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of settings that can be adjusted to meet each
spinners’ unique needs. But adjusting the break draft
has still been difficult, unpredictable and very slow.
The AUTO DRAFT function from Truetzschler, which is
part of our successful autoleveller draw frame TD 10,
uses an innovative measuring method to
automatically optimize the break draft during
production conditions. And it takes less than two
minutes.
For many decades, spinners have been wrestling
with the awkward problem of how to adjust the break
draft on the draw frame. This is partly because
adjusting the break draft involves changing a wide
range of settings on the draw frame – and each
setting needs to be adapted in line with every other
Our customers across the textile industry around the
setting. As a result, many spinners simply leave their
world are already benefitting from AUTO DRAFT, a
break draft settings untouched because they don’t
feature in our autoleveller draw frame TD 10. The
have time to interrupt their busy production schedule.
major advantages include:
On top of this, there is currently no laboratory test or
• Optimal adjustment of the break draft – including
Our innovative AUTO DRAFT function provides a
measured variable that provides clear information
selecting the best possible settings for new
high-impact solution to this awkward problem in the
materials at the first attempt.
about the optimal break draft settings. Even fiber and
production of carded ring yarns, including polyester.
draw frame manufacturers are only able to provide
• Correct drafting distribution in the drafting system.
It uses a state-of-the-art measuring method to
• Less adjustment and shorter process times.
rough guidelines, which means spinners can only tell
calculate the best possible break draft setting
• Better basic settings for the machine – which
if their break draft settings are suitable when they
automatically – within real production conditions. The
reduces the negative effects of sub-optimal machine
inspect the finished yarn.
method considers all fiber and sliver parameters, as
setting and provides a better, more uniform sliver
well as the settings on the specific model of draw
Many spinners try to adjust the break draft using the
quality.
frame and the relevant external boundary conditions.
• Reduction of costs related to quality control.
Coefficient of Variation (CV) value. But while low
The user can then choose whether to apply the
• Easy monitoring and adjustment of the machine
break drafts often improve sliver evenness, this
recommended setting in the software of their
settings when the quality of the raw material changes.
approach can open up additional problems (as
machine.
• And improvements at later stages in the
shown in the graphic below). Setting the break draft
production process.
too low can reduce yarn strength and elongation.
AUTO DRAFT is able to identify the optimal break
And it can also increase the number of imperfections
draft setting in less than two minutes. This
How it works
and have a negative effect on the running behavior
accelerates the process of adjusting the break draft
When activated, the AUTO DRAFT function
and efficiency of the machines operating at later
and creates meaningful clarity about how to optimize
continuously changes the break draft from 1.00 to
stages in the spinning process. This means
those adjustments. Put very simply: It is faster and
1.95, and then measures the draft forces
optimization is only possible in the very long
better than everything else that is currently available
within the drafting system.
term, if at all.
on the market.
46 Modern draw frame machines offer a fantastic range Faster and better than anything else on the market A massive range of attractive benefits
as if the barriers to entry when it came to looking
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Conclusion takes all relevant factors into consideration. In this way, print businesses target success amid uncertainty. Diversity your needs and continuing to listen to how those needs
2021 is set to be a period of transition. While that will
The AUTO DRAFT function is a truly game-changing it is enabling spinners to save time and money, while Productivity mean navigating uncertainty, the ‘glass half full’ are developing. Making an investment in the JV100-160
technology for break draft optimization. It makes it improving quality and making their processes more The pandemic has served as a major catalyst for approach is to view the year ahead in terms of in order to move into outdoor graphics; meeting
possible to adjust the break draft quickly and easily, efficient. It’s a major breakthrough for the break draft. existing trends, and our growing appetite for opportunities such as expanding your business, demand for faster turnaround times by adding the
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