US3891155A - Method and apparatus for controlling a winding device for a continuously supplied fiber sliver - Google Patents

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US3891155A
US3891155A US262028A US26202872A US3891155A US 3891155 A US3891155 A US 3891155A US 262028 A US262028 A US 262028A US 26202872 A US26202872 A US 26202872A US 3891155 A US3891155 A US 3891155A
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  • ABSTRACT A method of and apparatus for controlling a winding device for a continuously supplied fiber sliver wherein the winding phase is interrupted by a standstill phase during the bobbin change.
  • the invention contemplates the steps of and means for controlling the winding tension in the fiber sliver.
  • PATENTEDJUN 24 I975 Y SHEET PATENTEDJUN24 1975 3,891,155
  • the present invention relates to a new and improved method and apparatus for controlling a winding device for a continuously supplied fiber sliver and which can be stopped or shut-down during the bobbin change operation.
  • a suitable winding device is one provided with more than one winding spindle per winding head, for example a so-called revolver or turret head; another suitable winding device is one provided with one single winding spindle per winding head.
  • a first disadvantage of a multi-spindle type winding device resides in the fact that it is complicated and expensive. A plurality of winding spindles is needed and the winding device must be additionally equipped with a complicated control mechanism so that each winding spindle, the position of which must be movable, can be driven while it is in its operating position.
  • a further disadvantage of the known multi-spindle winding device is, notwithstanding the theoretical possibility of effecting a bobbin change operation without interruption of the winding process, also here the necessity arises of providing control elements for the speed of the winding device or at least for the winding tension, since it is extremely difficult to achieve perfect synchronization of the speeds of the continuously supplied fiber sliver and the winding device and furthermore variation of the fiber sliver tension is unavoidable during the bobbin change.
  • a so-called dancer or tensioning roll arranged between the last element continuously supplying the fiber sliver and the winding device, i.e. a roll permitting adaption of the fiber sliver path length within a limited range.
  • the winding process is to be interrupted during bobbin change over a sufficiently long time span
  • the winding tension i.e. the tension under which the sliver is wound onto the winding bobbin, is to be precisely controlled during the entire winding process, including the time-span encompassing interruption of winding.
  • the inventive method and apparatus furthermore has an objective permitting control of awinding device of the precision winding type in which the bobbin shaft or axle is driven as well as a friction drum winding device in which the bobbin is driven by surface friction.
  • the winding tension in the fiber sliver during the winding phase is controlled as a function of the bobbin diameter
  • the rotational speed of the winding device is controlled as a function of the reduction of the fiber sliver reserve.
  • the method can be used both with winding devices of the precision winding type and with winding devices of the friction drive drum type.
  • the inventive apparatus for implementing the aforedescribed method with a winding device for winding a continuously supplied fiber sliver which is stopped during a bobbin change is manifested by the features that between a last element continuously supplying the fiber sliver and the winding device there are provided means performing the following functions:
  • control of the rotational speed of the winding de vice during the winding phase as a function of the reduction of the fiber sliver reserve.
  • the winding device can be both a winding device of the precision winding type in which the bobbin axis is driven as well as a friction drum drive type winding device in which the bobbin surface is driven by friction.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view and partially in section of the inventive apparatus with a Winding device of the precision winding type, the apparatus being shown shortly after the bobbin change;
  • FIG. 2 is the same view of the apparatus according to FIG. 1, but shown shortly before the bobbin change;
  • FIG. 3 is a graph depicting the bobbin diameter D plotted as a function of time t for a winding device of the type depicted in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating the rotational speed U of the winding device plotted as a function of time z for a winding device according to FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a detail of the apparatus according to FIGS. 1 and 2, but depicting further embodiments of the control of the fiber sliver tension;
  • FIG. 6 is a graph showing different curves of the rotational speed U of the winding device plotted as a function of the position fof the flyer building-up or reducing respectively the fiber sliver reserve, according to the alternative embodiment of fiber sliver tension control depicted in FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a graph showing different curves of the winding tension S plotted as a function of the position of the flyerffor the embodiment of fiber sliver tension control shown in FIG. 5; 1
  • FIG. 8 is an alternative embodiment of control system for the drive motor of the winding device for an apparatus of the type shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but with two separate tension variators for continuously varying the minimum rotational speed U of the winding device;
  • FIG. 9 is a graph showing different curves of the rotational speed U of the winding device plotted as a function of the position f 0f the flyer for the apparatus according to FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 16 is a side view and partial section of the inventive apparatus with a friction drive drum, the apparatus being shown shortly after the bobbin change;
  • FIG. 17 is the same view of the apparatus depicted in FIG. 16, but shown shortly before the bobbin change;
  • FIG. 18 is a graph showing the rotational speed U of the winding device plotted as a function of the time t for the apparatus according to FIGS. 16 and 17
  • FIG. 19 is a graph showing the rotational speed of the winding device plotted as a function of the position f of the flyer building and reducing respectively the fiber sliver reserve in an apparatus according to FIGS. 16 and 17;
  • FIG. 20 is a further embodiment of the apparatus, shown in schematic view, shortly after the bobbin change.
  • FIG. 21 is an alternative embodiment of the apparatus, depicted in schematic view, shortly before the bobbin change operation.
  • this storage drum 3 may substantially consist of a large number of transporting belt runs or legs 4 forming a surface, the cross-section of which defines a manysided polygon, that is, is approximately circular, and further comprises belt guide rolls 5 and supports 6 for the belt guide rolls 5.
  • the transporting belt runs or legs 4 are part of one or a plurality of transporting belts running on the belt guide rolls 5.
  • the transporting .belt runs 4 forming the drum surface move at the same speed and in the same direction from the left to the right on the rotating drum surface.
  • the rotation of the drum 3, according to FIG. 1 is effected, for instance, by means of a driven gear 7 and a gear 8 meshing therewith, gear 8 being directly connected to the cylindrical extension 9 of the drum 3.
  • the rotating drum 3 is supported by a stationary support frame 12 in two bearings 10 and 11.
  • each belt guide roll 5 at the left-hand drum side is directly connected with a worm gear 13 placed on the same shaft or axle.
  • All worm gears 13 mesh with a stationary worm l4 coaxially arranged with respect to the drum axis at the drum end face and by means of a connecting member 15 is rigidly connected with the support frame 12.
  • any other suitable drive arrangement also can be used.
  • the rotating drum designed as abovedescribed forms a fiber sliver storage of the apparatus.
  • the fiber sliver After passing the surface of the drum 3 the fiber sliver is lifted-off the drum surface by a roll 16, the axis of which is arranged at right angles to the drum surface and is deflected in the direction ofa further deflecting roll 17.
  • stationary guide elements such as for example eyelets or trumpets, can be of course also used.
  • the rolls l6 and 17 are rotatably supported on flyer 19 which is rigidly connected with a shaft 18, the shafts or axles of rolls l6 and 17 being mutually arranged at approximately right angles with respect to one another.
  • the flyer 19 consists of a light tube or stiff profile forming a right-angle at the point 20, the horizontal arm 21 of the flyer 19 being of such length that the roll 16 can be moved axially in a manner to be described in more detail hereinafter from its position f shown in FIG. 1 with solid lines to its position f shown in FIG. 1 with broken or phantom lines and also shown in FIG. 2 with solid lines.
  • the distance between the flyer positions f,, and f designated by reference character f corresponds to the storage capacity or to the fiber sliver reserve respectively, of the drum 3.
  • a stationary guide element 22 e.g. an eyelet
  • a stationary deflecting roll 23 arranged coaxially with respect to the shaft 18 and from there is transferred to a stationary deflecting roll 23.
  • the fiber sliver is directly transferred towards a to and fro traversing thread guide 24 of a conventional winding device 25 of a precision winder.
  • Such winding device 25 substantially consists of a winding spindle 27 onto which is placed a tube 26, the traversing thread guide 24 with a traversing mechanism 29 (only indicated) mounted on a pivotable frame 28, and a drive motor 30 driving the winding spindle 27 and the traversing mechanism 29.
  • winding speed is driven by the drive motor 30 via a beltdrive embodying pulleys 31 and 32 and belt 33.
  • the nature of such drive is not crucial, but it is important that in the winding device of the precision winding type the winding spindle 27 is directly driven by the drive motor 30. In this arrangement the rotational speed of the winding spindle 27 is referred to as winding speed.
  • the shaft 18 is rotatably supported by means of a bearing 34 at the drum 3 and behind this bearing 34 such is provided with the threaded portion 35.
  • This threaded portion 35 can be screwedin and out of a nut 36 stationarily arranged in the support frame 12 during such time as the flyer 19 with the shaft 18 rotates.
  • the thread pitch of the threaded portion 35 exactly corresponds to the pitch of the fiber sliver helix coils on the drum surface.
  • the length of the nut 36 is chosen at least such that the flyer 19, by screwing the threaded portion 35 into the nut 36, can move axially from the right-hand position f, to the left-hand position f
  • the roll 16 thus during its movement, follows a helix of the same pitch as of the helix of the fiber sliver 1 on the drum surface.
  • a member 37 of round cross-section which member 37 in the embodiment of FIG. 1 is for instance of cylindrical form.
  • a flexible string 39 At a point 38 of the member 37 close to the extreme end opposite the flyer 19 there is tangentially mounted a flexible string 39. This string or cable 39 passes around a roll 40 and and at its other end is loaded by a weight 41.
  • the roll 40 drives a gear 42 via a gear 41 and a sliding contact 43 of a voltage variator 44 for the electrical current supply of the drive 30.
  • the voltage variator 44 can be a rotary transformer as well as a potentiometer.
  • the position of the slidingcontact 43 indicated in FIG. 1 corresponds to the highest voltage of the current supplied to the drive motor 30, whereas the position of the sliding contact 43 indicated in FIG. 2 corresponds to the lowest such voltage.
  • the drive motor 30 is'a directcurrent motor, the rotational speed of which can be continuously varied by varying the voltage of the current supply.
  • FIG. 1 the exemplary embodiment of inventive apparatus is shown shortly after the bobbin change.
  • the bobbin diameter is still very small, approximately corresponding to the diameter of the empty tube 26, that the flyer 19 is'in its outermost position f; at which the fiber sliver reserve fon the drum is maximum, i.e. equals f,,, that the cable or string 39 is not wound onto the member 37,.and that the sliding contact 43 of the voltage variator 44 is thus in its extreme left-hand position.
  • the drive motor 30 is supplied with the maximum voltage and its rotational speed is maximum.
  • FIG. 2 the same apparatus is shown as in FIG. 1, but here it is depicted shortly before the bobbin change, This should be apparent in view of the fact that the bobbin 45 has reached its full diameter, the flyer 19 has reached its innermost position f (compare also FIG. 1, broken lines), the fiber sliver reserve f is practically used up, and the cable or string 39 is wound onto the member 37 to such an extent that the sliding contact 43 of the voltage variator 44 upon clockwise rotation is in its extreme right-hand position.,T he drive motor 30 at this moment is supplied with the minimum voltage and its rotational speed reaches its minimum value.
  • the winding tension of the fiber sliver needed for the winding process is obtained in that the flexible cable or string 39 loaded by the weight 41 exerts a rotational moment upon the member 37 and thus also upon the shaft 18 and upon the flyer l9. Owing to-this moment, the magnitude of which depends upon the magnitude of the weight 41 and on the diameter of the member 37, the flyer 19, viewed from the winding device 25, would rotate clockwise. This rotational movement of the flyer 19 however is precluded by the fiber sliver running on the roll 16, i.e. the fiber sliver retains the flyer 19 in its position against the force of the abovementioned moment, or, in other words, a tensile load acts on the fiber sliver between the drum 3 and the winding device 25.
  • This tensile load forms the required winding tension, the magnitude of which is determined by the diameter of the member 37 if there is employed a given weight 41.
  • the voltage variator 44 is designed such that owing to the voltage supplied to the motor 30 the latter runs at a rotational speed for obtaining the rotational speed or winding speed of the winding spindle 27 with an empty tube when the sliding contact 43 is in the position shown in FIG. 1, whereas the motor 30 runs at a speed needed for obtaining the rotational speed or winding speed with the full diameter of the bobbin 45 when the sliding contact 43 is in the position shown in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 3 there is graphically depicted the increase of the bobbin diameter D as a function of time t for which the expression D t exists, wherein D is the bobbin diameter at the beginning of the winding operation, and D is the bobbin diameter at the end of the winding operation.
  • D the bobbin diameter at the beginning of the winding operation
  • D the bobbin diameter at the end of the winding operation.
  • The, apparatus according to FIGS. 1 and 2 employing a winding device 25 of the precision winding type functionsas follows. Shortly upon the change of a full bobbin which has reached its full diameter, which change is activated by control means not shown, and during which change the winding device 25 was stopped, the apparatus is in the position shown in FIG. 1.
  • the drive motor 30 runs at the highest speed corresponding to the speed needed for winding the fiber sliver onto the empty tube, the supply speed of the fiber sliver being -gi'ven.
  • the fiber sliver 1 is wound onto the tube 26 and the bobbin diameter'increa'ses from D, to D according to'thecurve D ⁇ fishown in FIG. 3. As the bobbin speed of the motor is too high and too much fiber sliver is wound onto the bobbin. This excessive length of fiber sliver i.e. the amount exceeding the fiber sliver supply,
  • the flyer 19 is taken by the flyer 19 from the fiber sliver reservef, i.e. the flyer 19 starts at the position f reducing the fiber sliver reserve by rotating counterclockwise (as seen from the winding device) and by being screwed in by the fiber sliver 1.
  • the flexible cable or string 39 is also wound onto the member 27 and the sliding contact 43 of the voltage variator 44 is rotatedclockwise, which causes the voltage of the current supplied to the drive motor 30 to be reduced so that the rotational speed of the motor 30 is reduced.
  • This control cycle continues as long as the bobbin diameter D:continues to increase according to the curve shown in FIG. 3.
  • the flyer 19 thus must continue to take fiber sliver from the reservef, i.e. must continue to screw itself inward, and the motor speed and thus the rotational speed U of the winding device, is automatically adapted according to the curve shown in FIG. 4.
  • the flyer 19 is thus in its extreme position f shown in FIG. 2, i.e. the entire fiber sliver reserve is reduced or used up respectively.
  • the only condition for this is that at this moment the voltage of the current supplied to the drive motor 30, determined by the position of the sliding contact 43, causes the drive motor 30 to run at a rotational speed, and thus brings about a winding speed, which corresponds to the winding speed needed for winding onto the full bobbin diameter D
  • the maximum and minimum voltages of the voltage variator 44 thus must be adapted to the production speed of the installation.
  • the maximum voltage furthermore must be adapted to the empty tube diameter D and the minimum voltage must be adapted to the desired full bobbin diameter D,;.
  • flyer 19 thus screws itself out of the nut 36.
  • the voltage started, for instance activated by a suitable signal device.
  • the flyer 19 first stands still and subsequently again starts reducing, as described above, the fiber sliver reserve now built up. The whole sequence then is repeated as described above.
  • FIG. 5 there are shown variants of the member 37.
  • the cylindrical member 37a symmetrical with respect to its axis, again corresponds to the member 37 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the other shown member 37b is tapered, its diameter decreasing from the left towards its right side.
  • the further shown member 370 is concave, its diameter also decreasing from its left towards its right side.
  • Member 37d is tapered in a first section and cylindrical in a second section, as shown,'and finally member 37e is tapered, its diameter increasing from its left towards its right side.
  • the bobbin is wound about half full, i.e. the bobbin diameter is somewhere between empty and full. This is indicated in FIG. 5 by the medianposition of the sliding contact 43 of the voltage variator 44 between its two extreme positions.
  • the curves a e of the rotational speed U of the winding device are plotted as a function of the position of the flyer or the fiber sliver reserve f between the positions f and f for the five different members 37a through 3712, symmetrical with respect to their respective axis, and as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the graph a of the rotational speed plotted against the position f of the flyer is a straight line.
  • the graph d corresponding to the member 37d being of discontinuous curvature as the surface of member 37d is of discontinuous curvature.
  • the graphs a 2 represent the winding tension S plotted against the position of the flyer or the fiber sliver reserve f between the positions f,, and f corresponding to the different members 37a through 37e shown in FIG. '5.
  • a cylindrical member 37a (FIG. 5) yields a constant winding tension (curve a shown in FIG. 7)
  • a tapered member of the type indicated at 37b (FIG. 5) yields a winding tension which at the beginning of the winding process is higher than at the end of the winding process.
  • FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 show in which manner, according to the scope of the inventive method and apparatus, the winding tension S during the winding phase can be controlled according to a determined function, which can be chosen as desired, namely as a function of the position of the flyer or the fiber sliver reserve f, i.e. actually (since a precisely determined bobbin diameter D corresponds to any given positionf) as a function of the bobbin diameter D.
  • the same function of the winding tension S but in the inverse sense, also prevails during the standstill phase of the winding device.
  • the flyer is screwed outwards, i.e. the fiber sliver reserve is built-up.
  • the flexible cable or string 39 (FIG. 1) during this phase is unwound from the'member 37 (FIG. 1).
  • the fiber sliver 1 remains subject to the influence of the moment generated by the weight 41 (Fig. 1) during this phase, the moment varying during the standstill phase according to the shape of the member 37 determining the function of the moment.
  • a roll 40 is driven by a flexible cable or string 39 with a weight 41.
  • the roll 40 drives the sliding contact 43 of a first rotationally activated voltage variator 44.
  • the sliding contact 43 also here via a conductor 45 just as was shown in the FIGS. 1 and 2, supplies the current for the drive motor 30 of the winding device (FIG. 1).
  • the two terminal or end points A and B of the voltage variator 44 according to FIG. 8, and differing from the arrangement shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, are not directly connected to the power supply source.
  • a second voltage variator 47 Between the point A and the connection 46 to the power supply in the arrangement according to FIG. 8 and at the point C there is provided in the circuit a second voltage variator 47, the second end point D of which is directly connected with the power supply connection 48.
  • the end point B of the voltage variator 44 is connected with the sliding contact 43 of the second voltage variator 47.
  • the voltage gradient or range in the first voltage variator 44 can be varied. If the sliding contact 49 is positioned at the point D of the second voltage variator 47 the maximum voltage range is obtained between the points A and B of the first voltage variator, i.e. the voltage of the current supplied to the drive motor can be varied between the maximum value which yields the rotational speed U of the winding device according to the graph shown in FIG. 9 and a certain minimum value corresponding to the rotational speed U according to the graph shown in FIG. 9. This rotational speed U corresponds to the winding speed needed at the end of the winding phase for the maximum desired bobbin diameter of the bobbin. In the examples shown in FIGS.
  • this rotational speed U corresponds to the bobbin of the diameter D shown in FIG. 15. If, however, the sliding contact 49 of the second voltage variator 47 is positioned at the point C no more voltage gradient or differential at all is present at the first voltage variator 44, the two points A and B being connected with the same point C of the circuit. In this case the voltage of the current supplied to the drive motor 30 remains constant over the full path of rotation of the sliding contact 43, so that the rotational speed of the winding device also remains constant and equal to the maximum rotational speed U Since the rotational speed of the winding device ingthis last case is not reduced as the flyer 19 is screwed inward, the fiber sliver reserve is thus used up within the shortest possible time.
  • the corresponding full bobbin diameter, according to the shortest duration of the winding phase, is the smallest possible. Between these two extreme positions of the sliding contact 49 all other intermediate positions are possible.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates for instance six different curves of the rotational speed U of the winding device as a function of the flyer position or the fiber sliver reserve length f and with the associated bobbins.
  • the final rotational speed U of the winding device 25 corresponds to the bobbin of the full diameter D shown in FIG. 10, and so forth.
  • FIGS. 16 and 17 illustrate the apparatus with a winding device of the friction drive drum type, instead of a winding device of the precision winding type as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for winding thecontinuously supplied fiber sliver. Except for the winding device 51 all other elements of the inventive apparatus according to FIG. 16 and 17 correspond exactly to the ones shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, so that furtherdescription can be dispensed with.
  • the drive motor 50 of this winding device 51 is also controlled in exactly the same manner as shown in and described in conjunction with FIGS. 1 and 2, even if the control characteristic differs entirely from the one mentioned before for precision winding.
  • a winding device 51 of the friction drive drum type substantially consists of a drive motor 50, a friction drive drum 52 driving the bobbin surface by frictional contact, a pivotable usually spring-loaded bobbin support arm 52', and a traversing mechanism 53.
  • the drive motor 50 drives in any suitable manner the friction drive drum 52 (e.g. as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 by means of a belt drive).
  • the traversing mechanism 53 also can be driven by the motor 50 or by a separate motor for achieving its traversing motion.
  • the friction drive drum 52 must not be necessarily driven in synchronism with the traversing mechanism 53, so that as contemplated by the invention the type of drive used for the traversing mechanism is of no importance.
  • the rotational speed U of the friction drive drum 52 is referred to as the rotational speed of the winding device.
  • rotational speed U of a winding device of this type i.e. the rotational speed of the drive motor 50
  • the rotational speed of the drive motor 50 in principle need not be varied as a function of the bobbin diameter, since owing to the friction drive the winding speed is independent of the bobbin diameter.
  • the friction conditions between the friction drum 52 and the bobbin 54 vary during the winding phase, depending upon the bobbin diameter, the material being processed, the load characteristics of the bobbin support arm 52, and so forth, in this arrangement a control of the rotational speed of the winding device must be also provided.
  • the apparatus here proposed permits, in a very simple manner, solution of this problem and also the problem of creating a standstill phase of the winding device, during which the full bobbin can be simply changed.
  • FIG. 16 the apparatus is shown shortly after the bobbin change, in FIG. 17 shortly before the next bobbin change, in FIG. 18 the rotational speed U of the winding device is plotted against time t, and in FIG. 19 the rotational speed U is shown plotted against the position of the flyer or of the fiber sliver reserve f.
  • the initial voltage and the final voltage of the voltage variator 44 i.e. the voltages corresponding to the two extreme positions of the sliding contact 43 according to FIGS. 16 and 17 are chosen such that, as shown in FIG. 19, the initial rotational speed U,, of the winding device 51 (corresponding to the position of the sliding contact 43 shown in FIG. 16) substantially exceeds the supply rotational speed U of the winding device 51.
  • the supply rotational speed U is the rotational speed at which the surface speed of the friction drive drum 52 exactly corresponds to the supply speed of the fiber sliver.
  • the final rotational speed U of the winding device i.e. the rotational speed of the apparatus at the moment when the sliding contact 43 has reached its extreme right-hand position (FIG. 17), is chosen somewhat below the supply rotational speed U as shown in FIG. 19.
  • the difference between U and U must be just sufficient so that possible variations of friction properties between the friction drive drum 52 and the bobbin 54 can be levelled out by corresponding adaption of the rotational speed U.
  • Such variations of friction properties according to experience range within fi percent of the supply speed, which is a small range.
  • the fiber sliver 1 upon passing through exactly the same elements as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is transferred, according to FIGS. 16 and 17, through the eyelet or guide 22 and from there directly passes to the traversing mechanism 53 of the winding device 51.
  • the apparatus depicted in FIGS. 16 and 17 with a winding device of the friction drive drum functions as follows. Shortly after the bobbin change (FIG. 16) the flyer 19 is located in the position indicated with solid lines. Onto the member 37 there is still not wound the flexible cable or string 39 and the sliding contact 43 of the voltage variator 44 is located at its left-hand stop. The winding device 51 is driven at the rotational speed U,,. U,, being higher than U more fiber sliver l is wound onto the bobbin than is supplied.
  • the flyer 19 thus, just as in the arrangement described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, must take fiber sliver from the rotating storage drum 3, i.e.
  • the flyer must screw itself into the threaded portion or nut 36 under the influence of the pull of the fiber sliver.
  • the flexible cable or string 39 is wound onto the member 37 and the sliding contact 43 of the voltage variator 44 is progressively rotated in the direction of lower voltages.
  • the rotational speed U of the winding device 51 as a function of the time t is reduced according to the graph shown in FIG. 18.
  • the rotational speed U as a function of the position of the flyer or of the fiber sliver reserve f is reduced according to the graph shown in FIG. 19.
  • the flyer 19 takes fiber sliver from the fiber sliver reserve funtil the rotational speed U of the winding device 51 corresponds'to the rotational speed U Since at this moment the winding vspeed and the supply speed are equal, the flyer 19 no longer takes fiber sliver from the reserve. The flyer 19 no longer rotates, so that the rotational speed of the motor and thus the rotational speed U of the winding device no longer is adjusted. This is the case at the time 1 according to FIG. 18, or at the position f of the flyer according to FIG. 19. If from now on the winding speed remains equal to the constant supply speed, the rotational speed U of the winding device 51 will remain equal to U If, however, at a time 1, (FIG.
  • the slippage between the friction drive drum 52 and the bobbin 54 becomes smaller, the winding speed immediately becomes higher than the supply speed.
  • the flyer thus again takes more fiber sliver from the fiber sliver reserve and reaches e.g. the position f (FIG. 19)and remains in this position until the friction conditions cease their variation. If at the time (FIG. 18) the slippage e.g. increases again, the rotational speed U then must increase, as otherwise the flyer would not take enough fiber sliver from the drum surface, and the fiber sliver reserve f would increase.
  • the flyer 19 thus is screwed outwards somewhat i.e. the flyer 19 e.g. returns to the position f so that the winding speed is correct again.
  • the flyer will vary its position around the positionf according to the increase or decrease of the friction between the friction drum 52 and the bobbin 54.
  • the rotational speed U of the winding device also varies accordingly without ever reaching a lowest rotational speed U,,- which in view of the friction condition was freely chosen as desired.
  • the slope of the curve of U as a function off is chosen so steep that the differences in friction (max. t 5 percent) can be taken care of within a limited range of the flyer position f (e.g. between f and f according to FIG. 19).
  • the winding device 51 is stopped by a suitable signal.
  • the flyer 19 which must be located in the range f to f according to FIG. 19, immediately starts screwing itself outwardly, i.e. the fiber sliver reserve is built up. Since the range f to fi, is small compared to the range f,, to f a sufficiently long time-span is available for the bobbin change. As the flyer 19 reaches its initial position f i.e. as the fiber sliver reserve is again fully built up, the winding device 51 is again started through activation by a suitable signal, and after the full bobbin has been automatically or manually exchanged for anempty tube during the standstill phase.
  • the winding tension generated by the moment acting on the flyer 19 also prevails.
  • the winding tension is maintained constant throughout the whole winding phase and also throughout the standstill phase, the member 37 being chosen to be of cylindrical construction. If other shapes of the member 37-are used, the winding tension, at least during the time span to t, (FIG. 18), can be controlled according to any other desired function.
  • a storage drum 3 In the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 and FIGS. 16 and 17, wherein as a support of the fiber sliver reserve there is used a storage drum 3, there is obtained the advantage that since the storage capacity of a storage drum 3 of this type is very large (e.g. 100 meters of fiber sliver can be stored), very long time-spans are available for changing the bobbin. Thus, the bobbin change operation is more reliable.
  • the duration of the standstill phase is preferably chosen longer than seconds, i.e. the storage capacity of fiber sliver reserve take-up should be sufficient to take up the fiber sliver supplied during 10 seconds.
  • the fiber sliver reserve however, also can be built up or reduced in another manner. Thus forexample, in FIG.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 an alternative embodiment of the apparatus according to FIGS. 1 and 2 is schematically shown, in which a winding device of the precision winding type identical to the one indicated by reference character shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided and which is also equipped with a flexible cable or string 39 loaded by a weight 41 which via a roll 40 and gears 41 and 42 activates the sliding contact 43 of a voltage variator 44.
  • the voltage variator also supplies the drive motor of the winding device 25 with current of variable voltage.
  • the identical elements shown in both FIGS. 1 and 20 are designated by the same reference numerals.
  • the arrangement shown in FIG. 20 differs from the one shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 21 The same apparatus as shown in FIG. 20, used with a winding device 51 of the friction drive drum type identical to the one shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 for winding the continuously supplied fiber sliver l, is schematically shown in FIG. 21.
  • FIG. 21 the apparatus is shown (similar to the one shown in FIG. 17) shorly before bobbin change.
  • the drive motor 50 of the winding 14 device 51 is controlled by identical means as shown in FIG. 20.
  • FIGS. 20 and 21 are more simple in'design compared to the embodiments depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2 or FIGS. 16 and 17 respectively.
  • the function of the apparatus according'to FIGS. 20 and 21 respectively, in principle is the same as described for the apparatus according to FIGS. 1 and 2 or 16 and 17 respectively.
  • the difference merely consists in that when using the apparatus constructions according to FIGS. 20 and 21 respectively, only short time periods are available (according to the smaller storage capacity of the storage element for the fiber sliver) for the standstill phase of the winding device during'which bobbin change is effected, and that the winding tension during the windin g phase and during the standstill phase only can be maintained constantly.
  • a method of controlling thewinding of a continuously supplied fiber sliver on a bobbin by a winding device wherein the winding phase is interrupted by a standstill phase ofthe winding device duringa bobbin change including the steps of:
  • Apparatus for controlling the winding of a continuously supplied fiber sliver on a bobbin comprising:
  • a winding device for winding said continuously supplied fiber sliver from a supplying device on the bobbin arranged on said winding device;
  • c. means including a storage drum and guiding means for building-up a a fiber sliver reserve and for controlling the tension in the fiber sliver during the standstill phase, said drum having a surface on which the fiber sliver is helically wound, and means for transporting the helically wound fiber sliver at the .surface of the drum in the longitudinal direction of such drum;
  • said guiding means being arranged downstream of 5 said storage drum between the supplying device and the winding device, said guiding means being arranged movably over a distance of the drum surface for building-up and reducing a fiber sliverreserve thereon, said guiding means being operatively connected with means for controlling the movement of said guiding means and therefore the tension of the fiber sliver and v I e.
  • means for changing the rotational speed of the winding device said means for changing the rotational speed being connected with said guiding means and said winding device, said means for changing the rotational speed beingar'ranged to be operated by said movement of said guiding means.
  • said guiding means comprises a flyer mounted to be coaxially rotatable with regard to the longitudinal axis of the drum, a threaded member for rotatably supporting the flyer, said flyer during rotation moving longitudinally with the same pitch as the helix of the fiber sliver wound onto the surface of the drum.
  • said means for controlling the tension of the fiber sliver further comprises a rotatable member substantially symmetrical with respect to its axis of rotation and rigidly connected with said flyer, a flexible cable which can be wound onto said rotatable member, a weight for loading said flexible cable, said weight loaded flexible cable exerting a moment upon said member.
  • said means for changing the rotationalspeed of the winding device comprises a direct-current motor, the supply current voltage of which can be continuously varied between a maximum and a minimum value.

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