JP2008162765A - Textile machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a textile machine, in which states of respective operating units can be acquired with high accuracy. <P>SOLUTION: A winding unit 2 of an automatic winder includes antennas 35 which acquire collated information from IC tags 40 to 43 respectively provided on a yarn supplying bobbin 4, a winding tube 7, a splicing device 14, and a fluff suppressing device 13, and transmits the collated information to a unit controller 32. A host controller 31, which monitors and controls a plurality of winding units 2, determines whether the IC tags 40 to 43 of the respective winding unit 2 are regular based on the information acquired by the antennas 35. When a determination is made that at least one of the IC tags 40 to 43 is not regular, the host controller 31 outputs a signal for prohibiting yarn winding to a corresponding winding unit 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a textile machine provided with a plurality of work units for performing predetermined processing on textile products.

  Conventionally, some textile machines have a plurality of work units that perform predetermined processing on textile products. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an automatic winder including a plurality of winding units. In each winding unit of the automatic winder, the yarn unwound from the yarn supplying bobbin is wound around a winding tube held in a cradle while traversing by a traverse drum (drive drum). A package is formed. Further, when the winding package is full, the winding package is doffed by the doffing device, and then an empty winding tube is attached to the cradle, and the yarn winding process by the winding unit is resumed. The

  In the automatic winder described above, a yarn clearer that detects a yarn defect, a cutter that cuts a yarn when a yarn defect is detected, a yarn breaker or a cutter between the yarn feeding bobbin and the winding tube A plurality of yarn processing units that perform various processing on the yarn, such as a yarn joining device that performs yarn joining at the time of yarn cutting, are arranged along the yarn path, and these yarn processing units are provided for each winding unit. It is controlled by the unit controller provided. Further, the unit controller of each winding unit is connected to the machine controller, and the machine controller controller outputs a control signal to the unit controllers of the plurality of winding units to control the yarn winding process by these winding units. It is configured as follows.

JP 2002-326767 A

  However, in the conventional automatic winder as described above, whether or not a regular part or device is attached to each winding unit, or whether a regular yarn feeding bobbin or winding tube is supplied. I ca n’t figure out. For this reason, for example, even if a yarn supplying bobbin wound with a yarn different from the yarn to be wound is supplied to the winding unit, this cannot be detected, and the yarn originally wound on the winding tube is Another type of yarn is wound up. In addition, even if some parts or devices that make up the take-up unit have been used beyond their useful life or parts or devices that are different from the regular ones are installed, this can be detected. Therefore, there is a possibility that a malfunction may occur in the operation of the winding unit.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a textile machine capable of grasping each working unit with higher accuracy than in the past.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

  A textile machine according to a first aspect of the invention includes a plurality of work units that perform predetermined processing on a textile product, and a monitoring device that monitors each of the plurality of work units. Each unit main body acquires collation information stored in electronic parts related to the corresponding work unit by wireless communication at a plurality of locations, and further transmits the obtained collation information to the monitoring device An acquisition transmission means is provided.

  According to this configuration, the collation information stored in the electronic components related to each work unit is acquired by wireless communication by the information acquisition / transmission means, and the collation information is further transmitted from the information acquisition / transmission means to the monitoring device. . Therefore, the state of each work unit, that is, whether or not a regular fiber product is supplied to the work unit, or whether or not a part for performing a predetermined process on the fiber product is a regular one, The monitoring device can grasp with higher accuracy.

  A textile machine according to a second invention is characterized in that, in the first invention, the information acquisition / transmission means is at least one antenna wound around the corresponding unit body.

  According to this configuration, the information acquisition and transmission means can be made inexpensive and compact.

  A textile machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is the textile machine according to the first or second aspect, wherein the monitoring device acquires the electronic component verification information related to each work unit, which is acquired via the information acquisition and transmission unit. The electronic component is provided with a collating means for determining whether or not the electronic component is a regular electronic component corresponding to each work unit.

  According to this configuration, based on the collation information of the electronic parts related to each work unit acquired by the monitoring unit via the information acquisition and transmission unit, the collation unit determines whether or not the electronic component is legitimate. judge. Therefore, when it is determined by the verification means that the electronic component is not legitimate (for example, when a regular member related to the textile product is not supplied to the work unit, or a part for performing a predetermined process on the textile product is legitimate) If it is not, the processing by the work unit can be prohibited, or the operator can be notified of the abnormality.

  In the textile machine according to a fourth aspect, in the third aspect, the electronic component related to each work unit is provided in an element member that is replaceably attached to the unit body, and the collating means includes: After the element member is attached to the unit main body, each electronic component is a regular electronic device corresponding to the work unit before the predetermined processing is performed on the textile product in the work unit corresponding to the unit main body. It is characterized by determining whether it is a part.

  According to this configuration, after the element member necessary for performing the predetermined processing on the textile product is attached to the unit main body, until the predetermined processing is performed in the work unit corresponding to the unit main body. The collating means determines whether the electronic component is a regular one based on the collating information of the electronic component provided on the element member. Therefore, there is a possibility that the element member may not operate normally due to exceeding the service life or equipped with a different type from the one that is guaranteed to operate normally. It can be detected in advance.

  A textile machine of a fifth invention is the textile machine according to the third invention, wherein electronic parts related to each work unit are provided in a member related to a textile product processed by the work unit, and the collating means is the member Is received by each work unit and before the predetermined processing is performed on the textile product in the work unit, it is determined whether each electronic part is a regular electronic part corresponding to the work unit. It is characterized by doing.

  According to this configuration, after the member related to the textile product is received by the work unit, the collating means is the collation information of the electronic component provided on the member until the predetermined processing is performed on the textile product. Based on the above, it is determined whether the electronic component is a regular one. Therefore, even when a fiber product that is different from the fiber product to be processed is in an abnormal state received by the work unit, the state is detected in advance, so that the process by the work unit in the abnormal state is performed. Can be prevented.

  The textile machine according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the textile machine according to any one of the third to fifth aspects, when the collating means determines that a certain electronic component is not a regular electronic component corresponding to the work unit. A signal prohibiting a predetermined process is output to the control unit of the work unit corresponding to the electronic component determined in step (b).

  According to this configuration, when an electronic component related to a work unit is not a regular electronic component corresponding to the work unit and is in an abnormal state in which regular processing cannot be performed on a textile product. Since processing by the work unit is prohibited, processing different from regular processing is prevented from being erroneously performed.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. This embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to an automatic winder that forms a winding package by unwinding a yarn from a yarn supplying bobbin and winding it around a winding tube as a textile machine. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of an automatic winder according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view of a winding unit of the automatic winder.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the automatic winder 1 is capable of running in a row along a plurality of winding units 2 (working units) arranged in a row and the plurality of winding units 2. The provided doffing device 3 and the control unit 40 are provided. The control unit 40 is disposed on one end side of the entire winding unit 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each winding unit 2 is unwound from the yarn supplying unit 10 to which the yarn supplying bobbin 4 around which the yarn 5 that is a textile product is wound is supplied by the bobbin tray 20 and the yarn supplying bobbin 4. It has a yarn winding portion 16 for winding the yarn 5 around the winding tube 7 and forms a winding package 6 having a predetermined length and a predetermined shape.

  In the yarn traveling path between the yarn feeding bobbin 4 and the yarn winding unit 16 of the yarn feeding unit 10, the unwinding assisting device 11, the tension applying device 12, the fluff binding device 13, the yarn splicing device are sequentially arranged from the yarn feeding bobbin 4 side. A device 14 and a clearer 15 are provided. The yarn supply unit 10 and the yarn winding unit 16 of the winding unit 2 and a plurality of processing units each performing a part of a series of yarn winding processes that form the winding package 6 are arranged between them. It corresponds to. Further, a plurality of processing units such as the yarn winding unit 16 are respectively attached to the unit main body 30 that is erected and arranged for each winding unit 2, and at least a part thereof (the fluff binding device 13 and the yarn joining device 13). The device 14 or the like: the element member) can be replaced (removable from the unit main body 30) for maintenance or the like.

  The unwinding assisting device 11 reduces the balloon resistance by lowering the cylindrical body covering the core pipe of the yarn supplying bobbin 4 together with the unwinding of the yarn of the yarn supplying bobbin 4, thereby reducing the yarn 5 from the yarn supplying bobbin 4. It is configured to assist in unraveling.

  The tension applying device 12 is for applying a predetermined tension to the traveling yarn 5. In the present embodiment, a gate-type device having a fixed comb tooth 12a and a movable comb tooth 12b disposed so as to be movable with respect to the fixed comb tooth 12a is used as the tension applying device 12.

  The fluff binding device 13 is configured to twist the yarn 5 to twist the fluff of the fiber group constituting the yarn 5 and suppress the fluff of the yarn 5 unwound from the yarn feeding bobbin 4. . The fluff binding device 13 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of friction disks 13a, and applies a false twist to the thread 5 while the thread 5 travels between the plurality of rotating disks 13a. A fluff binding device. In addition to such a disk type, it is also possible to adopt an air type that suppresses fluff by injecting a gas such as air to the yarn 5 to cause a swirling flow and ballooning the yarn 5. it can.

  When the clearer 15 detects a yarn defect and cuts the yarn, or when the yarn breaks during yarn unwinding from the yarn feeding bobbin 4, the yarn joining device 14 and the yarn (bobbin yarn) on the yarn feeding bobbin 4 side and winding The yarn (upper yarn) on the take-up package 6 side is spliced. The yarn splicing device 14 according to the present embodiment includes an untwisting nozzle that untwists each of the upper yarn end and the lower yarn end, and twisting that twists the two twisted yarn ends by causing a swirling air flow to act on them. A so-called air-type yarn splicing device (air splicer) having a nozzle. The clearer 15 is for detecting a yarn defect such as a slab, and is provided with a cutter 15a for cutting a yarn when detecting the yarn defect.

  At the top and bottom of the yarn joining device 14, the lower yarn catching guide member 18 for sucking and catching the lower yarn on the yarn feeding bobbin 4 side and guiding it to the yarn joining device 14, and the upper yarn on the winding package 6 side are sucked and caught. An upper thread catching guide member 19 for guiding to the yarn joining device 14 is provided. The upper thread catching guide member 19 is configured in a pipe shape, and is arranged so as to be pivotable up and down about a shaft 19a, and a mouse 19b is provided at the tip thereof. Similarly, the lower thread catching guide member 18 is also configured in a pipe shape, and is disposed so as to be pivotable up and down about a shaft 18a, and a suction port 18b is provided at the tip thereof. Furthermore, an appropriate negative pressure source is connected to the upper thread catching guide member 19 and the lower thread catching guide member 18, and the thread end is captured by sucking air from the mouse 19b and the suction port 18b at the tip thereof. Can be done.

  The yarn winding unit 16 includes a cradle 21 having a pair of cradle arms that rotatably and detachably support the winding tube 7, and a drive motor 22 that is provided on one of the cradle arms and drives the winding tube 7 to rotate. The winding motor 7 is directly driven to rotate the winding tube 7 to wind the yarn 5 around the winding tube 7 to form the winding package 6 (direct drive system). In addition, a roller 23 that rotates in contact with the peripheral surface of the winding package 6 is provided below the winding package 6.

  Further, a traverse device 17 is provided in the vicinity of the roller 23. The traverse device 17 includes a traverse guide 17b attached to the tip of an elongated arm member 17a and a traverse motor 17c that drives the arm member 17a to reciprocate. The yarn 5 is traversed by the traverse guide 17b. However, it can be wound around the winding package 6.

  As a method for rotationally driving the winding tube 7, a method using a driving drum that actively rotates while the peripheral surface of the winding package 6 is in contact may be adopted in addition to the direct drive method described above. If the winding package 6 is driven while traversing the yarn using a driving drum having a traverse groove formed on the surface, the traverse device 17 described above can be omitted.

  Further, the cradle 21 is configured to be rotatable about a support shaft (not shown), whereby the circumferential surface of the winding package 6 formed on the winding tube 7 is in contact with the circumferential surface of the roller 23. Alternatively, it can be separated. Furthermore, the cradle 21 is configured to be openable and closable, so that the winding package 6 can be opened and a new winding tube 7 can be mounted during doffing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the doffing device 3 travels to a position facing the winding unit 2 when the winding package 6 formed by the winding unit 2 is fully wound. A doffing operation for removing the fully wound winding package 6 from the cradle 21 is performed. More specifically, the doffing device 3 separates the fully wound winding package 6 from the roller 23, then opens the cradle 21 to discharge the winding package 6, and further, a winding tube (not shown) A new winding tube 7 is supplied from the storage device to the cradle 21 and attached.

  The overall operation of the automatic winder 1 described above is controlled by the host controller 31 (control and monitoring device) provided in the control unit 40. As shown in FIG. 1, the host controller 31 includes a plurality of unit controllers 32 (unit control units) that respectively control the plurality of winding units 2, a doffing controller 33 that controls the doffing device 3, and a communication line. Connected through. Each of the host controller 31, the unit controller 32, and the doffing controller 33 stores a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that is an arithmetic processing unit, a program executed by the CPU, and data used for the program. A ROM (Read-Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for temporarily storing data during program execution, an input / output interface for inputting / outputting data to / from the outside, and the like.

  Further, in the host controller 31, for each individual winding unit 2, product type information (lot information) of the winding package 6 manufactured in the winding unit 2 is set. This lot information includes information such as the yarn type, yarn speed, and package weight of the yarn feeding bobbin 4. Then, the host controller 31 outputs a signal based on the lot information to the unit controller 32 of each winding unit 2. Then, based on the signal input from the host controller 31, the unit controller 32, the bobbin tray 20 for supplying the yarn feeding bobbin 4, the drive motor 22 for the yarn winding unit 16, the tension applying device 12, the fluff binding device 13, the yarn splicing device. The device 14 and the traverse drive motor 17c of the traverse device 17 and the like control target parts of a plurality of processing units constituting the winding unit 2 are respectively controlled to perform the yarn winding processing according to the set lot information.

  Further, when the host controller 31 receives information indicating that the winding package 6 has been fully wound from the unit controller 32 of any winding unit 2, the host controller 31 inputs the winding to the doffing controller 33. A command to cause the take-up unit 2 to perform a doffing operation is output. Then, the doffing controller 33 moves the doffing device 3 to the vicinity of the target winding unit 2 and then performs the doffing operation described above.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, in each winding unit 2, the IC tag (electronic component) 40 is provided in the bobbin tray 20 which supplies the yarn supplying bobbin 4 to the yarn supplying unit 10, The IC tag 40 records the yarn type of the yarn feeding bobbin 4, the color of the tube 4 a of the yarn feeding bobbin 4, information about the spinning machine that is the supplier of the yarn feeding bobbin 4, and the like. Further, an IC tag (electronic component) 41 is also embedded in a winding tube 7 supplied from a winding tube storage device (not shown), and the yarn to be wound around the winding tube 7 is embedded in the IC tag 41. And the information such as the color of the winding tube 7 corresponding to the type of yarn are recorded. Instead of providing the IC tag 40 on the bobbin tray 20, an IC tag is embedded in the tube 4a of the yarn feeding bobbin 4, and the yarn type of the yarn feeding bobbin 4, the color of the tube 4a, information on the spinning machine, etc. It may be recorded.

  Further, among the plurality of devices (processing units) provided between the yarn supplying unit 10 and the yarn winding unit 16, in the present embodiment, the yarn joining device 14 and the fluff binding device 13 (these correspond to element members). ) Are also provided with IC tags (electronic parts) 42 and 43, respectively. In these IC tags 42 and 43, information indicating that the yarn splicing device 14 and the fluff binding device 13 are devices corresponding to the winding unit 2 to be attached, and that normal operation is guaranteed (for example, In addition, information regarding the operation of the yarn splicing device 14 and the fluff binding device 13 such as the number of operation of the regular unit suitable for the winding unit 2 and the number of operations or operation time is recorded.

  Further, collation information for each individual winding unit 2 is set in the host controller 31. In this verification information, the color of the winding tube 7 and the color of the tube 4a of the yarn feeding bobbin 4 are collated to identify the winding tube 7 and yarn feeding bobbin 4 corresponding to the winding unit 2 to be supplied. Lot collation information and parts collation information for collating that the yarn joining device 14, the fluff binding device 13 and the like are devices corresponding to the winding unit 2 to be attached.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of (for example, three) antennas 35 (information acquisition and transmission means) extending in the vertical direction are stretched around the unit main body 30, and these antennas 35 are connected to the unit controller 32. It is connected. The unit controller 32 is connected to the host controller 31, and the host controller 31 is provided with a reader / writer. The antenna 35 sends signals (radio waves / electromagnetic waves) at predetermined timings to the IC tags 40 to 43 provided on the bobbin tray 20, the winding tube 7, the yarn joining device 14, and the fluff binding device 13, respectively. Various information recorded on the IC tags 40 to 43 is acquired by wirelessly receiving and receiving signals (radio waves / electromagnetic waves) transmitted from the IC tags 40 to 43 by wireless. In the case where the IC tags 40 to 43 are so-called active IC tags having a battery for transmission, the IC tags 40 to 43 are active from the antennas 35 to the antenna 35 without receiving radio waves. It is also possible to send a signal. In this way, information acquired by the antenna 35 is transmitted to the unit controller 32, and further transmitted from the unit controller 32 to the host controller 31.

  When the yarn joining operation by the yarn joining device 14 is performed during the operation of the winding unit 2, the antenna 35 transmits a signal to the IC tag 42 provided in the yarn joining device 14, Information on the number of operations or operation time recorded in the IC tag 42 is updated. Similarly, during the operation of the fluff binding device 13, the antenna 35 updates information on the number of operations or the operation time recorded in the IC tag 43 provided in the fluff binding device 13. As a result, the latest information on the number of operations (or operation time) is always held in the IC tags 42 and 43 of the yarn joining device 14 and the fluff binding device 13, respectively. The plurality of antennas 35 are preferably stretched around the unit main body 30 so as to be able to communicate with all articles related to the winding unit 2.

  From the above configuration, the host controller 31 monitors the state of the winding unit 2 based on various information acquired by the antenna 35 of each winding unit 2 and sent via the unit controller 32. Be able to. Further, when the host controller 31 (collation means) collates various kinds of information as described above with the collation information held by itself, and determines that a certain winding unit 2 has an abnormality, the winding unit 2 A signal for prohibiting the yarn winding process is output to the second unit controller 32.

  The state monitoring process of the winding unit 2 by the host controller 31 will be described in more detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 3, Si (i = 10, 11, 12,...) Indicates each step of the process. This series of processing is performed immediately after the automatic winder 1 is activated or immediately after the doffing operation by the doffing device 3 is performed and the empty winding tube 7 is attached to the cradle 21. Is performed to determine whether or not the yarn winding process may be performed.

  First, when the bobbin tray 20 is sent to each work unit 2, the yarn type (the color of the tube 4a) of the yarn feeding bobbin 4 acquired from the IC tag 40 of the bobbin tray 20 received by the work unit 2, and the target winding. The thread type (tube color) information included in the lot information set in the take-up unit 2 is collated (S10). When the IC tag 40 of the bobbin tray 20 is regular and the yarn type of the yarn feeding bobbin 4 that is actually supplied to the yarn feeding unit 10 matches the lot information (S10: Yes), Proceed directly to S11. On the other hand, if the yarn type of the yarn supplying bobbin 4 does not conform to the lot information (S10: No), it is determined that the correct yarn supplying bobbin 4 is not supplied to the yarn supplying unit 10, and the unit controller A signal for prohibiting the yarn winding process is output to 32 (S15).

  The host controller 31 is also sent from the IC tag 40 of the bobbin tray 20 with information regarding the supply source of the yarn feeding bobbin 4 corresponding to the bobbin tray 20 in addition to the yarn type of the yarn feeding bobbin 4. Based on this information, the supply source (spinning machine) of each yarn feeding bobbin 4 can be specified. Therefore, for example, it is possible to obtain information such as which yarn breakage occurs frequently in which yarn feeding bobbin 4 supplied from which spinning machine, and it is possible to use this information for maintenance.

  Next, when the winding tube 7 is supplied from a winding tube supply device (not shown), the type of the winding tube 7 (winding tube) acquired from the IC tag 41 of the winding tube 7 received in the work unit 2. 7) and the type of the take-up tube 7 (color of the take-up tube) included in the lot information set in the target take-up unit 2 (S11). Then, when the IC tag 41 of the winding tube 7 is regular and the type of the winding tube 7 actually attached to the cradle 21 is compatible with the lot information (S11: Yes), it remains as it is. Proceed to S12. On the other hand, if the type of the winding tube 7 does not conform to the lot information (S11: No), it is determined that the correct winding tube 7 is not attached to the cradle 21, and the unit controller 32 performs the yarn winding process. A signal for prohibiting is output (S15).

  In general, the take-up tube 7 has a predetermined specification corresponding to lot information of the take-up package 6 to be manufactured (for example, one having a predetermined color). That is, the type of the winding package 6 manufactured by the winding unit 2 can be discriminated from the winding tube 7. However, due to an operator's mistake when replenishing the take-up tube 7 to the take-up tube supply device, a take-up tube 7 different from the one with a predetermined specification corresponding to the lot information is erroneously supplied to the cradle 21. In other words, even if a yarn of a yarn type that conforms to the lot information is wound, the manufactured winding package 6 is wound with a yarn that does not conform to the lot information due to the specifications of the winding tube 7. If the defective package is taken, it will be erroneously determined. However, in this embodiment, in S11, it is determined whether or not the winding tube 7 attached to the cradle 21 is a winding tube 7 that conforms to the lot information. In order to prohibit, the winding tube 7 of the kind which is not suitable for lot information is not used.

  Next, based on the information regarding the operation of the yarn joining device 14 acquired from the IC tag 42 provided in the yarn joining device 14, it is determined whether or not the yarn joining device 14 is authorized (S12). Specifically, when information (authentication information) indicating that the yarn joining device 14 corresponds to the winding unit 2 to be attached is acquired from the IC tag 42, the IC tag 42 is legitimate, that is, Then, it is determined that the yarn joining device 14 is normal (S12: Yes), and the process proceeds to S13 as it is. On the other hand, when the information acquired from the IC tag 42 is different from the information indicating that the yarn joining device 14 is genuine, the IC tag 42 is not provided in the yarn joining device 14 in the first place, and such information is used. If nothing can be acquired, it is determined that the yarn joining device 14 may not operate normally (S12: No), and a signal prohibiting the yarn winding process is output to the unit controller 32 (S15).

  Note that information (authentication information) indicating that the yarn joining device 14 corresponds to the winding unit 2 to be attached includes the number of operations (or operation time) of the yarn joining device 14, that is, the remaining number of times of service ( Or remaining service life). That is, the host controller 31 stores the number of operations (or operation time) of the yarn joining device 14 of each winding unit 2 and is acquired from the IC tag 42 of the yarn joining device 14 when each winding unit 2 is activated. The number of operations (or operation time) is compared with the number of operations (or operation time) of the yarn joining device 14 stored in the host controller 31. And when both correspond, the thing corresponding to the winding unit 2 to which the yarn joining device 14 is attached is shown. As a result, when the yarn joining device 14 is once removed from the winding unit 2 for maintenance and then attached to the winding unit 2 again, it is accidentally attached to the winding unit 2 that is different from the original, It is possible to prevent erroneous grasping of the number of operations (or operation time) of the yarn joining device 14.

  Similarly, it is determined whether or not the fluff binding device 13 is legitimate based on information regarding the operation of the fluff binding device 13 acquired from the IC tag 43 provided in the fluff binding device 13 (S13). Specifically, when information (authentication information) indicating that the fluff binding device 13 corresponds to the winding unit 2 to be attached is acquired from the IC tag 43, the IC tag 43 is normal, Then, it is determined that the fluff binding device 13 is normal (S13: Yes), and the process directly proceeds to S13. On the other hand, when the information acquired from the IC tag 43 is different from the information indicating that the fluff binding device 13 is genuine, the IC tag 43 is not provided in the fluff binding device 13 in the first place, and such information is displayed. If nothing can be acquired, it is determined that the fluff binding device 13 may not operate normally (S13: No), and a signal for prohibiting the yarn winding process is output to the unit controller 32 (S15).

  Similar to the above-described yarn joining device 14, the number of operations (or operations) of the fluff binding device 13 is also included in information (authentication information) indicating that the fluff binding device 13 corresponds to the winding unit 2 to be attached. Time), that is, the remaining service life (or remaining service time).

  That is, the host controller 31 may be equipped with the yarn joining device 14 and the fluff binding device 13 different from the regular ones in the winding unit 2, and the yarn joining device 14 and the fluff binding device 13 may not operate normally. Detect state in advance. Furthermore, when such a state is detected, the yarn winding process by the winding unit 2 is prohibited, thereby preventing the winding unit 2 from malfunctioning.

  Through the above steps S10 to S13, the yarn feeding bobbin 4 and the winding tube 7 are adapted to the lot information, and the yarn splicing device 14 and the fluff binding device 13 operate normally, and the state of the winding unit 2 When it is determined that the thread is normal, the host controller 31 outputs a signal for permitting the yarn winding process to the unit controller 32. Thereby, the yarn winding process in the winding unit 2 is started.

According to the automatic winder 1 described above, the following effects can be obtained.
When the yarn feeding bobbin 4 and the winding tube 7 are supplied in a state where the yarn joining device 14 and the fluff binding device 13 are attached, the yarn feeding unit 2 supplies the yarn before starting the yarn winding processing. Information recorded in the IC tags 40 to 43 provided in the bobbin 4, the winding tube 7, the yarn joining device 14, and the fluff binding device 13 are respectively acquired by the antenna 35. Further, these pieces of information are sent from the unit controller 32 to the host controller 31. Therefore, the state of each winding unit 2 such as the type of the yarn 5 to be wound, the type of the winding tube 7, the consistency and the operating state of the yarn splicing device 14 and the fluff binding device 13, are indicated by the unit controller 32 and the host controller. 31 can be grasped with higher accuracy than in the conventional configuration.

  Further, based on information acquired from the IC tags 40 to 43 provided on the yarn feeding bobbin 4, the winding tube 7, the yarn joining device 14 and the fluff binding device 13 by the antenna 35 of the winding unit 2, the host controller 31 determines whether or not the state of the winding unit 2 is normal. When it is determined that the winding unit 2 is abnormal, the winding unit such as the yarn winding unit 16 is in contact with the unit controller 32 of the winding unit 2. 2 outputs a signal for prohibiting the yarn winding processing by the plurality of processing units constituting 2. Therefore, the processing is prevented from being performed by the winding unit 2 in an abnormal state.

  Next, modified embodiments in which various modifications are made to the embodiment will be described. However, components having the same configuration as in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted as appropriate.

  1] When the host controller 31 determines that the state of a certain winding unit 2 is abnormal, instead of outputting a prohibition signal to the unit controller 32, a warning display such as a warning lamp or a warning message is performed. The operator may be configured to notify the abnormality. Alternatively, a prohibition signal may be output to the unit controller 32 and a warning may be displayed to the operator.

  2] In the above-described embodiment, the IC tag 40 for recording information such as the yarn type of the yarn supplying bobbin 4 is provided on the bobbin tray 20 for supplying the yarn supplying bobbin 4, but holds a plurality of yarn supplying bobbins 4. When the take-up unit 2 is not provided with the bobbin tray 20 such as a magazine type in which the yarn feeding bobbin 4 is supplied from a magazine, the IC tag 40 is provided on the tube 4a of the yarn feeding bobbin 4. That's fine.

  Even if the winding unit 2 is of the bobbin tray type, if the IC tag 40 is provided on the tube 4a of the yarn feeding bobbin 4, a yarn different from the yarn type corresponding to the bobbin tray 20 is wound. Even if the supplied yarn supplying bobbin 4 is supplied to the yarn supplying unit 10, the host controller 31 may detect a state in which such an abnormal yarn supplying bobbin 4 is mounted on the yarn supplying unit 10. it can.

  3] In each winding unit 2 of the above-described embodiment, IC tags 42 and 43 are provided for the yarn splicing device 14 and the fluff binding device 13, respectively. Each is configured to acquire information, but an IC tag is attached to a processing unit (for example, the yarn winding unit 16, the tension applying device 12, or the clearer 15) other than the yarn joining device 14 and the fluff binding device 13. It may be provided and may be constituted so that predetermined information about these processing parts may be acquired by antenna 35, respectively.

  Alternatively, among some of the plurality of processing units constituting the winding unit 2, some component parts (for example, nozzles (untwisting nozzles or twisting nozzles) of the yarn splicing device 14 (air splicer), and fluff binding IC tags are provided on the friction disk 13a of the apparatus 13, and the host controller 31 is configured to monitor the state of a single component by acquiring information from these IC tags with the antenna 35. May be.

  4] Information acquisition and transmission means for acquiring information from the yarn feeding bobbin and the yarn joining device is not limited to the antenna 35 of the above-described embodiment. For example, it may be a radio wave or electromagnetic wave reader or a reader / writer. Further, as the IC tags 40 to 43, RFID tags or the like may be used. Furthermore, only one antenna 35 may be provided for one winding unit 2. However, even in this case, it is preferable that the antenna 35 is stretched so as to be able to communicate with all articles related to the winding unit 2.

  The above-described embodiment and its modification are examples in which the present invention is applied to an automatic winder that forms a winding package by winding a yarn unwound from a yarn supplying bobbin onto a winding tube. Is not limited to such an automatic winder, and the present invention can be applied to other textile machines other than the automatic winder.

It is a front view which shows schematic structure of the automatic winder which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of a winding unit. It is a flowchart of the state monitoring process of the winding unit by a host controller.

Explanation of symbols

1 Automatic winder 2 Winding unit (work unit)
4 Yarn feeding bobbin 6 Winding package 7 Winding tube 10 Yarn feeding unit 13 Fluff binding device 14 Yarn splicing device 16 Yarn winding unit 30 Unit main body 31 Host controller (monitoring device, verification means)
32 Unit controller (control unit)
35 Antenna 40, 41, 42, 43 IC tag

Claims (6)

A plurality of work units that perform predetermined processing on the textile product, and a monitoring device that monitors each of the plurality of work units,
Each of the plurality of work units has a unit body,
Each unit main body obtains collation information stored in electronic parts related to the corresponding work unit by wireless communication at a plurality of locations, and further transmits the obtained collation information to the monitoring device. The textile machine characterized by the above-mentioned.   2. The textile machine according to claim 1, wherein the information acquisition / transmission means is at least one or more antennas wound around the corresponding unit body.   Whether the electronic device is a legitimate electronic component corresponding to each work unit based on collation information of the electronic component related to each work unit acquired by the monitoring device via the information acquisition and transmission means The textile machine according to claim 1, further comprising a verification unit that determines whether or not. The electronic component related to each work unit is provided in an element member attached to the unit body in a replaceable manner,
After the element member is attached to the unit main body, the collating means allows each electronic component to be in the work unit before the predetermined processing is performed on the textile product in the work unit corresponding to the unit main body. 4. The textile machine according to claim 3, wherein it is determined whether or not it is a corresponding regular electronic component. Electronic parts related to each work unit are provided in members related to textile products processed in the work unit,
After the member is received in each work unit, the collating means is a regular electronic part corresponding to the work unit before the predetermined processing is performed on the textile product in the work unit. 4. The textile machine according to claim 3, wherein it is determined whether or not. When the verification unit determines that an electronic component is not a regular electronic component corresponding to the work unit, a predetermined process is performed on the control unit of the work unit corresponding to the electronic component determined as such. A textile machine according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein a signal for prohibiting is output.

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