ISO 26243:2007

Cards for staple fibres spinning - Vocabulary and principles of construction

ISO 26243:2007 specifies terms and definitions for the card with regard to spinning procedure for cotton and other staple fibres.

Cardeuse pour la filature des fibres discontinues — Terminologie, principes de construction

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 05-Dec-2007
• ICS: 01.040.59 - Textile and leather technology (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 59.120.10 - Spinning, twisting and texturing machines
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 72/SC 1 - Spinning preparatory, spinning, twisting and winding machinery and accessories
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 72/SC 1 - Spinning preparatory, spinning, twisting and winding machinery and accessories
• Current Stage: 9093 - International Standard confirmed
• Start Date: 24-Mar-2022
• Completion Date: 13-Dec-2025

Overview

ISO 26243:2007 - "Cards for staple fibres spinning - Vocabulary and principles of construction" is an international standard that defines the terms, definitions and basic construction principles for carding machines used in cotton and other staple fibres spinning. It standardizes vocabulary for components, width dimensions, sides and work-flow orientation of cards, and outlines construction variants and standard working widths to support consistent design, manufacture, operation and technical communication in the textile industry.

Key Topics

• Scope and purpose: Specifies terms and definitions relevant to carding in the spinning process for staple fibres.
• Core vocabulary: Clear definitions for essential elements such as card, flat card, cylinder (tambour), revolving flat, doffer, stripper roll, feed roll, opening roll, licker-in(s), transfer trunk, feed tray, webspeed, cross belt, and sliver funnel.
• Dimensions and orientation: Standardized width terms - clothing width, cylinder width, working width - and definition of sides (left/right, drive side) referenced to ISO 92.
• Component functions: Descriptions of feeding systems, pre-carding/post-carding zones, cleaning devices (flat strips roll, cleaning roll), and web doffing and sliver formation elements (press rolls, delivery roll).
• Principles of construction: Feeding variants (integrated feeding vs feeding with transfer), card configurations (one licker-in, three licker-ins), delivery systems (cross-belt, webspeed), and standard working widths of 1 000 mm and 1 500 mm.
• Measurement and air balance: Includes devices to measure web thickness and elements such as cylinder cover (bottom) to regulate air balance under the cylinder.

Applications

ISO 26243:2007 is practical for:

• Textile machinery manufacturers - to design and document carding machines with standardized terminology and construction options.
• Spinning mills and operators - for machine selection, safe operation, and process optimization in cotton and staple fibre spinning.
• Procurement and quality teams - to specify equipment requirements and ensure interoperability.
• Technical writers, trainers and educators - to create manuals, teaching materials and training programs using approved definitions (reproduction of terms permitted for educational/implementation use).
• Standards committees and regulators - for consistent referencing in regulations and technical specifications.

Related Standards (if applicable)

• ISO 92 - defines machine sides (left or right) and is cited as a normative reference in ISO 26243:2007.

Keywords: ISO 26243, cards for staple fibres spinning, carding, textile machinery, card components, cotton spinning, staple fibres, vocabulary, principles of construction.

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INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 26243
First edition
2007-12-15
Cards for staple fibres spinning —
Vocabulary and principles of
construction
Cardeuse pour la filature des fibres discontinues — Terminologie,
principes de construction
Reference number
©
ISO 2007
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ISO 26243 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 72, Textile machinery and accessories,
Subcommittee SC 1, Spinning preparatory, spinning, twisting and winding machinery and accessories.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 26243:2007(E)

Cards for staple fibres spinning — Vocabulary and principles of
construction
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies terms and definitions for the card with regard to spinning procedure for
cotton and other staple fibres.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 92, Textile machinery and accessories — Spinning machinery — Definition of sides (left or right)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
NOTE The descriptions with parenthesised numbers are dealt with separately under these numbers.
3.1 Basic terms
3.1.1
card
machine to open fibre tufts – up to the single fibre – to separate contamination, dust and short fibres, and to
produce a web that will be formed into the sliver
3.1.2
flat card
card that is characterized by movable flats above the cylinder (3.4.4)
3.2 Width dimensions
See Figure 1.
Dimensions in millimetres
Figure 1 — Width dimensions
3.2.1
clothing width
B
decisive width for calculating the clothing length, equivalent to the cylinder width W, less possible end plates
3.2.2
cylinder width
W
complete width of roll barrel, including possible end plates
3.2.3
working width
A
cover width of fibre material on the roll
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3.3 Definition of sides, dimensions
See Figure 2.
Key
1 feed area (rear)
2 delivery area (front)
b machine width (over casing)
l machine length (without deposit system)
R right side
L left side
Figure 2 — Definition of sides, dimensions
3.3.1
right side
R
side on the right, when looking against the fibre flow
See ISO 92.
3.3.2
left side
L
side on the left, when looking against the fibre flow
See ISO 92.
3.3.3
work flow direction
material flow
direction of fibre flow
3.3.4
drive side
side equipped with cylinder (3.4.4) drive
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