Three components were used in manual combing: the hand and two combs. The hand acts as a gripping means while the combs process the head and the tail of the tuft.
Mechanical combing is carried using linear combing machines which reproduce the actions of hand combing; the comb is still the combing means while the hand of the "combing roller" is replaced by different gripping means.
Linear combing machines work first the head and then the tail of the fibre tufts and include:
* a nipper,
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