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 ( 16 a ) is arranged on the common shaft ( 12 ) with an offset ( 14 ) relative to the other combing cylinders ( 16 b, 16 c ) to reduce the mechanical load on the common shaft ( 12 ).

1 . A combing machine having a plurality of combing heads ( 10 ) each of which 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 ), wherein 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 ) and wherein each combing cylinder ( 16 ) is provided on its circumference with a combing segment ( 38 ) and detaching segment ( 46 ) and wherein a rotatably mounted detaching roller ( 48 ) can be advanced to the detaching segment ( 46 ), characterized in that to reduce a mechanical load on the common shaft, at least one combing cylinder ( 16   a ) is arranged on the common shaft ( 12 ) with an offset ( 14 ) relative to the other combing cylinders ( 16   b,    16   c ) of the common shaft ( 12 ). 
     
     
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