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TENSORAPID 5
Must-have testing for staple
and filament yarns
USTER’s new tensile test system meets spinners’
need to assure smooth yarn performance in
downstream processes
There is one essential requirement for any yarn,
whether staple or filament: it must be strong enough
to cope with the rigors of downstream processes,
without causing production stoppages. High-speed
weaving and knitting put yarns under powerful
stresses and strains, so they need to meet the
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USTER® TENSORAPID 5
strength and elongation standards for subsequent
processes and the required end-uses. The new
USTER® TENSORAPID 5 delivers accurate and
effective tensile testing performance that yarn
producers can rely on.
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No matter what the demands of the fabric end-use, details at a single glance. Customized reports and
minimum strength and elongation properties are long-term reports are in line with the well-known
needed to prevent a yarn breaking or being USTER® TESTER 6 user interface.
damaged in downstream operations. The USTER®
TENSORAPID 5 offers testing of all kind of yarns. For Comprehensive process control
over 50 years, the USTER® TENSORAPID has been Integration of results with USTER® TESTER 6 allows
renowned through the industry for its high precision users to profit from intelligent alarms through the
and reliability. Total Testing Center. Smart reports integrate results
from both evenness and tensile tests, providing an
Accurate measurements combined with smart
overview of the quality being produced. This enables
solutions fast reaction by the Quality Manager, to minimize
Operating according globally-accepted standards
complaints. The result is a complete mill quality system,
for both staple and filament yarn parameters, the
USTER® TENSORAPID 5 is a universal strength and integrating data from fiber, yarn and tensile testing
procedures, both in the laboratory and in-process from
elongation tester, with a testing speed that is the USTER® QUANTUM 3 yarn clearers.
steplessly adjustable between 50 and 5000 mm/min.
With a 500 N or 1500 N measuring head, the
USTER® TENSORAPID 5 is the must-have tensile
instrument covers the complete range of force and testing system for staple yarn producers who are
elongation testing, including all known tensile test
committed to the USTER approach of ‘managing a
procedures. Measurements and results comply with
all the international standards, including ISO, ASTM, spinning mill with quality in mind’ for the ultimate
satisfaction of their customers downstream.
BISFA and Chinese test organizations. Data also
integrates directly with the acknowledged global Tailor-made for filament
textile quality benchmarks, the USTER®
The specific needs of filament yarn producers are
STATISTICS. related to the continuing development of new
products and application areas in demanding
The fast-moving nature of the textile industry sectors such as technical textiles, as well as in
increases the demands on quality control systems. apparel and home textiles.
To stay competitive, yarn producers constantly seek
for new yarn structures, core yarns with a high The USTER® TENSORAPID 5-C is tailored
elastane content, for example. These innovations specifically to high-precision filament testing,
also bring extra challenges for quality control incorporating unique software covering the essential
instruments. But the USTER® TENSORAPID 5 is quality factors of strength and elongation.
ideally equipped to cope: this USTER® strength Information about the first break of a filament helps
tester has the flexibility to measure all kind of yarns. spinners guarantee high speeds in subsequent
Its wide range of force and elongation testing processes. The determination of yield point and
possibilities covers all known tensile test procedures natural draw ratio particularly help POY yarn
and tensile values. producers to reduce claims.
The USTER® TENSORAPID 5 has an automatic The newly developed USTER® TENSORAPID 5 for
function with the capability of handling 40 samples. staple yarn and the USTER® TENSORAPID 5-C for
In case of a problem during feeding, the test filament yarn play a vital role in the drive for improved
continues and the customer has the option to repeat handling efficiencies and precisely-specified yarn
the missing position at a later stage. This ensures a profiling between mills and their customers, through
high sample throughput, user friendliness and test their capacity, precision and reliability. “Tensile
efficiency. The USTER® TENSORAPID 5 is testing has been used in textiles since the earliest
configured for ergonomic sample preparation on the days of the industry and it will doubtlessly be
side which makes it fastest and most convenient for important in the future. With the new generation of
the operator. Vertical yarn guides allow for tensile tester we are convinced we have products
user-friendly operation. A limit editor shows the tailor-made for today’s and tomorrow’s industry,“
essential information, focusing on exceptions and says Gabriela Peters, Product Manager Yarn Testing,
outliers – ideal for presenting the most important within Uster Technologies.
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