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AUTOCONER - SPLICING TECHNOLOGY

A high degree of yarn quality is impossible
through knot, as the knot itself is objectionable
due to its physical dimension, appearance and
problems during downstream processes.
The knots are responsible for 30 to 60% of
stoppages in weaving.
Splicing is the ultimate methodto eliminate
yarn faults and problems of knots and piecing.
It is universally acceptable and functionally
reliable.

 This is in spite of the fact that the tensile

strength of the yarn with knot is superior to
that of yarn with splice.
Splicing is techniques of joining two yarn
ends by inter mingling the constituent
fibers so that the joint is not significantly
different in appearance and mechanical
properties with respect to the parent yarn.
The effectiveness of splicing is primarily
dependent on the tensile strength and
physical appearance.

Splicing satisfiesthe demand for knot free yarn

joining:
no thickening of the thread or only slight
increase in its normal diameter
no great mass variation
visibly unobjectionable
no mechanical obstruction
high breaking strength close to that of the basic
yarn under both static and dynamic loading
almost equal elasticity in the joint and basic
yarn.

 In addition, splicing enables a higher

degree of yarn clearing to be obtained on
the electronic yarn clearer.
Splicing technology has grown so rapidly
in the recent past that automatic knotters
on modern high speed winding machine
are a thing of the past.

DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR SPLICING

Electrostatic splicing
Mechanical splicing
Pneumatic splicing
Among them, pneumatic splicing is the most
popular.
Other methods have inherent drawbacks like
limited fields of application, high cost of
manufacturing, maintenance and operations,
improper structure and properties of yarn
produced.

PNEUMATIC SPLICING
PRINCIPLE:
The splicing consists of untwisting and later retwisting two yarn ends using air blast, i.e., first
the yarn is opened, the fibers intermingled and
later twisted in the same direction as that of the
parent yarn.
Splicing proceeds in two stages with two
different air blasts of different intensity.
The first air blast untwists and causes
opening of the free ends.
The untwisted fibers are then
intermingled and twisted in the same direction
as that of parent yarn by another air blast.

Twisting
The two yarn ends comprising the splice
are twisted around the body of the yarn,
each yarn strand twists on the body of the
yarn on either side of the middle of the
splice.
The cross-section of this region distinctly
shows the fibers of the two yarn strands
separately without any intermingling of the
fibers.

Tucking / Intermingling
The middle portion of the splice is a region
(2-5 mm) with no distinct order.
The fibers from each yarn end intermingle
in this splice zone just by tucking.
The studies on quantitative contribution
of splice elements showed that
intermingling/tucking contributes the most
to the strength of splice (52%), followed by
twisting (33%) and wrapping (about 15%).

 The lower strength of the splice is

attributed to the lower packing coefficient
of the splice zone
Spliced yarn has a lower breaking
elongation than normal yarn.
Breaking elongation is mainly affected by
intermingling.
Wrapping and twisting provides mainly
transverse forces.
The absence of fiber migration gives lower
breaking elongation to splice.

Universal Splicing Procedure

The Autoconer splicing process consists of the
partial processes:
Positioning of the yarns
Sucking up of the yarn ends
Loosening and opening of the yarn ends
Pulling the yarn back into the prism
Intermingling and twist insertion

Splice achieving procedure

Step 1:
Suction arm (1) and suction pipe (2) transport the yarn ends to be spliced. The suction
pipe shutter (3) guides both,lower and upper yarn end.The suction pipe shutter (3)
pushes the upper end broughtdown by the suction arm (1) into the channel of the splicer
prism(4).

Step 2:
Yarn clamps (5 and6) close, separately clamping upper
andlower end.Opening valve releases compressed air for
yarn end opening.Both, shears (7 and 8) close.Feeder (9)
and lid (10) begin their motion, shifting to theright.

Step 3:
Shears (7) cut the lower end; shears (8) cut the upper end.The
cut-off surplus ends are evacuated through suction armand
suction pipe.Retainer tubes (11 and12) inhale upper and lower
end and open both yarn ends in preparation for splicing.The
feeder pulls the opened yarn ends out of their retainertubes(11
and 12).

Step 4:
The feeder has pulled the yarn ends completely out of theretainer tubes
(11 and 12), placing them next to each other with defined overlapping
into the splicing prism.The opening valve closes, shutting off the opening
air.The splicing valve releases compressed air to the prism. The air jet
whirls the two yarn ends together, forming a spliced yarn joint.

Step 5:
Lid, clamps, shears, and feeder release the readily
spliced yarn and return to neutralposition.

Step 6:
The winding unit starts. Feeder (9) and lid (10) have returned to neutral
position. The suction pipe shutter (3) alsoreleases the readily spliced yarn.

Step 7:
All control parts have returned to neutral
position.The clearer tests the spliced joint.

Pneumatic Splicing
The first generation of splicing systems operated
with just one stage without proceeding to
trimming.
The yarn ends were fed into the splicing chamber
and pieced together in one operation.
Short fibers, highly twisted and fine yarns could
not be joined satisfactorily with such method.
Latest methods of splicing process consist of two
operations.
During the first stage, the ends are untwisted, to
achieve a near parallel arrangement of fibers.
In a second operation the prepared ends are laid
and twisted together.

 The Standard splicer is the basic type of the

modular-design splicer, which hasbeen proving
its worth in textile mills for decades.
It can be used for all standard applications,
producing reproducible spliced joints of high
quality.
The spliced joints are convincing by theirhigh
strength values, very good visual appearance
and excellent processing properties.
Loosening and opening of the yarn ends and
splicing the yarn ends together is achieved by
atargeted air jet and entangling the fibers in an
air whirl.

Applications
Cotton
Cotton Blends
PET
CV
Cotton compact yarns

The standard splicers can be converted into

Thermo splicer
Injection-Splicer
Elasto splicer.
All these variants are based on the principle
of air splicing and their functionality is
adapted to suit the specific requirements of
the material to be spliced.

The Injection splicer with dosing valve

The use of the Injection splicer is recommended
for splicing single and plied yarns of vegetable
fibers, for example, coarse single and plied
cotton yarns, OE-rotor yarns, CO compact yarns
or yarns with astrongly marked inhomogeneous
structure or very high twist.
The standard pneumatic splicing processis
optimized in the addition of a small quantity of
water through an electro-magnetic dosing
valve, which intensifies the effect of the whirling
of the fiber ends.

Applications
Coarse CO yarns
Plied yarns
OE-rotor yarns
Linen yarns
Compact yarns

The Elasto splicer

The Elasto splicer is particularly useful for the splicing
of elastic Core yarns.
Its specific features, including special braking
elements, modified clamping and cutting lines and
optimized control software, ensure safe and smooth
processing of these springy yarns.
The Elasto splicer can also be combined with the
injection splicing facility.
Strength and visual appearance of the spliced joints
made with the Elasto splicer are of the excellent
quality.
Equally important is, that these spliced joints exhibit
a high resistance to the alternating stresses to which
they are subjected in weaving and that theymaintain
their characteristic elasticity for knitting.

Applications:
CO/EL
CV/EL
Other blends with elastane.

The Thermo splicer

The Thermo splicer is used for the splicing of
wool yarns and blends of these.
The pneumatic splicing process is optimized by
tuning the splicing air temperature to the
specific propertiesof the yarn spliced.
The localized application of heated splicing air
allows making optimal useof the thermoplastic
properties of the fibers.
The result is stable thermo-setting of
yarnstructure in the zone of the spliced joint
and, hence, significantly higher strength of the
splice.

Applications
WO
WO blends
Siro yarns
WO compact yarns
WO/EL

Specific performance criteria of the

Autoconer splicing process
Great flexibility in the textile application.
Exact reproducibility and outstanding
uniformity of the spliced joints.
High process stability.
Easy operation.

AUTOCONER - 338
Yarn splicing is one of the central functions
of the winding machine.
With the Autoconer 338, Schlafhorst is a
competent partner of ring spinners
worldwide in the mastery of the
complexities of the splicing technology.

 The Schlafhorst splicing system is

superior because it is of modular
design.
The basic splicing system can be
optimized at any time to adapt it to
the requirements of yarns with new,
different structures and
characteristics.

AUTOCONER - 338

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