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The development of new spinning Systems has been the
pre-occupation of textile machinery makers for hundreds
of years, primarily
processing equipment
as a result of a continuing demand for
capable of producing
higher Speeds and lower production costs.
yarns at
1 Spinningwheel
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possible, because end product requirements frequently short staple fibres, such as cotton and Polyester, but
demand a yarn which tan only be produced by certain in suitable form, ring spinning tan of course also be
spinning Systems. Selection is therefore a user function applied to the spinning of longer staples using the
dominated by fibre type, fibre length and yarn count woollen, worsted or semi-worsted spinning Systems.
considerations. Alternatives are depicted graphically But, besides the tendency to use reduced ring diame-
in figure 2 in which each major division is further ters with automated high Speed winding machines,
subdivided to help in the analysis. examples have recently been quoted of even higher
production rates possible through the use of rotating
2. 2. System GroupinJs rings, allowing it is claimed, as much as 10 - 15 O/o
Next it is necessary to marry these user requirements increase in short staple spinning Speeds.
to the different Systems available, based on their Other evident trends are:
Parameters and capabilities, so that a means is avail- Longer machines (up to 1000 spindles possibly
able for selecting the most suitable System to satisfy with smaller gauges) allowing lower costs per spin-
a ‘given set of conditions. dle, not so much of the basic machine, but of the
Principle System groupings are shown in figure 3 which relatively high tost of automation features (such as
for the purpose of this analysis have been limited to automatic piecing and doffing) as well as pro-
four major headings: ring spinning, open end Systems, grammed spindle Speeds.
self twist producing and lastly twistless spinning Lubrication of the balloon control area particularly
Systems. No Claim is made for completeness as conti- for man-made fibres to avoid yarn darnage often
nuing developments and compounding of Systems the direct result of higher Speeds.
makes the number of possibilities endless.
All the above are relatively recent improvements
which confirms that development of the ring frame
is not yet completely dead.
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cially have not yet reached the technological limit. fibres are fed into a swirling air current rotating in a
However, as this is approached better utilisation of static plane, that is, without axial velocity. All fibres
the fibre within the yarn must be achieved and this consequently end up in the yarn. Another interesting
requires still better fibre control after opening right feature of this process is that, the finer yarn spun,
up to the Point where the fibres are deposited in the the fewer the fibres in the fibre ring, and the faster
rotor. the fibre ring rotates. Consequently there is not the
same fall off in yarn delivery rate with finer yarns,
as is the case with so many spinning Systems. In vortex
spinning yarn delivery rate is more dependent on fibre
type than on count of yarn spun. For example, typical
yarn delivery Speeds for 30 - 25 tex (Nm 40 - 33/Ne
24 - 20) yarns lie between 150 - 120 m’min. and
while these Speeds are higher than tan be obtained
Fibre ring
in stationary
air vortex,
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3. 3. 2. REPCO Selfil
If instead o.f a second Strand, drafted fibre is combined,
in a phased relationship with two fine denier filaments,
to result in a wrapped fibre, a Single yarn is formeti
with sufficient strength for further processing (Fig. 8).
This is known as a Selfil yarn which has found appli-
cation in hosiery, such as the sock and stocking sector
Perforated cylinders
where there is a requirement for a reinforced yarn.
But also such yarns have been applied in the produc-
tion of fine fully fashioned knit-wear, as for instance
one using a 13,3 tex (Nm 75iNe 45) yarn spun from an
80s quality wool, with a wrapper of Polyester filament.
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Suction Tuet ion
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From an economic Point of view referring to figure 14, ning process, being 16,32 pikg or 66 ” o of total capital
showing the breakdown of total conversion costs of a costs.
24,7 tex (Nm 42iNe 24) cotton rotor spun yarn, taken For this reason it is in the development of spinning
to be representative of current situations, it will be and not preparation processes that further develop-
seen that after the major item of 86,ll pikg for raw ment effort should and tan be expected, but whether
material costs (assumed to be fixed), the next biggest the hoped for tost reductions tan be achieved by
further improvements to existing spinning Systems or
whether more reliance must be placed on new tech-
(Total 24 SdKg) niques, is the real question to be answered.
16.3 Spinning machinas
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References Chisholm
Building &services 3.7 1) W. Jablonski - New yarn making techniques their de-
velopment and application
1.0 Dpening machinas Conference: Lodz. 15- 1’7 May, 19’78 ,,Theory and Prac-
tice of New Spinning Techniques“ (Pp 22 - 32)
?‘ig. 15: Breakdolen oi capital costs (Ne 24s Rotor spun
m-n) 2) Dr. Ing. Ryszard Jozwicki - Spinnmaschine, Modell PF 1
für das Lufwirbelspinnverfahren
Textiltechnik 1978 - 11 (Pp 685 - 687)
is 11.19 p/kg for capital costs. It is through a reduction 3) Dr. H. Stalder - Neuartige Spinnverfahren
in the latter costs therefore that perhaps the greatest Textil Praxis Int. 1976 - 7 (Pp 747 - 751)
impact on reducing today’s conversion costs tan be 4) P. Lennox - Kerr - Coverspun: first major advance
since Ambler‘s Superdraft?
achieved. Wo01 Record 1979-2 (Pp 55-57)
Reference to figure 15 will show that the highest 5) Offenlegungsschrift: DE 27 22 319
capital and depreciation costs still relate to the spin- (Fasciated Yarns)
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