What is metal card clothing (saw-tooth wire)? Wire geometry, the 3 series & how to choose
Metal card clothing — metallic wire, saw-tooth wire — is the toothed steel strip wound onto carding cylinders and rollers: what each geometry parameter governs, how it differs from flexible and flat card clothing, how to pick between the nonwoven, cotton-spun and woolen series by fibre, and correct grinding and replacement practice.