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Yarn strength measurement – and introduced in March. Now, the most powerful and clearers – then collated and interpreted by the Total
comprehensive tensile tester ever is introduced: the
Testing Center. The weaving performance informa-
tion is ranked on a scale from one to five Qs
USTER® TENSOJET 5 can operate at speeds of 400
protection against quality claims m/min and integrates with the Total Testing Center to (grades) to allow spinners to identify batches with a
high risk of yarn breaks during weaving – and to
deliver a new range of overall benefits to both quality
assurance and profitability for yarn manufacturers. avoid complaints to a large extent.
Uster Technologies launches the new WEAVABILITY and profitability

The high speed of 400 m/min actually simulates the
dynamic stress on the yarn during weaving, and this
USTER® TENSOJET 5 makes the USTER® TENSOJET 5 a unique tensile
measuring system. It is the standard for prediction of
WEAVABILITY by giving an accurate forecast of yarn
behavior in subsequent processing, especially on
high-performance weaving machinery. Fewer weak
places in the yarn mean higher efficiency on down-
stream machines. The prediction of WEAVABILITY
increases economic efficiency, as well as weaving
quality and profit margins.

The USTER® TENSOJET 5 performs 30,000 tests
per hour, producing accurate data through this
extensive and rapid measurement. Utilizing this
great volume of data is what makes it possible for
the system to predict weak places in the yarn. This
important forecasting function would otherwise be
difficult or impossible to achieve – and is way
beyond the capability of other conventional testers.
Graphic tools such as scatter plots show all signifi-
cant information at a glance. Seamless correlation
with USTER® STATISTICS benchmarks makes
USTER’s WEAVABILITY System an essential instru-
USTER® TENSOJET 5 ment to minimize claims and to drive producers
towards higher profitability.

Total Testing Center: the claim-free system
Yarn producers today know that both quality and fabric-making process, as well as for the Ultimate process control comes with the connection
performance are essential if they are to meet the ultimate end-use. to USTER® TESTER 6. The integration of results with
continually-rising demands of their customers in the USTER® TESTER 6 allows users to profit from intelli-
weaving and knitting mills. Yarns must have the look, Minimum strength and elongation properties are gent alarms through the Total Testing Center. Smart
feel and functionality to satisfy these requirements. needed to prevent a yarn breaking or being reports integrate results from both evenness and
With the launch of the USTER® TENSOJET 5, the damaged in downstream operations, as well as tensile tests, providing an overview of the quality being
concept of tensile testing is extended to provide a avoiding blemishes on end-products in weaving. So produced. Data analysis through connected laboratory
total package: precise measurement of a yarn’s accurate tensile-strength values are important, instruments allows fast decision-making by the mill, to
strength, combined with reliable protection against particularly for warp yarns, which are placed under guarantee customer satisfaction with the yarns being
quality claims based on accurate forecasts of tremendous stress. delivered. The Total Testing Center thus aims to provide
performance in later processes. a ‘claim-free’ system for yarn producers.
USTER is committed to meeting the industry’s need Extensive and rapid measurement allows the forecast of weak places
A priority for any yarn is the ability to withstand for increasingly effective and accurate tensile Only through the Total Testing Center is it possible to
downstream processes – without causing testing. For decades, USTER® laboratory obtain clear visualizations of weaving performance. The total package of major advantages means
stoppages or affecting production efficiency. instruments have set the global standards for This is provided in the form of objective grades, USTER® TENSOJET 5 is acknowledged not only as
Whatever the fabric application, it is high-speed strength and elongation measurement of staple, as predicted by a combination of strength testing the industry’s ultimate tensile tester, but also as a
weaving and knitting which exert the greatest stress well as filament, yarns. In 2018, a new generation parameters from USTER® TENSOJET 5 and yarn key element in a the growth of a spinning mill’s
and strain forces on the yarn. So its strength and has been launched. The USTER® TENSORAPID 5, quality parameters from USTER® QUANTUM 3 yarn profitability.
elongation properties must be suitable for the the ‘go-to’ tensile tester providing precise data, was

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