Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a multifilament yarn by a melt spinning-draw process, and which includes applying additional heat to the melt in the region of the spinneret. The relationship between the withdrawal speed and draw ratio may be changed, and with an adaptation of other process parameters, it is possible to increase productivity. The process may be applied to continuous and discontinuous processes.

Abstract: A spin system for thermoplastic yarns is provided with a melt line, in which the main flow of the melt is transported to a distributor pump. The distributor pump comprises several individual pumps, which divide the main melt flow into several partial flows. Each partial melt flow is supplied to a spinneret. Arranged on one of the driven shafts of the pump are mixing elements. The main melt flow is supplied to the pump via a chamber, in which these mixing elements are arranged.

Abstract: A melt spinning apparatus is disclosed which includes a supporting housing, a melt supply block mounted in the upper end of the housing, and a spin plate mounted adjacent the lower end of the housing so as to define a spinning chamber between the block and plate. A melt diverting plate is positioned in the spinning chamber for deflecting the melt entering into the chamber, and the melt diverting plate is configured such that substantially the same pressure drop occurs in the melt as it moves from the melt supply duct to all portions of the upper surface of the spin plate, so as to achieve a substantially uniform denier among the resulting filaments.

Abstract: A godet for guiding and heating an advancing yarn, which includes a shaft mounted for rotation about its axis, and a casing coaxially and releasably mounted to the shaft. An induction coil heating system is fixedly mounted between the shaft and the outer wall of the casing, and the heating system includes a tubular core having a plurality of induction coils mounted thereon. A plurality of annular ribs are positioned on the core and on the inside of the outer wall of the casing for providing an advantageous magnetic flux path between a core and casing.

Abstract: A spinning apparatus for melt spinning thermoplastic multicomponent yarn is disclosed, in which a nozzle pack (22) is joined by bolts with a filter cup (13), with the entire unit being mounted by a thread (21) on a connecting plug (20) of the pump or distributor block (10). The nozzle pack (22) is adapted to produce bicomponent yarns, and the exchange of a single blending plate (37) allows the apparatus to produce different structures of bicomponent filaments. Such spinning apparatus enhance the flexibility of the synthetic fiber producer and reduce the cost for spare parts, since it is necessary to keep available only additional blending plates (37), but not entire nozzle packs (22).

Abstract: A winding apparatus is disclosed which includes a rotatable revolver having at least one spindle mounted thereon, with the spindle being adapted to coaxially mount one or more bobbin tubes. The revolver is rotatably mounted to the frame of the apparatus by a circular bearing surface of substantial diameter, which provides a very stable and durable mounting. The apparatus also includes a traversing mechanism for traversing an advancing yarn and so as to form a cross wound package on the tubes at the winding position. Also, a contact roll is mounted between the traversing mechanism and the winding position so as to be adapted to rest upon the surface of the package being formed. The contact roll is movable a limited distance radially away from the package being wound, and its position is sensed.

Abstract: A rotating spinning centrifuge is described for spinning yarns of a filament forming spinning material and which includes a centrifugal wheel and an elongate tubular central inlet sleeve fixed to the wheel. A pump is mounted in the inlet sleeve which serves to supply the spinning material under pressure and in a liquid state to the centrifugal wheel, and the pump is preferably designed and constructed as an extruder pump which includes an extruder screw and defining a rotating cylindrical jacket so that the spinning material is advanced under pressure to the centrifugal wheel.

Abstract: A winding apparatus is disclosed which includes a rotatable revolver having a pair of spindles mounted thereon, with the spindles being adapted to coaxially mount one or more bobbin tubes. Upon rotation of the revolver, the spindles are moved between a winding position and a doffing position, and a traversing mechanism is provided for traversing an advancing yarn and so as to form a cross wound package on the tubes at the winding position. Also, a contact roll is mounted between the traversing mechanism and the winding position so as to be adapted to rest upon the surface of the package being formed. The contact roll is movable a limited distance radially away from the package being wound, and its position is sensed.

Abstract: A winding apparatus is disclosed which includes a rotatable revolver having a pair of spindles mounted thereon, with the spindles being adapted to coaxially mount one or more bobbin tubes. Upon rotation of the revolver, the spindles are moved between a winding position and a doffing position, and a traversing mechanism is provided for traversing an advancing yarn and so as to form a cross wound package on the tubes at the winding position. Means are also provided for automatically transferring the advancing yarn from the rotating full package which has been moved to the doffing position, to a rotating empty bobbin tube on a spindle which has been moved to the winding position, and which comprises a yarn lifting device for removing the advancing yarn from the traversing means and conveying the advancing yarn laterally to a yarn catching plane, and a yarn transferring mechanism which laterally deflects the yarn from the yarn catching plane to a bead plane which is within the normal traverse stroke.

Abstract: A yarn winding method is disclosed which involves a package doffing sequence for automatically transferring the running yarn to bobbins which are serially delivered to a winding position, and which reduces the tendency of the yarn to form laps on the equipment during the yarn transfer. The method includes the steps of winding the running yarn onto a first bobbin while traversing the yarn to form a cross wound package, laterally withdrawing the bobbin from its winding position when it becomes full, bringing an empty rotating second bobbin into circumferential contact with the running yarn, and then terminating the traverse of the yarn and transferring the yarn to the empty bobbin. Also, the traversing speed is decreased at the beginning of the doffing sequency and shortly prior to the traverse being terminated, and so that the tendency of the running yarn to slacken and form laps during the transfer operation is reduced.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for winding a textile yarn into a cross-wound package is disclosed, in which the yarn is wound about the package at a substantially constant rate while the yarn is guided onto the package by a traversing guide. In order to avoid the formation of ribbons on the package, the traversing frequency of the yarn guide is periodically varied by shortening the stroke of the traversing yarn guide while maintaining an unchanged traversing speed of the traversing yarn guide. The avoidance of the formation of ribbons is also accomplished by varying the traversing speed of the traversing yarn guide during the times in which the traversing frequency of the traversing yarn guide is unchanged. Stops are provided for controlling the length of back-and-forth movement of the traversing yarn guide and the stops can be moved inwardly and outwardly to provide the required stroke modification of the traversing guide.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a warp sheet of synthetic multifilament yarns is disclosed, and wherein the yarns may be withdrawn from supply packages and advanced along a path of travel in warp sheet form, heated and drawn while in advancing warp sheet form to orient the filaments, and then wound for example on a warp beam. Upon detection of a yarn break, the advance of the warp sheet is terminated, and means are provided for interrupting the application of heat to the sheet while the advance is terminated so as to avoid damage to the remaining yarns from a continued application of heat.

Abstract: A yarn withdrawal apparatus and method is disclosed for temporarily withdrawing a freshly spun and continuously advancing yarn to a waste container when the spinning operation is interrupted, and for thereafter threading the yarn onto the feed godet or winder of the spinning machine. The apparatus comprises a yarn advancing means in the form of a rotating tapered roll, which is adapted to have the yarn looped thereabout. The tapered roll comprises a yarn inlet portion and a yarn exit portion, with the inlet portion being designed to initially contact the advancing yarn. The cone angle of the inlet portion is predetermined so as to cause the yarn to initially engage the rotating roll without lateral slippage and thereby permit the rotating roll to exert a strong tension on the yarn. The yarn subsequently slips laterally along the yarn inlet portion of the roll and toward the yarn exit portion, and it is then tangentially withdrawn from the roll.

Abstract: A yarn withdrawal apparatus is disclosed for temporarily withdrawing a freshly spun and continuously advancing yarn to a waste container when the spinning operation is interrupted, and for thereafter threading the yarn onto the feed godet or winder of the spinning machine. The apparatus comprises a yarn advancing means in the form of a rotating roll, a yarn delivery tube including a yarn outlet opening, a yarn suction tube including a yarn inlet opening, and with the yarn delivery tube and yarn suction tube being mounted so as to permit relative rotation thereof about the axis of the roll and between a yarn catching position wherein the outlet opening and inlet opening are aligned, and a drawing-off position. Thus the relative rotation causes a yarn passing from the delivery tube to the suction tube to be at least partially looped about the rotating roll.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a warp sheet of synthetic multifilament yarns is disclosed, and wherein the yarns may be withdrawn from supply packages and advanced along a path of travel in warp sheet form, heated and drawn while in advancing warp sheet form to orient the filaments, and then wound for example on a warp beam. Upon detection of a yarn break, the advance of the warp sheet is terminated, and means are provided for interrupting the application of heat to the sheet while the advance is terminated so as to avoid damage to the remaining yarns from a continued application of heat.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for threading an advancing yarn onto a rotating empty bobbin tube. The yarn is withdrawn by a yarn withdrawal means, while being guided into contact with the periphery of the rotating bobbin tube which is moving in the same direction as the advancing yarn, and which has a surface speed about the same as the yarn advancing speed. The speed of the yarn is then reduced at a location between the empty bobbin and the yarn withdrawal means, such as by contacting the yarn with a braking guide, to cause the yarn to slacken and thus form a lap on the empty bobbin, and to thereby cause the yarn to be caught by and then wound upon the rotating empty bobbin tube.

Abstract: A yarn withdrawal apparatus is disclosed for temporarily withdrawing a freshly spun and continuously advancing yarn to a waste container when the spinning operation is interrupted, and for thereafter threading the yarn onto the feed godet or winder of the spinning machine. The apparatus includes a yarn advancing means in the form of one or more rolls and which is adapted to have the yarn looped thereabout. Drive means is provided for rotating the roll or rolls of the advancing means, and a suction means is provided for withdrawing the yarn from the advancing means. In one embodiment, the yarn is initially drawn into the suction means, and then looped about the rotating roll of rolls which serve to frictionally engage the yarn and apply a high yarn tension, and so that the yarn is then in condition to be threaded onto the feed godet of the spinning machine.

Abstract: A method for processing a warp sheet of synthetic multifilament yarns wherein the yarns may be withdrawn from supply packages and advanced along a path of travel in warp sheet form, heated and drawn while in advancing warp sheet form to orient the filaments, and then wound for example on a warp beam. Upon detection of a yarn break, the advance of the warp sheet is terminated, and means are provided for interrupting the application of heat to the sheet while the advance is terminated so as to avoid damage to the remaining yarns from a continued application of heat.

Abstract: A melt spinning apparatus is disclosed wherein the spinning head is inserted in an upward manner from beneath into the lower end of a vertically extending opening in a heater box. Upwardly directed air currents are avoided in the vertically extending opening by providing a metallic contact, in the form of supporting and locking strips, between the heating box and the spinning head. The supporting and locking strips provide for the easy removal and insertion of the spinning head into and out of the heating box from beneath. The upper end of the spinning head is closed, and the internal walls of the vertically extending opening in the heater box and the external walls of adjacent spinning head are provided with internal contact surfaces which collectively define horizontal channels.

Abstract: Advancing yarn is directed onto a larger diameter portion of a tapered yarn winding roll having a smaller diameter free end. The yarn is formed into windings that extend about the roll and that are continuously displaced along its length toward and, in most embodiments also from, its free end. The displacement of the yarn windings may be assisted by air currents and/or the force of gravity. The tension of the advancing yarn may be controlled by varying the axial location of its initial engagement with the roll. The apparatus may consist either of a single yarn withdrawal unit or of multiple interconnected units.