It’s been a while since we featured a study about new flat clothing. Here’s one:
“Effect of Specifications of Pin Arrangement of New Flat Clothing“, ZHANG Guan-sheng,ZHAI Ying-wen , Textile Accessories, January 2004. The authors, at Shanxi Jinxing Textile Accessories Corporation,Yangquan, China, explain:
“Introduction is done to the new flat top pins with increasing density on the pin arrangement of card clothings, description is done that the new falt top pins are more helpful in fiber carding process.The new flat top pins can increase carding process and decrease the fiber damage,as a result of the quality of cotton sliver.”