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finisher card

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noun

  1. (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.


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This is a serious finisher card for an Orzhov deck, and I can’t think of too many situations where I wouldn’t like a copy in the deck. 

From Forbes

The conductor of a finisher card is made in two widths, so that half the width of the film enters one section and the other half enters the other section.

From Project Gutenberg

This special mechanism is termed a "Patent Push Bar Drawing Head," and the function which it performs will be described shortly; in the meantime it is sufficient to say that it is used only when the slivers from the finisher card require extra or special treatment.

From Project Gutenberg

A very desirable condition in connection with the combination of a finisher card and a draw-head is that the two distinct parts should work in unison.

From Project Gutenberg

The very fact of uniting 10 or 12 slivers at the feed of the finisher card mixes 10 or 12 distinct lengths into another new length, and, in addition, separates in some measure the fibres of each individual sliver.

From Project Gutenberg