Combing

Combing aligns fibers in parallel before spinning to produce a smoother, stronger, and more lustrous yarn.Combing separates out short fibres by means of a rotating ring or rectilinear row of steel pins.When combing wool, the discarded short fibres are called noils, and are ground up into shoddy.The worsted system is defined by the removal of short fibres by combing and top preparation by gilling.To allow spinning to take place additional gilling is required to introduce fibre end irregularity (Sokolov 1994).Combing is then followed by two Gillings to remove irregularity in the sliver and randomize fibre ends.Although the Heilman and Noble comb was an original circular design (also developed in min and 18–19th-century England) as it happens in modern history, English mills didn't share technology – resulting in the development of superior technology on continental Europe in the mid-19th century, as in France.[3] Efforts were made by Bradford to study the mechanism of noble combing but they failed to produce tangible results.
Noble comber in Bradford
French Comb PB31L for worsted system
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