CARDING OF TENDER WOOL .2. EVALUATION OF THE MODEL

This is the second of two papers dealing with a new conceptual model o f fiber breakage in carding. Part II deals with the development of a c omputer simulation based on the theoretical model postulated in Part I . Some remaining fundamental unknowns are identified and left as opera tor choices at this stage of the model. The model shows good agreement between predicted and measured fiber length distributions. Not only w ill this model be useful as a predictive tool (predicting length distr ibutions from measured fiber properties), but we will also be able to investigate possible consequences of altering fiber properties and car ding parameters for the resultant carded fiber length distributions.