IP Library Granted Patent US 10,793,978
Granted Patent B2
US 10,793,978 · App. 15/345,660 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine

Inventors: Andrej Raisich (Kempten, DE); Jürgen Schnitzler (Viersen, DE)
Assignee: SAURER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
D01H7/86D01H1/103D01H1/106D01H1/166D01H1/244D01H7/868D01H9/18D02G3/285D07B2207/4009
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Patent No.
US 10,793,978
App. No.
15/345,660
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A workstation ( 1 ) of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine which comprises a rotatably mounted spindle ( 2 ) and a balloon-yarn-guide-eye ( 9 ) height-adjustable by means of a drive ( 18, 29 ) coupled to a control device ( 20 ) which controls the drive ( 18, 29 ) in such a manner that it displaces the balloon-yarn-guide-eye ( 9 ) between operating positions (AP 1 , AP 2 ) dependent upon production parameters and a resting position (RS) advantageous in the case of production interruptions and transient operating phases associated with the latter. A device ( 21, 23, 24, 25 ) is present for detecting a measured value (i), which is made available to the control device ( 20 ) and which causes the control of the drive ( 18, 29 ) to change the position of the balloon-yarn-guide-eye ( 9 ).

Claims (16)

1. An individual workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine which comprises a rotatably mounted spindle and a balloon-yarn-guide-eye height-adjustable by a drive,

characterized in that,

the drive is coupled to a control device, which controls the drive in such a manner that it displaces the balloon-yarn-guide-eye between operating positions dependent upon production parameters and a resting position advantageous in the case of production interruptions and transient operating phases associated with the latter, and

that a device for detecting a measured value (i) is present, which is made available to the control device and causes the control of the drive to change the position of the balloon-yarn-guide-eye,

wherein the balloon-yarn-guide-eye is separately controlled by the individual workstation.

2. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the device for detecting a measured value (i) is a measuring device, which monitors the energy consumption of the spindle drive during the operation of the workstation.

3. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the device for detecting a measured value (i) is a time-measuring device.

4. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that, as the device for detecting a measured value (i), a sensor device is used, which detects the size of the yarn balloon (B) circulating around the spindle during the operation of the workstation.

5. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the device for detecting a measured value (i) is a yarn-tension sensor.

6. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that a controllable yarn-tension influencing device is installed in the region of the yarn pathway of a balloon yarn.

7. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 6 , characterized in that the yarn-tension influencing device is constituted as a yarn-supply unit.

8. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 6 , characterized in that the yarn-tension influencing device is constituted as a yarn brake, with which the yarn tension of the balloon yarn is adjustable.

9. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control device is constituted in such a manner that signals which are related to a given event in the relevant workstation are used for a defined control of the drive of the balloon-yarn-guide-eye and its positioning in an associated operating position or a resting position.

10. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control device is constituted in such a manner that, during the operation of the workstation, it ensures that, in order to reduce the energy consumption of the spindle drive, the balloon-yarn-guide-eye is displaced from a first operating position into a second operating position.

11. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that a second operating position of the balloon-yarn-guide-eye is arranged between a first operating position and the resting position of the balloon-yarn-guide-eye.

12. The workstation of a two-for-one twisting or cabling machine according to claim 9 , wherein the given event is a spindle start, yarn breakage, end of running period, or batch change.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2019
From: SAURER SPINNING SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
To: SAURER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 051178/0194 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 25, 2019
From: SAURER GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
To: SAURER SPINNING SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 050493/0417 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2016
From: RAISICH, ANDREJ; SCHNITZLER, JÜRGEN
To: SAURER GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040256/0194 →