Textile Handling Vessel
Cylindrical storage containers hold coiled continuous untwisted fiber strands produced during carding, hackling, and drafting operations. Textile mills utilize sliver cans to transport and store untwisted flax slivers between carding machines and roving frames. The equipment governs internal material transport, sliver protection, and machine feeding continuity.
Function stops when sliver is drawn into roving bobbins with imparted twist.
Mechanical Role
Molded plastic or fiberboard cylinders feature spring-loaded bottom plates that maintain constant top pressure as fiber sliver builds up or feeds out. In Chinese flax spinning plants, sliver cans receive hackled line flax or carded tow slivers directly from drawing frames, coiling the strand in uniform helical patterns to prevent tangling. Coiler heads deposit sliver cleanly into the container, protecting delicate untwisted fibers from airborne contamination, oil splatters, and structural tearing.
Operators wheel filled cans between drawing passes to feed secondary drafting heads or wet-spinning roving frames. Proper spring tension calibration ensures smooth sliver delivery without stretch defects or premature breakage during high-speed machine feeding.
Capacity Boundary
Storage containers do not apply drafting force or impart structural twist to stored fiber strands. Utilizing sliver cans manages material handling logistics without modifying physical fiber fineness or tensile properties. Overfilling containers causes compression damage and strand entanglement.