Abstract: A method and apparatus for production of a yarn, by plying, twisting or covering several basic yarns, subjected to a prior transformation, is provided. At least one of the basic yarns is different from the others and/or is subjected to a different prior transformation. The prior transformation may be carried out in parallel in the same machine, by independent transformation members able to be independently controlled. A slackening of yarn tension resulting from the prior transformation to give the desired tension at an assembly point is carried out on yarn feeding devices. Routing of the yarns is achieved by guide members towards the point of assembly, where the staple yarns are combined and arranged in parallel. A bobbin receives the assembled yarns in a device, constituting or associated with a positive feed device operating without slippage with relation to the yarn.

Abstract: The device comprises: yarn advancing elements subjected to the action of motor devices controlled by frequency converters or changers, supplied by a common direct current bus; a monitoring/control system supplied by the same direct current bus; and processors for processing the yarns provided in the form of power spindles particularly being subjected to the action of individual motor devices, controlled by frequency converters or changers. The power spindles are not supplied by the direct current bus, but are self-powered and autonomous. The set of yarn advancing elements are on the direct current bus whose supply is maintained by a flywheel so that the two systems are, in total, electrically independent, and only the value of the ramps of both avoids any voltage fault.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for production of a yarn, by plying, twisting or covering several staple yarns, subjected to a prior transformation, is provided. At least one of the staple yarns is different from the others and/or is subjected to a different prior transformation. The prior transformation may be carried out in parallel in the same machine, by independent transformation members able to be independently controlled. A slackening of yarn tension resulting from the prior transformation to give the desired tension at an assembly point is carried out on yarn feeding devices. Routing of the yarns is achieved by guide members towards the point of assembly, where the staple yarns are combined and arranged in parallel. A bobbin receives the assembled yarns in a device, constituting or associated with a positive feed device operating without slippage with relation to the yarn.

Abstract: A control method for a motor driven linear drive device is provided in which: a device control unit receives information representative of measured speed of said device; on receiving a start-up command, start-up of the motor is not initiated if the measured speed is zero; information representative of the speed of the drive devices is monitored; and a control sequence which brings about rotation of the motor in accordance with a pre-programmed acceleration profile is initiated when rotation of the device caused by an external action is detected.

Abstract: This method is distinctive in that: the rotation speed (Vo) obtained with the reel empty is recorded beforehand; and after start-up, the rotation speed (Vd) of the reel that is being wound is measured. The latter speed corresponds to the maximum speed reached at the end of a start-up acceleration phase and at the start of a gradual slowdown phase after the winding phase and this speed is compared to that obtained when the reel was empty. If the rotation speed (Vd) measured after start-up is substantially equal to or greater than the rotation speed (Vo) obtained when the reel was empty, length metering is then reset. If the speed after start-up is substantially less than the rotation speed obtained with the reel empty, metering is resumed from a point where it stopped.

Abstract: A machine comprising one or several processing stations, integrates in a combined and successive manner, according to a same work position: a spindle for twisting and/or cabling a yarn, thermosetting apparatus comprising a rotating heating godet, followed by an accumulator capable of cooling and relaxing the yarn in a totally free state, without tension, and a bobbin for winding the yarn, the bobbin being secured to yarn guiding and driving bodies.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a compressor which is driven by the engine of a vehicle and which supplies at least one compressed air tank. The compressor is activated or de-activated according to a comparison which is made between the value of the pressure in the tank(s) and the pre-determined conjunction and disjunction pressure thresholds, depending on the sign of the engine torque. If the range of torque is positive there are multiple conjunction and disjunction pressure thresholds which are determined according to the vehicle speed estimation or measurement.

Abstract: Yarn is dispensed by a yarn guide mobile in translation parallel to generatrices of a rotary holder. The device comprises a carriage receiving the yarn guide and having fittings for being coupled with a flexible transmission and driving member adapted to impart to the yarn guide a reciprocating movement, in combination with a translational guide, parallel to the generatrices of the rotary holder. The yarn guide, the translational guide and the fittings being offset at an angle on the carriage to generate an additional speed component proximate to changeover points.

Abstract: The device comprises: a two-for-one twisting spindle supporting a yarn winding which is twisted or cabled via a second yarn; a mechanism for pulling the yarn in order to cancel the tension resulting from the twisting or cabling operation; a heater for heating the yarn followed by a cooling area; and a mechanism for coiling the yarn. The heater comprises at least one cup-shaped element which is associated with a return guide enabling the yarn to be wound. The cup-shaped element is brought to a specific temperature and is positively driven in a state of rotation.

Abstract: Yarn is dispensed by a yarn guide mobile in translation parallel to generatrices of a rotary holder. The device comprises a carriage receiving the yarn guide and having fittings for being coupled with a flexible transmission and driving member adapted to impart to the yarn guide a reciprocating movement, in combination with a translational guide, parallel to the generatrices of the rotary holder. The yarn guide, the translational guide and the fittings being offset at an angle on the carriage to generate an additional speed component proximate to changeover points.

Abstract: A device for winding, at high speed, a yarn onto a rotating support comprises a yarn delivery system, displaced so as to undergo a to-and-fro movement parallel to the surface of said support with rapid deceleration and acceleration at the point of reversal of the to-and-fro movement. A depositing yarn guide of the delivery system is displaced by means of a moving element or cursor associated with a magnetized plate of a linear motor, supplied with two-phase or three-phase current. The stator is formed by at least one assembly of elementary modules placed either face to face or placed so that each lies in the extension of another, each having a plurality of C-shaped magnetic circuits that define, between the ends of their separated legs, an airgap inside which the magnetized plate is positioned, comprising an alternation of North and South poles (N and S), which constitutes the moving element that displaces the cursor carrying the yarn guide.

Abstract: The device comprises: a two-for-one twisting spindle supporting a yarn winding which is twisted or cabled via a second yarn; a mechanism for pulling the yarn in order to cancel the tension resulting from the twisting or cabling operation; a heater for heating the yarn followed by a cooling area; and a mechanism for coiling the yarn. The heater comprises at least one cup-shaped element which is associated with a return guide enabling the yarn to be wound. The cup-shaped element is brought to a specific temperature and is positively driven in a state of rotation.

Abstract: The device comprises: a two-for-one twisting spindle supporting a thread winding which is twisted or cabled via a second thread; a mechanism for pulling the thread in order to cancel the tension resulting from the twisting or cabling operation; a heater for heating the thread followed by a cooling area; and a mechanism for coiling the thread. Upstream from the heater, thread is subject to the action of at least one colorant.