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German Review preparation equipment, Trützschler strives to produce manufacturer with the necessary technical expertise

TCO 21XL: Space Savings

to open this new chapter in the history of large-scale
reliable and high-quality machines – and we also
place a strong focus on meeting our customers’
of DUAL DRIVE and 2TWIN DRIVE ensures the
needs and continuously improving our products. In
this spirit, we have reinvented our tried-and-tested combing processes. The double-sided drive concept
synchronized movement of all machine parts over the
monitoring system by adding the unique ONLINE entire increased shaft length. During the combing
NOIL MONITORING function TCO 21XL. This means process, high-precision movements are essential to
our COUNT CONTROL and ONLINE NOIL achieve high quality in the sliver. Conventional
MONITORING functions are now working together to combers only provide one-sided drives, which lead to
give customers full control over the combing process higher shaft torsion over the machine width. This
and the final yarn quality. Variations in the noil are might work when operating eight combing heads –
detected automatically and operators receive a but not if you add four more.
warning if a significant change occurs. In this way,
the noil percentage and final yarn quality stay High-performance drafting system
consistent. Material distinctions between different lots 12 combing heads produce 12 slivers, which is a lot
are also noticed in real-time, which empowers the more material for the drafting system to handle.
operator to act quickly. This can enable big savings in Trützschler’s high-performance drafting system
material costs, while also reducing the workload of delivers a decisive advantage in this respect because
downstream process steps. it is specifically designed for processing the
increased production volumes. The lower deflection
Trützschler opens a new chapter in the history of angle at the transition to the web guide protects the
combing highly sensitive combed web, fibers are guided
Why is Trützschler able to build a comber with 12
heads, when eight heads have been considered precisely and slivers with excellent levels of uniformity
cutting-edge for so many years? All our competitors are produced. In the wide drafting system, the
have probably been trying to increase the number of minimal bearing temperatures of the top rollers make
combing heads too, but none of them have an important positive contribution by enabling lower
successfully overcome the challenges that come with process temperatures during drafting, as well as
this innovation project. Trützschler is the only optimal running behavior.

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