Abstract
Different setting points of scutcher i.e. feed roller to krischner beater, krischner beater to stripping rail and grid bar gauges were changed and their effect on lap evenness, card sliver evenness, and card sliver neps was observed. It was noted that feed roller to krischner beater and krischner beater to stripping rail for evenness and all the setting points for sliver neps showed highly significant differences in the mean values for different settings. Key words: lap evenness, scutcher settings, sliver evenness