JPH11107075A - Machine stage control system in fiber machinery - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a machine stage control system in fiber machinery capable of making even an unskilled worker readily recognize a position and contents to be checked, and simply and quickly performing maintenance and repair thereof by enabling a troubled position to be visually indicated on a display. SOLUTION: This machine stage control system in fiber machinery has a central control device 12 memorizing and processing troubles and their numbers in the fiber machinery according to prescribed check items and an indicating means 13 visually indicating a troubled position on a display.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a machine management system for a textile machine for checking various troubles of various textile machines such as a spinning frame and an automatic winder and performing maintenance and repair. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when various troubles such as a yarn breakage, a failure in a splicing operation, a trouble in conveying a pipe yarn, and a failure in a doffing operation have occurred in a textile machine, types of troubles and locations of the troubles have occurred. And its causes are input to the central computer through the terminal, and based on the data input to the central computer, maintenance and repair of frequently troubled machines and units are performed. There is known a machine management system for a textile machine as described above.

[0003]

In a conventional machine management system for a textile machine, since an operator inputs data, input errors or omissions occur, and accurate data can be collected. Therefore, there is a problem that appropriate maintenance and repair cannot be performed, and labor saving cannot be realized.

Further, in the conventional machine management system for textile machines, the operator determines whether or not to perform maintenance or repair work by analyzing the output data. In addition, there is a problem that objective judgment cannot be made for the whole factory, and a problem that data analysis requires time and skill.

Further, in the conventional machine management system of a textile machine, data displayed on a screen includes numerals, characters,
It is a flowchart or a graph. Therefore, it takes time and expertise to analyze the output data, and it is difficult for an operator to easily specify a machine or a place where maintenance or repair is performed. There is.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional machine management system for textile machines,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a machine management system for a textile machine, which can clearly display locations of devices and members requiring maintenance and repair.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention firstly provides a central control for storing and processing a trouble of a textile machine and the number of times based on preset check items. And a display means for visually displaying the trouble location on a screen. Second, when the number of troubles exceeds a set target number, the trouble number is exceeded. Third, a trouble location is visually displayed on a screen. Thirdly, a central control device on the user side for storing and processing troubles and the number of troubles of the textile machine, and a manufacturer or maintenance company of the textile machine. It is connected to a central controller.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to various devices for performing a splicing operation of an automatic winder, maintenance and repair of members, and the like. The present invention is not limited to the stand management system, and can be applied to a roving machine, a spinning machine, a loom, a knitting machine, and the like, or a machine management system of a combination of these textile machines.

First, the winding unit U constituting the automatic winder will be described with reference to FIG.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a yarn supplying bobbin supplied from a spinning machine. Reference numeral 2 denotes a yarn sensor disposed above the yarn supplying bobbin 1 for detecting the presence or absence of a yarn Y unwound from the yarn supplying bobbin 1. 3 is a tension applying member disposed above the yarn sensor 2, 4 is a yarn clearer disposed above the tension applying member 3, and the yarn clearer 4 is a slab, a thick yarn. In addition to detecting a yarn defect such as a thin yarn, the defective yarn is cut by a built-in cutter. Reference numeral 5 denotes a splicer provided above the yarn clearer 4. Reference numeral 6 denotes a traverse drum. Reference numeral 7 denotes a winding package held by a cradle arm 8, which is rotated while being in contact with the traverse drum 6 that is being driven to rotate. The yarn Y unwound from the yarn supplying bobbin 1 passes through the yarn sensor 2, the tension applying member 3, the yarn clearer 4, and the splicer 5, and then contacts the traverse drum 6 while being traversed by the traverse drum 6, and rotates. It is configured to be taken up by a take-up package 7.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a suction mouth for sucking and drawing out the yarn end wound in the winding package 7. The suction mouth 9 has a slit 9a having a width substantially equal to the width of the winding package 7. Have been. The suction mouth 9 pivots upward from the standby position shown in FIG. 1 to an operating position close to the winding package 7, and after sucking the yarn end wound in the winding package 7, again. By returning to the standby position,
The yarn end wound in the winding package 7 is inserted into the splicer 5. Also, 10
Is a splicing pipe having a suction port and a yarn gripping member at the tip, and is rotated downward from the standby position shown in FIG. 1 to near the yarn supplying bobbin 1 so that the yarn end on the yarn supplying bobbin 1 side. Then, by returning to the standby position again, the yarn end on the yarn supplying bobbin 1 side is inserted into the splicer 5. The yarn end pulled out from the winding package 7 is referred to as an "upper yarn", and the yarn end pulled out from the yarn supplying bobbin 1 is referred to as a "lower yarn".

For example, when the yarn clearer 4 detects a slab, a thread built in the yarn clearer 4 cuts the yarn having the slab. The cut yarn end on the winding package 7 side is wound around the winding package 7, and the cut yarn end on the yarn supplying bobbin 1 side is disposed above the yarn supplying bobbin 1, not shown. It is gripped by a yarn trap composed of a suction tube and the like. Next, as described above, the suction mouth 9 is actuated to dispose the slit 9a close to the winding package 7, and to rotate the traversing drum 6 in a reverse direction to remove the yarn end wound in the winding package 7. Aspirate, pull out, and insert into splicer 5. Similarly, after operating the splicer pipe 10 to receive the yarn end on the yarn supplying bobbin 1 side held by the yarn trap, the yarn end on the yarn supplying bobbin 1 side is inserted into the splicer 5. afterwards,
The splicing operation by the splicer 5 is performed.

The detection state of the yarn sensor 2 for detecting the presence / absence of the yarn Y unwound from the yarn supplying bobbin 1 and the operation state of the yarn clearer 4 are input to a unit controller 11 provided for each winding unit. The unit controller 11 analyzes the spliced contents, and the result is sent to a central control unit 12 composed of a central processing unit (CPU), etc., and analyzed and stored. Of course, the unit controller 11 provided for each winding unit may be omitted, and the detection status of the yarn sensor 2 and the operation status of the yarn clearer 4 may be directly input to the central control device 12.

Next, an example of data such as check items input to the unit controller 11 or the central controller 12 during the piecing operation will be described.

In the present embodiment, the following eight items of errors are detected and input to the unit controller 11 or the central controller 12. (1) The case where the lower thread sucked by the relay pipe 10 is a double thread. (2) The upper thread pulled out by the suction mouse 9 is 2
For heavy yarn. (3) When the bobbin thread is not sucked into the relay pipe 10. (4) The splicer 5 cannot be spliced due to a defect. (5) When the joint is judged to be defective by the splice monitor. (6) The case where the yarn clearer 4 detects a defect of the yarn and cuts the yarn immediately after starting the winding of the yarn after the splicing. (7) When the upper thread cannot be pulled out by the suction mouse 9. (8) After the splicing, the traverse drum 6 is slightly reversed, and the spliced portion is checked by a splice monitor.
This is called reverse, and this reverse is not possible.

At the time of the piecing operation, all of the above-mentioned check items are checked, and if there is a mistake, which of the eight items is wrong is determined from the winding unit U of the automatic winder W by each of the items. The data is output to the central controller 12 via the unit controller 11 provided in the winding unit U or directly from the winding unit U. In the central control unit 12, which of the eight items causes the piecing failure, and the number of times of the piecing, are counted and analyzed for each winding unit U.

The central control device 12 includes a display device 1.
3 and the printer 14 are connected, and data relating to the type of mistake and the number of mistakes (for example, represented as a mistake rate%) are displayed on the display device 13 so that the data can be printed as necessary. Is configured.

For example, the display device 1 shown in FIG.
When the user clicks on “Splice maintenance” on the screen displayed in FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. Displays whether the error occurred. For example, in FIG. 4, the mistaken rate that the 12th spindle of the automatic winder of the 112th machine could not pull out the upper thread by the suction mouse 9 of the check item (7) described above in one day today. Is 50%. In addition, this screen displays the layout of the automatic winder installed at the factory and the number of black circles indicating the number of spindles in which the automatic winder of which machine number caused the yarn splicing error. .

In the case where the upper thread cannot be pulled out by the suction mouse 9 of the check item (7), a mistake is made in FIG. 4 when it is necessary to know which part of the winding unit should be checked. Click "Checkpoint description" on the screen that is displayed. Then, for example, the screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. On this screen, at the time of piecing, a check point when the upper thread could not be pulled out from the winding package 7 is visually displayed by a photograph or a drawing together with a questionnaire. In the example shown in FIG. 5, a photograph near the slit of the suction mouse is visually displayed along with the actually clogged lint together with the question "1. Is lint clogged in the suction mouse?" ing. Along with the question "2. Is the distance between the suction mouse and the winding package normal?", And a photograph of the suction mouse and the winding package when the distance between the suction mouse and the winding package is wider than normal,
A photograph in which the suction mouse is in contact with the winding package is visually displayed, and a normal interval, for example, 2 to 5 mm is displayed.

As described above, since the photograph or drawing of the place to be checked is visually displayed on the display device 13, even the inexperienced worker can easily check the place to be checked and the contents to be checked. Understand, easily, and quickly, maintenance, repair, and the like can be performed.

Further, in this embodiment, the central control unit 12 incorporates a target value setting circuit 12a for the number of errors of each check item described above. In this method, a target value of a predetermined check item is input, and it is possible to determine that the number of errors of the check item exceeds the target value. The target value setting circuit 12a can be set for each unit of the automatic winder, for each of a plurality of group units, or for all units of the factory.

Further, in this embodiment, when a mistake occurs in a certain winding unit exceeding a target value of a predetermined check item, a target value setting circuit 12 is provided.
4 and / or 5 automatically according to the command from FIG.
Is displayed on the display device 13, or
Alternatively, it is configured to be printed by the printer 14. When the target value is exceeded, the visual representation of the checkpoint shown in FIG.
After the work of the day is completed and the automatic winder is stopped, printing can be automatically performed.

The data and display screens related to the yarn splicing work of each user who uses the automatic winder as described above are input to the central control device 15 such as a manufacturer or a maintenance company that manufactures the automatic winder. It can be configured as follows. The maker or maintenance company can also grasp the error situation of the piecing operation, so that the user can be given appropriate instructions in a short time, and employees of the maker or maintenance company go to the site for maintenance and repair. When performing, since the cause and location of the piecing error have already been grasped, there is no time to talk with the worker on the user side, or
Even if it is held, maintenance, repair, etc. can be completed by a brief hearing.

In the above-described embodiment, the machine base management system has been described by exemplifying various devices for performing a splicing operation of an automatic winder and maintenance and repair of members, but the supply bobbin is automatically transferred to each winding unit. The above-mentioned management system is applied to an automatic tubing supply device that is to be supplied automatically, and maintenance and repair of the automatic tubing supply device can be performed in the same manner. When supplying the supply bobbin to the automatic winder,
There is a tapping operation to pull out the yarn end from the supply bobbin and insert it into the top hole of the bobbin.Check items include a tapping error in this tapping device and a feed bobbin at the junction of the branch line and the main line of the tapping device. Clogging of a tray on which is placed. As a photograph or drawing displayed on the screen, for example, a deviation from a normal position of a suction mouse for pulling out a thread end from a supply bobbin in a tapping device is displayed. In addition, by displaying all the transfer lines of the supply bobbin on the screen and displaying the location where the supply bobbin is clogged, it is also possible to configure so that the operator can save time and effort in searching for the location where the supply bobbin is clogged. .

In addition, maintenance and repair of the automatic doffing truck traveling along the machine of the automatic winder can be carried out by the same means as described above.

[0026]

Since the present invention has the above-described structure, the following effects can be obtained.

Since trouble points are visually displayed on the screen, even inexperienced workers can easily view the trouble points.
Know where to check and what to check,
Maintenance, repair, and the like can be performed easily and quickly.

If the number of troubles exceeds the set target number, the trouble location exceeding the target number is visually displayed on the screen. It is not necessary for the operator to make the judgment, so that the company or the factory as a whole can make objective judgments for maintenance and repair, etc., and provide the workers with training and training for data analysis. Since it is not necessary to perform the above, labor saving can be realized.

By connecting the central control device on the user side to the central control device of the manufacturer or the maintenance company, the machine can be managed by the manufacturer or the maintenance company, etc., so that an appropriate instruction can be given to the user in a short time. In addition to being able to perform the maintenance and repairs when employees of the manufacturer or maintenance company, etc. visit the site, they have already grasped the cause and location of the trouble, so they have time to talk with the user's workers. The maintenance, repair, etc. can be completed without hearing, or even with a brief hearing even if it is held.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a winding unit of an automatic winder as an example to which a machine management system for a textile machine according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram when the machine management system for a textile machine of the present invention is applied to an automatic winder.

FIG. 3 is an example of a screen displayed on a display device of the machine management system for a textile machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the machine management system for a textile machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the machine management system for a textile machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 W: Automatic winder U: Winding unit 12: Central control device 13: Display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A central control device for storing and processing troubles and the number of troubles of a textile machine based on preset check items, and display means for visually displaying the trouble spots on a screen. Machine management system for textile machinery. 2. The textile machine according to claim 1, wherein when the number of times of trouble exceeds a set number of times of the target, the trouble location exceeding the number of times of the target is visually displayed on a screen. Machine management system. 3. The trouble of the textile machine and the number of times are stored.
3. The machine management system for a textile machine according to claim 1, wherein a central controller on a user side for processing and a central controller of a manufacturer or a maintenance company of the textile machine are connected.