The distances of the carding elements to each other are the most important settings at the card.
They significantly influence the carding and therefore the yarn quality. The setting is made on the standing, i.e. relatively cold machine. Up to now, dynamic changes during operation such as centrifugal forces or increases in temperature are not taken into consideration. In the process, they change the card settings during operation. The actual settings during carding have therefore been unknown so far. This has changed fundamentally with the Setting Optimiser T-Con.

The optimisation tool T-Con is a software pack­age integrated in the card control. It uses special sensors to obtain measured values, e.g. current temperatures or speeds of carding elements, and carries out a permanent analysis of the operating conditions. On the screen of the card control T-Con displays the current distances and recommends possible optimisations, depending on the fibres that are being processed at the time.

The flat distance can now be changed within seconds, e.g. via the Precision Flat Setting System PFS, even during production. T-Con determines and displays the new operating condition immediately. The setting of the fixed carding segments can also be optimised within minutes without measuring tools. To do so, only the T-Con Spacers – precise colour-coded distance elements – have to be replaced.