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Mr. Zulfiqar
Despite this progress and many years of experience in spinning technology, it is still not possible to
produce a fault-free yarn straight off. Depending on the raw material and state of the machinery park,
there are about 20 to 100 events over a length of 100km yarn, which do not correspond to the desired
appearance of the yarn. This means, that the yarn exhibits a yarn faults every 1 to 5 km. these kinds of
yarn faults are places, which are too thick or too thin. Foreign fibers or dirty places in the yarn are also
counted as yarn faults
Yarn faults cause disruptions in the subsequent process stages, which affect production and quality.
Yarn faults, which get in the woven or knitted fabric, can only be removed at very high costs or not at all.
Therefore, the yarn processing industry demands a fault-free yarn from the yarn producer. The spinner
has to fulfill these demands; otherwise he could not sell the yarn covering his costs.
1- During the winding process from bobbin to cone, the yarn is completely monitored for yarn
faults with an electronic device , the yarn clearer
2- As soon as the yarn clearer detects a yarn fault, the yarn will be separated by the cutter. The
winding process is interrupted.
3- The yarn fault will be removed by the suction of the winding machine.
4- Ends, the upper yarn from the cone as well as the lower yarn from the bobbin, are going to be
combined again. The yarn joint is done by splicing with a splicing device or knotting with a
knotting device. The latter is only used very rarely for special yarns. A good splice should not be
realized by the human eye. Present yarn clearer also monitors the quality of the yarn joint.
5- The winding process continues up to the next fault or until there is no yarn on the bobbin
anymore
Uster Spectomatic
Uster Spectomatic was the first ever clearing device of the USTER Company. It was able to measure the
thickness of the running yarn only at that time. This yarn clearer was introduced 1st in1960. This yarn
clearing device was more like yarn monitoring device equipped with the USTER Knotter.
Uster Polymatic
This was the famous Yarn Clearer patent by USTER co. in 1990. It was a complete yarn clearing device
giving the option of all SLT monitoring.
Uster polymatic was the most successful yarn clearer device which was just made better by adding some
parameters. Otherwise the Modern USTER Quantum clearer is the basic Uster Polymatic.
One year after the introduction of USTER QUANTUM Clearer, uster technologies developed the software
“Computer Aided Yarn Clearing“CAY as an option to the USTER QUANTUM CLEARER installation. The
option is an easy-to-use tool to optimize the clearer limits for yarns which are not yet available in the
data bank
In USTER QUANTUM CLEARER, the conversion is carried out either with the sensor of the capacitive
measuring principle or with the sensor of the optical measuring principle. The sensor is part of the
The sensor must be able to monitor a yarn which runs with up to 120km/hr through the sensor and to
detect even very short faults. In order to achieve this, the yarn is measured every 2mm
The electrical measuring condenser (1) forms the sensor for the capacitive monitoring of the yarn mass.
This is done by two parallel metal plates, the electrodes. In the space in between (2), the two electrodes
build an electrical field when putting on an electrical alternating voltage (3). If a yarn (4) is electrical
signal, the yarn signal (5) is derived. The change n the capacitance depends, besides the mass of the yarn
and of the dielectric constant of the fiber material used, on the moisture content of the yarn.
With the capacitive measuring principle, the yarn signal corresponds to the yarn cross-section yarn
mass, respectively, which is located in the measuring field. Changes of the yarn mass cause a portional
change of the yarn signal.
The infrared light source (1) and the photocell (3) represent the sensor for the optical monitoring of the
yarn thickness. The infrared light is scattered by a diffuser (2) in the light field and reaches the photocell
(3). The photocell emits a tension, which is proportional to the amount of light. If a yarn (4) is brought in
the light field, parts of the light will be absorbed by the yarn. The amount of light, which hits the
photocell, is smaller. From this change, an electrical signal, the yarn signal (5) is deriver.
With the optical measuring principle the yarn signal corresponds to the diameter of the usually round
yarn, which is located inside the measuring field. Changes of the yarn diameter cause a proportional
change of the yarn signal
Now it is possible to mark the clearing limits directly and to evaluate the effect of the yarn clearing
immediately. Furthermore, the size corresponds to the disturbing faults of the textile industry of today.
Data which is collected with USTER QUANTUM EXPERT can be transmitted to further systems in order to
generate long-term reports, statistics and so on. For this reason, only a limited number of standard
reports are available. Application-related reports and diagrams provide a good overview. It allow the
recognition of tendencies and exceptions which affect the quality.
CAY stands for Computer-Aided Yarn Clearing and is software for the data system USTER QUANTUM
EXPERT. The software CAY makes it easier for the user to control the production process with data of
seldom-occurring yarn faults and foreign fibers. With CAY it is possible to show thick and thin places in
the yarn by their classification by their classification points in the classification matrix. The resulting
scatters plot provides information about the frequency, location and size of the events. With this tool
the job of the quality management is made easier, as the system registers faults in an early stage, so
that measures against such faults can be taken in time.
USTER QUANTUM EXPERT makes it much easier to find suitable clearing limits. Furthermore, the
systems offers further advantages like:
Setting are visualized and their effects on the number of cuts are displayed directly
Various forms of representation, as e.g. the scatter plot or the density lines are an aid for the
choice of the clearing limit
Clearing limits can be downloaded to the control unit at the machine in order to avoid wrong
inputs at the machine.
For each pint in the scatter plot, the yarn fault can be simulated o the computer screen. This can
be shown as an individual fault or in a woven or knitted fabric. Such simulations possible for
thick places, thin places and foreign fibers.
In the last 15 years, there have been intensive discussions about the foreign fiber contamination of
cotton.
USTER QUANTUM EXPERT provides the best possible setting to remove the colored foreign fiber
contamination in the yarn which has somehow made to pass through the back processes.
As regular yarn clearing, it can also be said that foreign fiber clearing is a compromise between quality
and productivity
- Vegetables:
o Are mainly short length ranges
o Occur in the whole intensity spectrum from low to high
o Should not be cleared, if possible, as they are possibly remover or neutralized in the
following process
- Foreign fibers and packing materials:
o Are spread all over the spectrum regarding the length as well as the intensity
o Must be cleared as soon as the limit to the disturbing foreign fiber is exceede
- Trash
o Usually consists of long and in some cases intensive faults
o Must be removed with respective clearing limits
USTER QUANTUM CLEARER, provides FD-channel (Foreign matter Dark) and FL-channel (Foreign matter
Light) for optimum clearing.
With the USTER QUANTUM CLEARER class-alarm according to the USTER CLASSIMAT criteria, the user
has a tool which operates according to the same criteria as the USTER CLASSIMAT for the laboratory
area. Seldom-occurring yarn faults are detected, assessed and classified within the well know CASSIMAT
matrix according to length and mass deviations. This provides the user with complete information on
the yarn quality and allows him to make forecast for the subsequent process stages.
6- Monitoring of the yarn joint process with the USTER QUANTUM CLEARER
The monitoring of the yarn join process by the clearer is carried out according to the splicing or knotting
process of the winding position. The individual steps are: