Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the drafting of sliver in a draw frame wherein a control arrangement generates an adjusting signal in response to sliver mass variations to correspondingly vary the sliver draft. A modifying arrangement is provided for selective manual or automatic adjustment according to any given one or more operating parameters which influence the sliver drafting, such as physical characteristics of the sliver and environmental characteristics of the textile machine, to modify the operation of the control arrangement to correct the adjusting signal and thereby to further vary the drafting of the sliver to compensate for the operating parameters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling the drafing of sliver in a draw frame in which sliver first travels through an advance sensing means that senses variations in the mass, then passes through a drafting means which is located after the advance sensing means and is provided with an adjustable draft, and finally travels through an after sensing means located after the drafting means which senses the mass per unit of length, whereby the draft of the drafting means is varied to compensate for variations in mass of sliver in response to the sensed variations in mass evaluated in a time-delayed manner and of the difference of the measured mass per unit length of the output and of a selectable theoretical value for the mass per unit of length.

Abstract: A method and means for controlling the drafting of sliver in a draw frame using sensing means with the aid of which variations in mass of the sliver can be sensed and a resulting signal applied to drafting means located after the sensing means in the direction of travel of the sliver and which changes the draft to compensate for sensed variations in the sliver mass. The sensing means and the drafting means are connected to controlling means which include a storage device. A sensed variation in sliver mass is temporarily stored by the storage device for the duration of a delay time which takes into consideration the traveling time of the sliver form the sensing means to the drafting means. The delay time is shortened by a correction time as a function of the magnitude and/or rate of the sensed variation in sliver mass. This has the effect that variations in mass of the sliver can be compensated almost completely by the drafting device.