Carding is an age-old process that has changed so little that one of the carding machines bought by James Johnston in 1867 still worked satisfactorily until 1994, 127 years later. In the carding process, fibres are fed into a machine with fine wire rollers that separate, straighten, and align them. The fibres go through a two-step carding process, rotating midway to ensure uniformity. At the end, the fine webbing is cut into ribbons and condensed into twistless rovings. Discover more: https://bi

The carding machine works like a giant comb, straightening the fibres inpreparation for spinning. It converts a continuous web of fibres into individual ribbons known as rovings. One of our original carding machines from 1868 was still in use in 1993. | Johnstons of Elgin