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USTER® QUANTUM 3

Fast forward to a million…

boosts clearer sales to early milestone

The world-leading USTER® QUANTUM 3 for mélange and subtly-colored yarns.
generation of yarn clearers is set to reach The Core Yarn Clearing feature with USTER®
a notable milestone in the autumn months, QUANTUM 3 is the first-ever automated solution to
when the one millionth unit will be monitoring and assuring the quality of yarns with
produced at USTER headquarters in an elastane center encased by a cotton or
synthetic outer. Fabrics with stretch and fancy slub
Switzerland. The market success of the effects created in this way continue to be extremely
clearer has been accelerated by the popular in both fashion items such as denim jeans
launch of the latest version of the USTER® and in functional garments and sports clothing.
QUANTUM 3, which offers new features
targeting intelligent quality management at Common problems when producing these yarns
specific fashion-oriented applications. can occur when the inner elastane component is
either missing or positioned off-center within the
USTER is preparing to celebrate the production of wrapper element. The Core Yarn Clearing feature
its one millionth USTER® QUANTUM 3 clearer, uses powerful sensors and algorithms to detect
which has enjoyed unprecedented sales since its any such problems and ensures that downstream
launch in 2010. Pioneering concepts such as customers receive a stretch yarn which perfectly
Smart Limits and the YARN BODY have made the meets their specifications. Using the built-in Smart
clearer an attractive choice for more than thousand Limits facility, the correct tolerances can be set
mills worldwide, and the introduction of the quickly and easily, so that any bobbins containing
USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition in 2015 core defects are blocked and removed.
has increased that appeal significantly.
The new Shade Variation feature of the USTER®
On-trend… and on-quality QUANTUM 3 overcomes several potential USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition with the introduction in 2015
Spinning mills need to act fast to take advantage problems which can lead to unacceptable color
of important fashion trends. But yarns which hit the and shade differences. This is particularly important
spot in terms of aesthetic appeal must also meet for spinners operating in the growing market for and its Shade Variation (SV) facility provides a to have already reached the milestone this year of
the exacting quality standards required in certain of mélange and color-effect yarns. Here, human error separated clearing channel which deals specifically one million USTER® QUANTUM 3 clearers sold,
these specialized applications. can cause bobbins of differing colors or shades to be with color deviations. When clearing limits are set, thanks to this boost,” says Andreas Gantenbein,
accidentally mixed in a single yarn lot. the SV feature immediately starts checking the Product Manager Yarn Clearing within Uster
The latest edition of the successful USTER® bobbin as it runs on the winding machine, after Technologies. The effort USTER makes to maintain
QUANTUM 3 yarn clearer addresses both these If that occurs, the problem can be difficult or which the Continuous Shade Variation (CSV) takes its strong innovation tradition has once again been
demands, thanks to new features which allow impossible to identify in the yarn with the naked over to monitor the entire length of the bobbin, recognized by spinners worldwide. This success
spinners to deliver yarns which are on-trend and eye. And a single rogue bobbin can ruin a yarn lot, based on reference data which enables detection will be celebrated on the day the one millionth
also on-quality. leading to disastrous and conspicuous results of even the most subtle variations in mélange yarns. clearer is produced. Whenever USTER stages an
such as a barré effect in the final fabric. The risks event of this type, the company reaffirms its
Core Yarn Clearing and Color/Shade Variation are of a mistake are often magnified by theinsufficiently Tradition of innovation continuing commitment to innovation. “Yarn clearers
unique innovations which put spinners in control of controlled process, inadequate lighting conditions “It’s more that we hoped for, how much the new will help customers keep in step with fashion trends –
quality and avoid claims and complaints in in mills, and the possibility of operatives with poor Core Yarn Clearing and the Color/Shade Variation and will always be developed to be a sound
important applications such as stretch denim and eyesight or imperfect color vision. features have been appreciated. And we are proud investment for the future,” says Gantenbein.
sportswear, and in the newly-fashionable market Today, latest technology in the USTER® QUANTUM 3

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