Spinning machine with a multiple number of work stations and a suction device
10513804 ยท 2019-12-24
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
D01H11/00
TEXTILES; PAPER
International classification
Abstract
A spinning machine includes a plurality of work stations arranged side by side between two front-side ends along at least one longitudinal side of the spinning machine. Each work station has a draw-off device, and an individual drive for the draw-off device. Each work station further includes additional driven work elements for production and winding of a yarn, the additional work elements including at least a feed device, a spinning chamber, and a winding device. A suction device generates negative pressure at the work stations and includes at least one negative pressure source and at least two negative pressure channels. Each of the negative pressure channels extends in a longitudinal direction of the spinning machine only over one part of the work stations.
Claims
1. A spinning machine, comprising: a plurality of work stations arranged side by side between two front-side ends along at least one longitudinal side of the spinning machine; each work station comprising a draw-off device and an individual drive for the draw-off device; each work station further comprising additional driven work elements for production and winding of a yarn, the additional work elements comprising at least a feed device, a spinning chamber comprising a spinning rotor or a spinning nozzle, and a winding device; and a suction device that generates negative pressure at the work stations, the suction device comprising at least one negative pressure source and at least two negative pressure channels, each of the negative pressure channels extending in a longitudinal direction of the spinning machine only over one part of the work stations.
2. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein the suction device comprises two of the negative pressure sources, each of the negative pressure sources connected to a separate negative pressure channel.
3. The spinning machine according to claim 2, wherein one of the negative pressure sources is arranged on one of the two front-side ends of the spinning machine.
4. The spinning machine according to claim 2, wherein one of the negative pressure sources is arranged in a middle area between the two front-side ends of the spinning machine.
5. A spinning machine, comprising: a plurality of work stations arranged side by side between two front-side ends along at least one longitudinal side of the spinning machine; each work station comprising a draw-off device and an individual drive for the draw-off device; each work station further comprising additional driven work elements for production and winding of a yarn, the additional work elements comprising at least a feed device, a spinning chamber, and a winding device; a suction device that generates negative pressure at the work stations, the suction device comprising at least one negative pressure source and at least two negative pressure channels, each of the negative pressure channels extending in a longitudinal direction of the spinning machine only over one art of the work stations; wherein the suction device comprises two of the negative pressure sources, each of the negative pressure sources connected to a separate negative pressure channel; and wherein one of the negative pressure sources is arranged on each of the two front-side ends of the spinning machine.
6. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein each work station comprises at least one suction point configured with the spinning chamber or the feed device.
7. The spinning machine according to claim 6, wherein the spinning machine is an air jet spinning machine, each work stations comprising a first suction point configured with the spinning chamber and a second suction point configured with the feed device.
8. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein the negative pressure source comprises a fan and a drive for the fan that is controlled by a central control device of the spinning machine.
9. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein at least 20% of the work stations along the longitudinal side of the spinning machine are connected to each of the negative pressure channels.
10. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein the negative pressure channels are arranged in an aligned manner one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the spinning machine.
11. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein the spinning machine is an air jet spinning machine and a negative pressure of at least 2000 Pa is achieved in each of the two negative pressure channels at an end of the respective negative pressure channel opposite to the negative pressure source.
12. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein each work station comprises an individual drive for the feed device.
13. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein the feed device further comprises a drafting device, each work station comprising an individual drive for the drafting device.
14. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein the work stations are arranged side by side between the front-side ends along each longitudinal side of the spinning machine.
15. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein each of the additional work elements of the work stations is driven by an individual drive.
16. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein the additional work elements of the work stations are driven by one or more central drives.
17. The spinning machine according to claim 16, wherein the additional work elements are divided into at least two groups of identical ones of the work elements along the longitudinal side of the spinning machine, each of the groups driven by a common central drive, the common central drives arranged in a frame at one the front-side ends.
18. The spinning machine according to claim 1, further comprising at least two package conveyor belts arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the spinning machine.
19. The spinning machine according to claim 1, further comprising an intermediate storage unit for empty sleeves.
20. The spinning machine according to claim 1, wherein the suction device comprises two of the negative pressure sources, each of the negative pressure sources connected to a separate negative pressure channel and at least one of the negative pressure sources arranged in an intermediate frame in a middle area between the two front-side ends of the spinning machine, and wherein any combination of central drives for the additional work elements, deflection rollers of the central drives, or storage units for empty sleeves are also arranged in the intermediate frame.
21. The spinning machine according to claim 1, further comprising a central storage unit for empty sleeves arranged in a frame at each of the front-side ends.
22. The spinning machine according to claim 1, further comprising an electrical energy connection and a compressed air supply connection at any one or combination of one of the front-side ends, both of the front-side ends, or at a middle area between the two front-side ends.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) Additional advantages of the invention are described on the basis of the following presented embodiments. The following is shown:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(8) Reference will now be made to embodiments of the invention, one or more examples of which are shown in the drawings. Each embodiment is provided by way of explanation of the invention, and not as a limitation of the invention. For example features illustrated or described as part of one embodiment can be combined with another embodiment to yield still another embodiment. It is intended that the present invention include these and other modifications and variations to the embodiments described herein.
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(10) In order to meet market demands for an increase in the productivity of spinning machines 1, it is necessary to increase the number of work stations 3 per spinning machine 1. This calls into question conventional machine concepts, in which the work elements 4, 5, 6, 7 of a work station 3 are each driven centrally from a front-side frame 12. In addition, in view of the ever increasing energy costs, there is also the need to keep the operating costs for such spinning machines 1 low, even when the machine is extended.
(11) Therefore, the spinning machine 1 shown here features a suction device 8 with at least two separate negative pressure sources 9 and at least two separate negative pressure channels 10 for the supply of negative pressure. Herein, each of the negative pressure sources 9 is connected to one of the separate negative pressure channels 10, which extend in the longitudinal direction of the spinning machine 1 only over a part of the work stations 3. In accordance with
(12) In each case, each work station 3 is connected to at least one of the at least two negative pressure channels 10, whereas, on the other hand, only part of the work stations 3 is connected to each of the negative pressure channels 10. Furthermore, a central control device 13 is arranged in one of the frames 12, by means of which the drives of the negative pressure sources 9, all of the central drives 23 and the belt drives 19, 39 can be controlled, as will be explained below.
(13) Herein, the spinning machine 1 of
(14) By means of the described distributed supply of negative pressure with at least two shorter negative pressure channels 10, it is possible to supply the work stations 3 of the spinning machine with negative pressure in a highly uniform manner, and to provide a higher overall level of negative pressure as a whole. Despite the more complex suction device 8 in and of itself, a cost-effective operation of the machine 1 is possible, since the total losses of negative pressure relative to the spinning machine 1 can be reduced compared to a single, central negative pressure source 9, and quality problems of the yarn that is produced can also be reduced.
(15) For the energy-saving operation of the spinning machine 1, the draw-off devices 6 of each work station 3 are also driven by means of an individual drive 11. Thus, the draw-off devices 6 can also be stopped in the event of an interruption in production. In addition, the individually driven draw-off devices 6 enable a controlled shutting down and starting up of the work station 3, which facilitates the spinning in process and avoids thread breakages. However, the additional work elements of the work station 3 are driven centrally or at least in a group-by-group manner by means of central drives 23 (see
(16) It has been shown that, by means of the combination of an individual drive 11 for the draw-off device 6 and central drives 23 for the additional work elements of the work stations 3, an operation of the spinning machine 1 that is particularly energy-saving and cost-effective at the same time is possible. However, in deviation from the view that is shown, it is also possible to drive additional work elements 4, 7 or 26, 28, 29, as the case may be, of a work station 3 by means of individual drives 11. Here, in the case of a semiautomatic spinning machine 1, it is particularly advantageous to drive, in addition to the draw-off device 6, the feed device 4 by means of an individual drive 11, in order to be able to control the fiber quantity that is fed. In this case, the additional work elements 7 with 26, 28, 29 are preferably once again centrally driven.
(17) Alternatively, however, the spinning machine 1 of
(18) As can be seen in
(19) In this case as well, the draw-off device 6 is once again driven with an individual drive 11 which, as described above with reference to
(20) In any case, it is advantageous if the centrally driven work elements 4, 5, 7 with 26, 28, 29 are driven centrally in a group-by-group manner. As can be seen in
(21) Since considerable friction losses can arise between the package conveyor belt 18 and guide plates of the spinning machine 1, powerful drives are necessary for long spinning machines 1. Therefore, in the embodiment of
(22) In the present case, the supply of the work stations 3 with empty sleeves 37 takes place by means of a central supply device 21. This includes a central storage unit 30 for empty sleeves 37 and a sleeve conveyor belt 36 over the length of the machine in the present case, which is illustrated only by a dotted line. In the present case, the drive 39 of the sleeve conveyor belt is arranged in the frames 12 shown on the right.
(23) In the present case, only one longitudinal side of a spinning machine 1 is shown. It is understood that the spinning machine 1 may feature a multiple number of work stations 3 on its two longitudinal sides. In this case, the described arrangement of the drives 23, 19 and 39 and the sleeve conveyor belt 36 are also provided on the opposite longitudinal side of the rotor motor 1 in an analogous manner. If the work stations 3 of each longitudinal side are subdivided into two groups, four central drives 19, 23, two of which are arranged on each of the two front-side ends, are respectively provided for identical work elements. With this, it may also be advantageous to provide the two longitudinal sides of the rotor spinning machine 1 with negative pressure, in each case separately from each other. In this case, two separate negative pressure channels 10, which are each assigned to one of the two longitudinal sides of the spinning machine 1, would be arranged on each of the two front-side ends 2.
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(25) In contrast to
(26) With this design as well, an energy-saving combination of an individual drive 11 for the draw-off devices 6, by means of which the draft in the yarn 31 can be adjusted comparatively freely, and central drives 23, in particular central drives 23 arranged in a group-by-group manner, is provided for the additional work elements 4, 5, 7 and, if applicable, 29 of the work stations 3. In this case, the central drives 23, the belt drives 19, 39 and the central control device 13 can advantageously be accommodated in the intermediate frame 17, such that a spinning machine 1 of this type is also particularly space-saving. However, with this design, an energy-saving division of the central and belt drives 23, 19, 29 with respect to the longitudinal direction of the spinning machine 1 is also possible.
(27) However, as an alternative to the view that is shown, as described above with reference to
(28) With this design, it is also advantageous that, due to the lack of frames 12, various accommodating options exist for a supply device 21 for empty sleeves 37. In the present case, for example, the supply device 21 is arranged on one end 2 of the spinning machine 1, while only one support 40 is provided at the other end 2. Here, it is also conceivable to arrange individual central or belt drives 23, 19, 39 in the supply device 21, as shown here, for example, for the drive 39 of the sleeve conveyor belt 36.
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(30) The design offers the advantage that all the central drives 23 and the belt drives 19, 39 can be accommodated in a distributed manner both in the intermediate frame 17 and in the front-side frame 12. Particularly in the case of a drive arranged in a group-by-group manner, with which at least two drives are provided for each longitudinal side of the spinning machine 1, this is advantageous. It is nevertheless possible to, as described with reference to
(31) In any case, a particularly energy-saving operation of the spinning machine 1 is also possible through the subdivided supply of negative pressure in combination with individually driven draw-off devices 6.
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(33) In the present case, an intermediate storage unit 20 is also provided in the intermediate frame 17; in this, a certain number of empty sleeves 37 can be stored. Thus, it is possible to supply the work stations 3, which are located farther away from the central sleeve storage unit 30, from the intermediate storage unit 20, and the work stations located near the central sleeve storage unit 30 from the central sleeve storage unit 30. Herein, the empty sleeves 37 can be delivered to the individual work stations of at least one longitudinal side of the machine 1 by means of a single sleeve conveyor belt 36 from both the central sleeve storage unit 30 and the intermediate storage unit 20. In the present case, however, two sleeve conveyor belts 36 are provided, whereas the intermediate storage unit 20 can be fed with empty sleeves 37 from the central sleeve storage unit 30. Thereby, the productivity of the spinning machine 1 can be further increased, since the wait times for empty sleeves 37 can be considerably reduced.
(34) In deviation from the view that is shown, it is also possible to provide one or two additional negative pressure sources 9 in the intermediate frame 17; these are each connected to an additional, separate negative pressure channel 10. For example, an intermediate frame 17, placed essentially in the middle between the front-side ends 2, can be provided with two negative pressure sources 9, which in each case supply the work stations 3 in the areas adjacent to the intermediate frame on the left and right. However, the work stations 3 in the areas close to the front-side ends 2 are supplied by the negative pressure sources 9 provided there. With a design of this type, particularly long spinning machines 1 can be realized, whereas the losses of negative pressure can nevertheless be kept low. However, an asymmetrical structure of the spinning machine 1 can also be provided, with which the intermediate frame 17 is arranged between the two front-side ends 2, but is arranged externally. In this case, it is preferable that only a negative pressure source 9 is arranged in the intermediate frame 17, which, together with a negative pressure source 9 arranged in one of the front-side frames 12, supplies the work stations 3 of the longer machine section.
(35) The invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments.
(36) Thus, in deviation from the view shown in
(37) Furthermore, at each of the two ends 2 of the spinning machine 1, a central supply device 21 for empty sleeves 37 could also be provided with at least one central sleeve storage unit 30, which improves flexibility in the case of multi-party application, and further reduces wait times for empty sleeves 37.
(38) Additional variations and combinations within the framework of the claims also fall under the invention.
LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS
(39) 1 Spinning machine 2 Front-side end of the spinning machine 3 Work station 4 Feed device 5 Spinning chamber 6 Draw-off device 7 Winding device 8 Suction device 9 Negative pressure source 10 Negative pressure channel 11 Individual drive 12 Frame 13 Central control device 14 Suction point 15 Drafting device 16 Pair of delivery rollers 17 Intermediate frame 18 Package conveyor belt 19 Drive of the package conveyor belt 20 Intermediate storage unit for empty sleeves 21 Central supply device for empty sleeves 22 Winding roller shaft 23 Central drive 24 Storage hopper 25 Deflection rollers 26 Winding roller 27 Tangential belt 28 Thread guide rod 29 Opening roller 30 Central storage unit for empty sleeves 31 Yarn 32 Coil 33 Shaft 34 Division of negative pressure channels 35 Spinning rotor 36 Sleeve conveyor belt 37 Empty sleeves 38 Spinning nozzle 39 Drive of the sleeve conveyor belt