one above the other and 
working against the surface of the large cylinder. On these 
the clothing does not cover the entire surface, as in the 
worsted doffer, but is in narrow strips or rings around the 
cylinders. As these rings alternate on the two rolls, by 
working in conjunction, the full width of the web is re- 
moved. Each doffer delivers narrow strips or ribbons of 
 
 
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