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Presenting the complete raw Optimization potential in

Cover Story material management solution quality and waste saving Cover Story

FiberQ highlights explained

FiberQ is the complete solution for raw material utilization, Field tests prove increased profitability with Uster FiberQ
supporting spinners in their daily processes, for quality Is FiberQ a profitable

consistency, profitability and further growth. investment? Uster certainly
believes so, but the question

should really be answered by the
spinners themselves. Some
figures from field tests may help
to assess the new potential in

quality and cost efficiency. In
one example, the Uster sales
team have seen a customer’s ROI
calculation showing savings of
Uster FiberQ Uster FiberQ Settings USD 488,000 (€ 457,000) per

The challenge procurement and blending. The second gives details year through optimized raw
Profitable mill operation depends on efficient and of the relevant fiber parameters when choosing the material management with Uster HVI 1000
reliable raw material management. right cotton, and shows how to interpret the analysis
results in the individual mill content. FiberQ.
The goal
A minimized raw cotton inventory that combats price The Uster webinars are developed with the goal of Four spinning mills had already tested FiberQ before also shown that mill quality levels improved in
fluctuation. State-of-the-art laydowns that should supporting spinners and quality managers to improve its launch at ITMA 2023. Almost a million spindles proportion to laydowns, resulting in more
make maximum use of the available stocks. the overall process – from fiber to yarn. were involved in this process and more than 2,000 cost-efficient mixing.
Trouble-free production that results in yarn of laydowns were provided for more than a year.
consistent quality – and a minimum of hard waste. FiberQ Reduced waste
Until now, raw material data analysis has been a Increased quality The tests presented a very positive finding for waste
The solution in practice time-consuming human task – usually, with a high Significant quality improvements were reported. For reduction. It was possible to save 0.5% to 2% waste,
The vital ingredient to reach these goals is reliable risk of mistakes and a low level of optimization. example, there were no barré faults since tests while maintaining quality standards. For a mill with
data. Of course, reliable data comes only from Increased sampling could enable better visualization started. The overall quality improvements showed a 50,000 spindles, every single percentage of waste
accurate measurement. It then requires proper of cotton quality, but that likely requires even more level of >25% and a greater consistency was saved can lead to a cost reduction of USD 255,000
analysis and decision-making. data analysis and interpretation. observed. (€ 239,000) per year, based on a Ne30 yarn with a
price of 1.8 USD per kilogram of cotton.
The know-how The Uster FiberQ solution allows cotton classification In detail, it showed that Classimat faults could be
Uster experts and Uster Academy are exclusive data from HVI to be automatically uploaded to the reduced by 15% to 20%. The level of improvement A particular example for a mill operating 165,000
sources of knowledge for customers. The webinars Uster 360Q Platform. From there it’s easy to create regarding imperfections (so-called IPIs) is spindles for 360 days a year, with cotton priced at 2
are open sources of Uster know-how. Two webinars optimum laydowns, as the software solution handles comparable. The impact at later stages was shown USD per kilo, showed waste reduced by 1% when
about raw material management are available on the complexity of the task, with in-built deep by the fact clearer cuts were reduced by about 10%, FiberQ was applied. The calculation in this case
demand free of charge. (See QR codes on page 22.) know-how to achieve and sustain raw material along with significantly higher performance and equated to a yearly saving of USD 488,000
management in spinning mills. productivity at the winding machine.
The first webinar demonstrates how to manage raw (€ 457,000). That was on top of the significant
material classification efficiently, taking in both Get the details at www.uster.com/fiberq Noil data showed a decrease of 0.5 to 1.0%. It was improvement in quality and quality consistency.

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