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Restoring original performance and

quality with uniform guiding arm load

Before refurbishment - variation in load. After refurbishment - uniform load.
Fig 1: Variation in load before the guiding arm refurbishment (left) vs uniform load after the refurbishment
The guiding arm in the drafting system plays a major Rieter recommends refurbishing the guiding arm after
role in ensuring production and quality in the eight to ten years to ensure uniform and consistent
spinning mill. The guiding arm refurbishment kit helps load across the machine. Replacing worn out and
maintain original quality and performance by aged parts can help restore the original performance
reducing load variation, thereby lowering yarn of the drafting system. A new guiding arm enables a
breakages and undrafted ends.
more effective load distribution, consistent drafting
and output yarn quality. The improvements in terms
The P3-1 guiding arm is a proven drafting system
which was introduced more than 25 years ago and is of load uniformity and performance can be witnessed
still being produced in accordance with the original before and after the repair service conducted by
specification. This is a strong proof of its solid Rieter service engineers (Fig.1).
performance which has been validated over a long
period of time. Depending on the operating Sreedhara Textiles in Avinashi, India, were
conditions, some internal parts of the guiding arm experiencing guiding arm load variation, quality and
are subject to wear and tear and therefore need to be productivity issues in their Rieter ring spinning
replaced with new parts. machines. These were not the only concerns Rieter’s
service engineers had to contend with. They were
also asked to find the most economical solution.
In addition to an original P3-1 guiding arm After the guiding arm refurbishment at the company’s
replacement, Rieter also offers a refurbishment kit ring spinning machines was completed, the factory
which helps restore the original performance. The manager, S.J.Aananthakumar, expressed his
Rieter service engineers successfully implemented satisfaction to the Rieter service engineers: “The
the refurbishment kit at the Orta Anadolu spinning individual parts for the guiding arm refurbishment of
mill in Kayseri, Turkey. After completing the our ring spinning machines were delivered with
implementation, Orhan Herdem, spinning mill perfect packing and on time. The costs of this repair
manager, said to the Rieter service engineers: “As a service offering are characterized by high price
result of the guiding arm refurbishment, there is an performance ratio, and ultimately, we are very
improvement in both quality and efficiency. With the satisfied by the consistent quality and productivity
support of the technical service from Rieter, the levels which were achieved. We are experiencing
fewer breakages per 100 spindles per hours,
machine operation is now more economical than imperfections and Autoconer clearer cuts per 100
before.” kilometers.”

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