EP3305951B1 - Spinnmaschine, garnwickelsystem und verfahren zur herstellung einer garnzuführungsspule - Google Patents

Spinnmaschine, garnwickelsystem und verfahren zur herstellung einer garnzuführungsspule Download PDF

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EP3305951B1
EP3305951B1 EP16802946.0A EP16802946A EP3305951B1 EP 3305951 B1 EP3305951 B1 EP 3305951B1 EP 16802946 A EP16802946 A EP 16802946A EP 3305951 B1 EP3305951 B1 EP 3305951B1
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Takashi Nakagawa
Kenichi Ido
Yasunori Yoshida
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H67/00—Replacing or removing cores, receptacles, or completed packages at paying-out, winding, or depositing stations
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    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01H—SPINNING OR TWISTING
    • D01H1/00—Spinning or twisting machines in which the product is wound-up continuously
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    • D01H1/22—Driving or stopping arrangements for rollers of drafting machines; Roller speed control
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
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  • the present invention relates to a spinning frame, a yarn winding system, and a method for manufacturing a yarn supply bobbin.
  • Patent Literature 1 describes a yarn winding system (spinning winder) which includes: a spinning frame including a plurality of spinning units each configured to generate yarn from a yarn raw material supplied from a previous step machine including a plurality of previous step units and wind the yarn around a bobbin to form a yarn supply bobbin; an automatic winder including a plurality of winding units each configured to unwind yarn from the yarn supply bobbin to wind the unwound yarn in a package; and a bobbin transfer device configured to place the yarn supply bobbin on a tray and supply the yarn supply bobbin from the spinning frame to each of the winding units.
  • the bobbin transfer device is provided with a yarn end finding device that performs a yarn end finding process so that a yarn end of the yarn supply bobbin generated in the spinning frame is easily caught in the automatic winder.
  • the yarn end finding process is a process of unwinding yarn from the surface of a yarn supply bobbin by allowing a suction flow to act on the filled bobbin, and inserting the unwound yarn end into the inside of a tubular bobbin. Such a yarn end finding process is performed whereby the yarn end of a yarn supply bobbin can be easily caught in the automatic winder.
  • Patent Literature 1 Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 2011-20836
  • yarn end finding is not always successful in the yarn end finding device.
  • a partial yarn supply bobbin having a winding end formed by a lack of material which is a state in which yarn of a roved yarn bobbin runs out
  • the success rate of finding the yarn end of the yarn supply bobbin that is so thin to slip out tends to be low.
  • An object of the present invention is then to provide a spinning frame configured to form a yarn supply bobbin with an improved success rate of the yarn end finding process, a yarn winding system, and a method for manufacturing a yarn supply bobbin.
  • a spinning frame is a spinning frame configured to wind yarn spun from roved yarn supplied from a previous step around a bobbin to form a yarn supply bobbin.
  • the spinning frame includes: a state acquisition unit configured to acquire a first state in which a roved yarn bobbin around which the roved yarn is wound has run out of the roved yarn and/or a second state corresponding to a predetermined timing before finishing winding the yarn for performing doffing of the yarn supply bobbin around which the yarn is being wound; a plurality of roller pairs configured to draft the roved yarn; a plurality of drive units configured to drive at least one roller of the roller pair in each of the roller pairs; and a control unit configured to control at least one of the drive units such that the yarn after spinning becomes thick, when the state acquisition unit acquires the first state being reached or the second state being reached.
  • the drive unit is controlled such that yarn after spinning becomes thicker than before the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired. More specifically, when the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired, the roved yarn positioned upstream from a plurality of roller pairs is drafted to become roved yarn thicker than before the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired (hereinafter referred to as "thick roved yarn") .
  • the winding end of the yarn supply bobbin is formed with yarn formed by twisting thick roved yarn.
  • twist yarn portion yarn thicker than before the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired (hereinafter referred to as "thick yarn portion") is formed. Since such a winding end of the yarn supply bobbin is formed with yarn thicker than when such control is not performed, the success rate of the yarn end finding process in the yarn end finding device can be improved.
  • the state acquisition unit may acquire the first state being reached, based on detection of presence or absence of the roved yarn in a path of the roved yarn from a roved yarn supply unit supporting the roved yarn bobbin to the roller pairs.
  • the first state can be acquired with a simple configuration.
  • the state acquisition unit may acquire the second state being reached, based on a length of the yarn wound around the yarn supply bobbin.
  • the second state can be acquired with a simple method.
  • control unit may control at least one of the drive units such that feeding speed of the roved yarn fed from a roller pair disposed on a most upstream side is increased.
  • the thickness of yarn spun after the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired can be increased with simple control, compared with before the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired.
  • the spinning frame may further include an output unit configured to output information for calculating the length of a thick yarn portion, which is the yarn spun after the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired, to an automatic winder to be supplied with the yarn supply bobbin.
  • the length of a thick yarn portion which is yarn spun after the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired, can be calculated in the automatic winder, unnecessary cutting of yarn of the yarn supply bobbin can be suppressed in the splicing process.
  • the thick yarn portion can be cut reliably in the splicing process, the quality of the splicing portion can be improved.
  • a yarn winding system includes: the spinning frame described above; an automatic winder configured to unwind the yarn from the yarn supply bobbin to wind the unwound yarn in a package; and a bobbin transfer device configured to supply the yarn supply bobbin from the spinning frame to the automatic winder.
  • the bobbin transfer device includes a yarn end finding process unit configured to find a yarn end of the yarn supply bobbin.
  • the drive unit is controlled such that yarn after spinning becomes thicker than before the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired. More specifically, when the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired, roved yarn positioned upstream from a plurality of roller pairs is drafted to become thick roved yarn.
  • the winding end of the yarn supply bobbin is formed with yarn formed by twisting thick roved yarn. That is, at the winding end of the yarn supply bobbin, a thick yarn portion is formed.
  • Such a winding end of the yarn supply bobbin is formed with yarn thicker than when such control is not performed.
  • the automatic winder may further include: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information for calculating the length of a thick yarn portion, which is yarn spun after the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired; and a splicing device configured to cut the thick yarn portion in the yarn supply bobbin based on the information acquired in the acquisition unit and splice together a yarn end of the cut yarn on the yarn supply bobbin side and a yarn end of yarn on the package side.
  • the automatic winder that has acquired information for calculating the length of a thick yarn portion fed from the spinning frame can calculate the length of the thick yarn portion, which is yarn spun after the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired.
  • unnecessary cutting of yarn of the yarn supply bobbin can be suppressed.
  • the quality of the splicing portion can be improved.
  • a method for manufacturing a yarn supply bobbin is a method for manufacturing a yarn supply bobbin using a spinning frame including a plurality of roller pairs each configured to draft roved yarn and a plurality of drive units each configured to drive at least one roller of the roller pair in each of the roller pairs.
  • the method includes controlling at least one of the drive units such that the yarn after spinning becomes thick, when a first state in which a roved yarn bobbin around which the roved yarn is wound has run out of the roved yarn is acquired and/or a second state corresponding to a predetermined timing before finishing winding yarn for performing doffing of the yarn supply bobbin around which the yarn is being wound is acquired.
  • the drive unit is controlled such that yarn after spinning becomes thicker than before the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired. More specifically, when the first state being reached or the second state being reached is acquired, the roved yarn positioned upstream from a plurality of roller pairs is drafted to become thick roved yarn.
  • the winding end of the yarn supply bobbin is formed with yarn formed by twisting thick roved yarn. That is, at the winding end of the yarn supply bobbin, a thick yarn portion is formed. Since such a winding end of the yarn supply bobbin is formed with yarn thicker than when such control is not performed, the success rate of the yarn end finding process in the yarn end finding device can be improved, in this method for manufacturing a yarn supply bobbin.
  • a yarn supply bobbin with an improved success rate of the yarn end finding process can be formed.
  • a yarn winding system 1 includes a roving frame 2, a spinning frame 3, an automatic winder 4, and a bobbin transfer device 5.
  • the roving frame 2 generates roved yarn 13 (see FIG. 3 ) from a sliver and winds the roved yarn 13 onto a bobbin 9 (see FIG. 3 ) to form a roved yarn bobbin 10 (see FIG. 3 ).
  • the spinning frame 3 generates yarn 14 from the roved yarn 13, and winds the yarn 14 to form a yarn supply bobbin 11.
  • the automatic winder 4 winds the yarn 14 from the yarn supply bobbin 11 to form a package 15.
  • the bobbin transfer device 5 transfers the yarn supply bobbin 11 from the spinning frame 3 to the automatic winder 4, and transfers an empty bobbin 12 (bobbin around which yarn is not wound) from the automatic winder 4 to the spinning frame 3.
  • the bobbin transfer device 5 is provided with a bobbin preparation device and a residual yarn processing device, for example.
  • the bobbin preparation device performs preliminary preparation for the automatic winder 4 to process the yarn of the yarn supply bobbin 11.
  • the residual yarn processing device removes the yarn to form an empty bobbin 12.
  • the bobbin transfer device 5 has a complicated transfer path having many curves.
  • each of the trays 6 has a disk-like base portion 61, a pin 62 protruding upward from the base portion 61, and a radio frequency (RF) tag 63 embedded in the base portion 61.
  • the pin 62 is inserted into the bottom portion 12a of each of the bobbins 12, whereby the yarn supply bobbin 11 and the empty bobbin 12 are set on the respective trays 6 with the top portions 12b of the bobbins 12 facing upward.
  • the RF tag 63 stores therein information on the yarn supply bobbin 11 set on the tray 6.
  • the status of the yarn supply bobbin 11 set on the tray 6 is managed by a radio frequency identification (RFID: individual identification using radio waves) technology.
  • RFID radio frequency identification
  • the roving frame 2 includes a control device 21 configured to control operation of the roving frame 2 and a plurality of roving units 22 each configured to form a roved yarn bobbin 10.
  • the control device 21 includes a display unit 21a such as a display and an operation unit 21b such as input keys.
  • the display unit 21a displays, for example, an operating status of each of the roving units 22.
  • the operation unit 21b accepts, for example, the settings of operating conditions of each roving unit 22 from the operator.
  • the spinning frame 3 includes a control device 31 configured to control operation of the spinning frame 3 and a plurality of spinning units 32 each configured to form a yarn supply bobbin 11.
  • the control device 31 includes a display unit 31a such as a display and an operation unit 31b such as input keys.
  • the display unit 31a displays, for example, an operating status of each of the spinning units 32.
  • the operation unit 31b accepts, for example, the settings of operating conditions of each of the spinning units 32 from the operator.
  • the spinning unit 32 includes a roved yarn supply unit 36, a roved yarn detecting unit (state acquisition unit) 37, a drafting device (a plurality of roller pairs) 33, and a twisting device 34.
  • the roved yarn supply unit 36 supports a roved yarn bobbin 10 having roved yarn 13 wound on a bobbin 9.
  • the roved yarn detecting unit 37 detects the presence or absence of roved yarn 13 in the path of roved yarn 13 from the roved yarn supply unit 36 to the drafting device 33.
  • the roved yarn detecting unit 37 sends the detection information as to the presence or absence of roved yarn 13 to the control device 31 (see FIG. 5 ).
  • An example of the roved yarn detecting unit 37 is a photoelectric sensor.
  • the drafting device 33 includes a back roller pair (roller pair) 331, a middle roller pair (roller pair) 332, and a front roller pair (roller pair) 333.
  • the back roller pair 331, the middle roller pair 332, and the front roller pair 333 are rotated at a predetermined speed ratio, whereby roved yarn 13 that has been unwound from the roved yarn bobbin 10 is drafted.
  • the back roller pair 331 includes a bottom roller 331a and a top roller 331b, which are disposed to be opposed to each other with the travel path of yarn 13 interposed therebetween.
  • a first drive motor (drive unit) 331c is connected to the bottom roller 331a through a not-illustrated output shaft.
  • the middle roller pair 332 includes a bottom roller 332a and a top roller 332b, which are disposed to be opposed to each other with the travel path of roved yarn 13 interposed therebetween.
  • apron belts are each wound.
  • a second drive motor (drive unit) 332c is connected to the bottom roller 332a through a not-illustrated output shaft.
  • the front roller pair 333 includes a bottom roller 333a and a top roller 333b, which are disposed to be opposed to each other with the travel path of roved yarn 13 interposed therebetween.
  • a third drive motor (drive unit) 333c is connected to the bottom roller 333a through a not-illustrated output shaft.
  • the first drive motor 331c, the second drive motor 332c, and the third drive motor 333c is a servo motor.
  • the first drive motor 331c, the second drive motor 332c, and the third drive motor 333c each have a not-illustrated rotary encoder and independently controlled by the control device 31 through a servo motor drive circuit and a servo driver.
  • the control device 31 includes a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), and a random access memory (RAM). As depicted in FIG. 5 , the control device 31 includes an output unit 311 and a drive control unit (control unit) 312 as conceptual parts that execute a variety of control processing in the spinning frame 3. Such a conceptual part can be configured as software, for example, by loading a program stored in the ROM onto the RAM for execution by the CPU.
  • the control device 31 may be configured as hardware formed of electronic circuits or the like.
  • a state acquisition unit 310 acquires a lack of material (first state), based on detection of the presence or absence of roved yarn 13 in the path of roved yarn 13 from the roved yarn supply unit 36 supporting the roved yarn bobbin 10 to the drafting device 33.
  • the state acquisition unit 310 determines that the material has run out when acquiring information that roved yarn 13 fails to be detected from the roved yarn detecting unit 37.
  • a drive control unit 312 controls at least one of the first drive motor 331c, the second drive motor 332c, and the third drive motor 333c such that the roved yarn 13 after drafting becomes thicker than before a lack of material is acquired.
  • the control device 31 controls the first drive motor 331c such that the feeding speed of roved yarn 13 fed from the back roller pair 331 disposed on the most upstream side in the drafting device 33 becomes higher than before a lack of material is acquired.
  • the output unit 311 outputs information for calculating the length of a thick yarn portion, which is yarn 14 formed from roved yarn 13 drafted after a lack of material is acquired, to the automatic winder 4 to be supplied with the yarn supply bobbin 11.
  • the information for calculating the length of a thick yarn portion includes various draft conditions in the drafting device 33, the yarn kind, the winding condition, and the timing when the draft condition in the drafting device 33 is changed after the state acquisition unit 310 acquires a lack of material.
  • the length of the thick yarn portion formed in the spinning frame 3 may be calculated or measured, and the result may be output to the automatic winder 4 to be supplied with the yarn supply bobbin 11.
  • These pieces of information are stored as setting values, for example, in the ROM in the control device 31 or a not-illustrated storage unit.
  • the twisting device 34 includes a spindle shaft 341, a ring rail 342, a ring 343, and a traveller 344.
  • the spindle shaft 341 holds the bottom portion 12a of a bobbin 12 with the top portion 12b of the bobbin 12 facing upward, and rotates the bobbin 12.
  • the ring rail 342 is movable in the axial direction of the bobbin 12.
  • the ring 343 is fixed to the ring rail 342.
  • the traveller 344 is supported by the ring 343 and is movable along the ring 343.
  • twisting device 34 roved yarn 13 that has been drafted by the drafting device 33 is inserted into a space between the ring 343 and the traveller 344, and an end portion of the roved yarn 13 is fixed to the bobbin 12.
  • the traveller 344 moves along the ring 343 in a manner being pulled by the roved yarn 13.
  • the ring rail 342 gradually moves from the bottom portion 12a side to the top portion 12b side while reciprocating within a predetermined range along the axial direction of the bobbin 12.
  • rotation of the traveller 344 lags behind rotation of the bobbin 12, whereby the roved yarn 13 is twisted to form yarn 14, and the yarn 14 is wound by the bobbin 12 to form a yarn supply bobbin 11.
  • the spinning frame 3 including the spinning units 32 each configured as described above is of what is called a simultaneous doffing type as depicted in FIG. 1 .
  • the spinning frame 3 stocks a plurality of empty bobbins 12 transferred from the automatic winder 4 by the bobbin transfer device 5, simultaneously sets the empty bobbins 12 on the respective spinning units 32, and simultaneously starts yarn winding.
  • the spinning frame 3 simultaneously doffs all of the yarn supply bobbins 11.
  • the spinning frame 3 pulls empty bobbins 12 that have been already stocked out of the corresponding trays 6 and simultaneously sets the empty bobbins on the respective spinning units 32 again and, instead, simultaneously sets the doffed yarn supply bobbins 11 on the trays 6.
  • the automatic winder 4 includes a control device 41 configured to control operation of the automatic winder 4 and a plurality of winder units 42 each configured to form a package 15.
  • the control device 41 includes a display unit 41a such as a display and an operation unit 41b such as input keys.
  • the display unit 41a displays, for example, an operating status of each of the winder units 42.
  • the operation unit 41b accepts, for example, the settings of operating conditions of each of the winder unit 42 from the operator.
  • the control device 41 also controls operation of the bobbin transfer device 5.
  • the control device 41 includes a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), and a random access memory (RAM). As depicted in FIG. 5 , the control device 41 includes an acquisition unit 411 as a conceptual part that executes various control processing in the automatic winder 4. Such a conceptual part is configured as software, for example, by loading a program stored in the ROM onto the RAM for execution by the CPU.
  • the control device 41 may be configured as hardware formed of electronic circuits or the like.
  • the acquisition unit 411 is a part that acquires information for calculating the length of a thick yarn portion, which is yarn 14 formed from roved yarn 13 drafted after a lack of material is acquired.
  • the acquisition unit 411 acquires information transmitted from the control device 31 in the spinning frame 3 through a wired or wireless network.
  • Examples of the information acquired by the acquisition unit 411 include, for example, various draft conditions in the drafting device 33, the yarn kind, the winding condition, and the timing when the draft condition in the drafting device 33 is changed after a lack of material is acquired by the state acquisition unit 310.
  • the acquisition unit 411 the length of a thick yarn portion, which is yarn 14 formed of roved yarn 13 drafted after a lack of material is acquired, based on the acquired information as described above.
  • the acquisition unit 411 sends the calculated length of the thick yarn portion to the unit controlling unit 52 in the winder unit 42.
  • the winder unit 42 includes a winding device 43, a tension applying device 44, a yarn monitoring device 45, an upper yarn catching device 46, a lower yarn catching device 47, a splicing device 48, and a unit controlling unit 52.
  • the winding device 43 includes a cradle 43a and a winding drum 43b.
  • the cradle 43a supports a package 15.
  • the winding drum 43b rotates the package 15 while traversing the yarn 14.
  • the tension applying device 44 applies a predetermined tension to the yarn 14 that is travelling from the yarn supply bobbin 11 to the package 15.
  • the yarn monitoring device 45 monitors the travelling yarn 14 to detect a yarn defect (thickness abnormality of yarn 14, mixing of foreign matter into yarn 14, etc.).
  • a yarn defect thickness abnormality of yarn 14, mixing of foreign matter into yarn 14, etc.
  • the yarn 14 is cut by a cutter separately provided.
  • the upper yarn catching device 46 catches a yarn end of the yarn 14 on the package 15 side, and guides the yarn end to the splicing device 48.
  • the lower yarn catching device 47 catches a yarn end of the yarn 14 on the yarn supply bobbin 11 side, and guides the yarn end to the splicing device 48.
  • the splicing device 48 splices the yarn ends that have been guided by the upper yarn catching device 46 and the lower yarn catching device 47 to each other.
  • the unit controlling unit 52 controls the operation of the winding device 43, the tension applying device 44, the yarn monitoring device 45, the upper yarn catching device 46, the lower yarn catching device 47, the splicing device 48, and others in the winder unit 42.
  • the unit controlling unit 52 controls the splicing device 48 such that a thick yarn portion in the yarn supply bobbin 11 is cut based on the information acquired in the acquisition unit 411 and the yarn end of the cut yarn 14 on the yarn supply bobbin 11 side is spliced to a yarn end of yarn 14 on the package 15 side.
  • the bobbin transfer device 5 supplies a yarn supply bobbin 11 from the spinning frame 3 to the automatic winder 4. As depicted in FIG. 1 , the bobbin transfer device 5 includes an RF writer 51 and a yarn end finding device (yarn end finding process unit) 53.
  • the RF writer 51 When a yarn supply bobbin 11 is transferred from the spinning frame 3 to the automatic winder 4, the RF writer 51 writes information on the yarn supply bobbin 11 on the RF tag 63 of the tray 6 on which the yarn supply bobbin 11 is set.
  • the information on the yarn supply bobbin 11 includes unit identification information for identifying a spinning unit 32 that has formed the yarn supply bobbin 11 and doffing information for identifying timing of simultaneous doffing.
  • the RF writer 51 may be provided to an exit of the spinning frame 3 in the transfer direction of the yarn supply bobbin 11. Alternatively, the RF writer 51 may be provided to every spinning unit 32.
  • the control device 41 can identify the spinning unit 32 that has formed the yarn supply bobbin 11 and the timing of simultaneous doffing for the yarn supply bobbin 11 set on the winder unit 42.
  • the yarn end finding device 53 is disposed as a part of the bobbin preparation device in the bobbin transfer device 5.
  • This yarn end finding device 53 is a device that performs a yarn end finding process so that yarn 14 of a yarn supply bobbin 11 can be easily caught by the automatic winder 4.
  • the yarn end finding process is a process of unwinding yarn 14 from the surface of the yarn supply bobbin 11 by allowing a suction flow to act on the yarn supply bobbin 11 transferred on the tray 6, and inserting the unwound yarn end into the inside of a tubular bobbin 12. With this process, the yarn end of the yarn supply bobbin 11 can be easily caught in the automatic winder 4 downstream from the yarn end finding device 53.
  • the first drive motor 331c is controlled such that the roved yarn 13 after drafting becomes thicker than before a lack of material is acquired. More specifically, when a lack of material is acquired, roved yarn 13 positioned upstream from the drafting device 33 is drafted to become roved yarn 13 thicker than before a lack of material is acquired. Thus, the winding end of the yarn supply bobbin 11 is formed with yarn 14 formed by twisting thick roved yarn.
  • the yarn end finding device 53 easily catches the winding end of the yarn supply bobbin 11. That is, the success rate of the yarn end finding process in the yarn end finding device 53 can be improved.
  • the effect of improving the success rate of the yarn end finding process is particularly high when yarn 14 of Ne30 count to Ne40 count (English cotton count) is generated.
  • the state acquisition unit 310 determines a lack of material, based on the information from the roved yarn detecting unit 37 detecting the presence or absence of roved yarn 13 in the path of roved yarn 13 from the roved yarn supply unit 36 to the drafting device 33.
  • a lack of material therefore can be acquired with a simple configuration.
  • the drive control unit 312 controls the first drive motor 331c such that the feeding speed of roved yarn 13 fed from the back roller pair 331 disposed on the most upstream side in the drafting device 33 becomes higher than before a lack of material is acquired.
  • the thickness of roved yarn 13 drafted by the drafting device 33 after a lack of material is acquired can be increased with simple control, compared with before a lack of material is acquired.
  • the automatic winder 4 that has acquired the information for calculating the length of a thick yarn portion fed from the spinning frame 3 can calculate the length of the thick yarn portion formed with roved yarn 13 drafted after a lack of material is acquired.
  • unnecessary cutting of yarn 14 of the yarn supply bobbin 11 can be suppressed.
  • the thick yarn portion can be cut reliably in the splicing process performed by the splicing device 48, the quality of the splicing portion can be improved.
  • the first drive motor 331c is controlled such that the feeding speed of roved yarn 13 fed from the back roller pair 331 in the drafting device 33 becomes higher than before a lack of material is acquired.
  • the present invention is not limited to this example.
  • the second drive motor 332c or the third drive motor 333c may be controlled such that the feeding speed of roved yarn 13 fed from the front roller pair 333 or the middle roller pair 332 in the drafting device 33 becomes lower than before a lack of material is acquired.
  • the back roller pair 331, the middle roller pair 332, and the front roller pair 333 are each independently driven.
  • the present invention is not limited to this example.
  • the bottom roller 331a and the bottom roller 332a are coupled to each other through a gear train, for example, to share a single drive motor.
  • the drive motor is controlled such that the feeding speed of roved yarn 13 fed from the back roller pair 331 on the most upstream side in the drafting device 33 becomes higher than before a lack of material is acquired.
  • This configuration also can increase the thickness of roved yarn 13 after a lack of material is acquired.
  • a lack of material may be acquired by detecting the presence or absence of roved yarn 13 wound on the bobbin 9 supported in the roved yarn supply unit 36.
  • a lack of material may be acquired by predicting that the material will run out or assuming that the material has run out based on information such as the unwinding time and the unwinding speed in the roved yarn bobbin 10.
  • the drive control unit 312 may control at least one of the first drive motor 331c, the second drive motor 332c and the third drive motor 333c such that roved yarn 13 after drafting becomes thicker before the second state is acquired.
  • the predetermined timing before finishing winding yarn for performing doffing of the yarn supply bobbin 11 around which yarn 14 is being wound (second state) includes "timing when the length of yarn 14 wound on the yarn supply bobbin 11 becomes a predetermined length (for example, 0.5 to 1.0 m) before doffing is performed” or “timing when the time left before doffing is performed reaches a predetermined time (for example, 2 to 3 seconds)". These timings can be acquired based on the length of yarn 14 wound around the yarn supply bobbin 11.
  • the length of yarn 14 wound around the yarn supply bobbin 11 can be acquired, for example, by the state acquisition unit 310 acquiring that a predetermined time is reached based on the measurement by a counter which measures the time since winding on the yarn supply bobbin 11 is started.
  • the start of winding on the yarn supply bobbin 11 can be acquired as appropriate, for example, from the control device 31 or a unit controlling unit (not illustrated) that controls the spinning unit 32.
  • the control device 31 or the spinning unit 32 includes a counter that measures the time since the winding on the yarn supply bobbin 11 is started, the state acquisition unit 310 may acquire the time from the control device 31 or the spinning unit 32.
  • the timing may be acquired, for example, by counting the number of revolutions of a drive motor (not illustrated) rotating the spindle shaft 341 since the winding on the yarn supply bobbin 11 is started, and determining whether the predetermined number of times is reached.
  • the winding end of the yarn supply bobbin 11 formed at the time of doffing is formed with yarn 14 thicker than when such control is not performed, thereby improving the success rate of the yarn end finding process in the yarn end finding device 53.
  • the winding end of the (partial) yarn supply bobbin 11 formed at the time of a lack of material is formed with yarn 14 thicker than when such control is not performed.
  • the winding end of the (full) yarn supply bobbin 11 formed, for example, at the time of doffing (for example, simultaneous doffing in the spinning frame 3) is formed with yarn 14 thicker than when such control is not performed.
  • the output unit 311 may transmit to the automatic winder 4 information such as various draft conditions in the drafting device 33, the yarn kind, the winding condition, the timing when the draft condition in the drafting device 33 is changed after the state acquisition unit 310 acquires that a predetermined timing before finishing winding yarn for performing doffing is reached, and the length of yarn 14 wound on the yarn supply bobbin 11 until the doffing as described above is performed.
  • the automatic winder 4 that has acquired information for calculating the length of a thick yarn portion fed from the spinning frame 3 can calculate the length of a thick yarn portion formed by roved yarn 13 drafted after a predetermined timing before finishing winding yarn for performing doffing is reached.
  • unnecessary cutting of yarn 14 of the yarn supply bobbin 11 can be suppressed.
  • the thick yarn portion can be cut reliably in the splicing process performed by the splicing device 48, the quality of the splicing portion can be improved.
  • the respective drive motors (the first drive motor 331c, the second drive motor 332c and the third drive motor 333c) are connected to the bottom rollers 331a, 332a, 333a in the example in the foregoing embodiment and modifications, but may be connected to the top rollers 331b, 332b, 333b. Alternatively, respective drive motors may be connected to the bottom rollers 331a, 332a, 333a and the top rollers 331b, 332b, 333b.
  • the setting values for example, various draft conditions in the drafting device 33, the yarn kind, the winding condition, and the timing when the draft condition in the drafting device 33 is changed after the state acquisition unit 310 acquires a lack of material
  • the setting values for example, various draft conditions in the drafting device 33, the yarn kind, the winding condition, and the timing when the draft condition in the drafting device 33 is changed after the state acquisition unit 310 acquires a lack of material
  • information indicating the state of yarn acquired from a sensor or the like may be used.
  • information of yarn can be acquired in units of spinning units 32, and the accuracy can be improved.
  • information in units of the spinning units 32 can also be used.
  • the RFID technology described above may be mediated to allow the winder unit 42 that uses the yarn supply bobbin 11 to acquire information that the yarn supply bobbin 11 is manufactured in a certain spinning unit 32.
  • roved yarn detecting unit state acquisition unit
  • 4 ... automatic winder 41 ... control device, 411 ... acquisition unit, 48 ... splicing device, 5 ... bobbin transfer device, 53 ... yarn end finding device, 10 ... roved yarn bobbin, 11 ... yarn supply bobbin, 13 ... roved yarn, 14 ... yarn, 15 ... package.

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  1. Eine Spinnmaschine (3), die dazu konfiguriert ist, Garn (14), das aus Roving-Garn (13) auf einer Roving-Garn-Spule (10) gesponnen ist, um eine Spule zu wickeln, um eine Garnvorratsspule (11) zu bilden, wobei die Spinnmaschine (3) folgende Merkmale aufweist:
    eine Zustandserfassungseinheit (37, 310), die dazu konfiguriert ist, einen ersten Zustand zu erfassen, in dem der Roving-Garn-Spule (10), um die das Roving-Garn (13) gewickelt ist, das Roving-Garn (13) ausgegangen ist, und/oder einen zweiten Zustand zu erfassen, der einer vorbestimmten Zeitgebung entspricht, bevor das Wickeln des Garnes beendet ist, um ein Abnehmen der Garnvorratsspule (11), um die das Garn (14) gerade gewickelt wird, durchzuführen;
    eine Mehrzahl von Walzenpaaren (331, 332, 333), die dazu konfiguriert sind, das Roving-Garn (13) zu patronieren;
    eine Mehrzahl von Antriebseinheiten (331c, 332c, 333c), die dazu konfiguriert sind, bei jedem der Walzenpaare (331, 332, 333) zumindest eine Walze (331a, 332a, 333a) des Walzenpaares anzutreiben; und
    eine Steuereinheit (31), die dazu konfiguriert ist, zumindest eine der Antriebseinheiten (331c, 332c, 333c) derart zu steuern, dass das Garn (14) nach dem Spinnen dick wird, wenn die Zustandserfassungseinheit (37, 310) erfasst, dass der erste Zustand erreicht ist oder der zweite Zustand erreicht ist.
  2. Die Spinnmaschine (3) gemäß Anspruch 1, bei der die Zustandserfassungseinheit (37, 310) dazu konfiguriert ist, auf der Basis der Detektion des Vorliegens oder des Nichtvorliegens des Roving-Garns (13) in einem Pfad des Roving-Garns (13) von einer Roving-Garn-Vorratseinheit (36), die die Roving-Garn-Spule (10) trägt, zu den Walzenpaaren (331, 332, 333) zu erfassen, dass der erste Zustand erreicht ist.
  3. Die Spinnmaschine (3) gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, bei der die Zustandserfassungseinheit (37, 310) dazu konfiguriert ist, auf der Basis einer Länge des um die Garnvorratsspule (11) gewickelten Garns (14) zu erfassen, dass der zweite Zustand erreicht ist.
  4. Die Spinnmaschine (3) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, bei der dann, wenn erfasst wird, dass der erste Zustand erreicht ist oder dass der zweite Zustand erreicht ist, die Steuereinheit (31) dazu konfiguriert ist, zumindest eine der Antriebseinheiten (331c, 332c, 333c) derart zu steuern, dass die Zufuhrgeschwindigkeit des Roving-Garns (13), das von einem Walzenpaar (331) zugeführt wird, das auf einer in Verarbeitungsrichtung am weitesten oben befindlichen Seite angeordnet ist, erhöht wird.
  5. Die Spinnmaschine (3) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei die Spinnmaschine (3) ferner eine Ausgabeeinheit (311) umfasst, die dazu konfiguriert ist, Informationen zum Berechnen der Länge eines dicken Garnabschnitts, der das Garn (14) ist, das gesponnen wird, nachdem erfasst wurde, dass der erste Zustand erreicht ist oder dass der zweite Zustand erreicht ist, an einen automatischen Wickler (4) auszugeben, der mit der Garnvorratsspule (11) versehen werden soll.
  6. Ein Garnwickelsystem (1), das folgende Merkmale aufweist:
    die Spinnmaschine (3) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5;
    einen automatischen Wickler (4), der dazu konfiguriert ist, das Garn (14) von der Garnvorratsspule (11) abzuwickeln, um das abgewickelte Garn in einem Wickelkörper (15) aufzuwickeln; und
    eine Spulentransfervorrichtung (5), die dazu konfiguriert ist, die Garnvorratsspule (11) von der Spinnmaschine (3) dem automatischen Wickler (4) bereitzustellen, wobei die Spulentransfervorrichtung (5) eine Garnende-Findungsprozesseinheit (53) umfasst, die dazu konfiguriert ist, ein Garnende der Garnvorratsspule (11) zu finden.
  7. Das Garnwickelsystem gemäß Anspruch 6, bei dem der automatische Wickler (4) ferner folgende Merkmale aufweist:
    eine Erfassungseinheit (411), die dazu konfiguriert ist, Informationen zum Berechnen der Länge eines Dickengarnabschnitts zu erfassen, der Garn (14) ist, das gesponnen wird, nachdem erfasst wurde, dass der erste Zustand erreicht ist oder dass der zweite Zustand erreicht ist; und
    eine Spleißvorrichtung (48), die dazu konfiguriert ist, den dicken Garnabschnitt in der Garnvorratsspule (11) auf der Basis der in der Erfassungseinheit (411) erfassten Informationen zu schneiden und ein Garnende des geschnittenen Garns auf der Garnvorratsspulenseite und ein Garnende von Garn auf der Wickelkörperseite zusammenzuspleißen.
  8. Ein Verfahren zum Herstellen einer Garnvorratsspule (11) unter Verwendung einer Spinnmaschine (3), die eine Mehrzahl von Walzenpaaren (331, 332, 333), die jeweils dazu konfiguriert sind, Roving-Garn (13) abzunehmen, eine Mehrzahl von Antriebseinheiten (331c, 332c, 333c), die jeweils dazu konfiguriert sind, bei jedem der Walzenpaare (331, 332, 333) zumindest eine Walze (331a, 332a, 333a) des Walzenpaares anzutreiben, und eine Zustandserfassungseinheit (37, 310) umfasst, wobei das Verfahren das Steuern zumindest einer der Antriebseinheiten (331c, 332c, 333c) derart aufweist, dass das Garn nach dem Spinnen dick wird, wenn durch die Zustandserfassungseinheit ein erster Zustand erfasst wird, in dem einer Roving-Garn-Spule (10), um die das Roving-Garn (13) gewickelt ist, das Roving-Garn (13) ausgegangen ist und/oder wenn durch die Zustandserfassungseinheit ein zweiter Zustand erfasst wird, der einer vorbestimmten Zeitgebung entspricht, bevor das Wickeln des Garnes (14) beendet ist, um ein Abnehmen der Garnvorratsspule (11), um die das Garn (14) gerade gewickelt wird, durchzuführen.
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