Abstract: The invention relates to a spinning device which according to the invention with FIG. 2 differs from the prior art of FIG. 1. In the prior art, the fibres delivered through a fibre conveying channel (13) (compaction due to slight twisting) are guided around the tip of a needle (5) into a yarn guidance channel of a spindle (6) and thereby compacted, whereby this guidance takes place as a result of an air flow created through the nozzles (3). The tip of the needle (5) has the purpose, on the one hand, of guiding the fibres and, on the other, of avoiding a false twist having a reverse effect back through the fibre conveying channel as far as, for example, a clamping gap of a pair of delivery rollers due to the rotation of the fibres, since such a false twist would at least interfere with the formation of the yarn, if not preventing it altogether.

Abstract: A pneumatic spinning apparatus (1) for producing a yarn or thread spun from fibres includes a nozzle block with a hollow room in which a spindle is arranged. At least one jet nozzle serves for generating a rotating air stream in the hollow room. Opposite the spindle a fibre guide member is arranged, which in the yarn forming process serves as a false core. A fibre guide duct within the nozzle block merges into the fibre guide. The fibre guide duct presents a variable cross-section along its length.

Abstract: A spinning machine includes a plurality of spinning stations or places. Each spinning place includes a yarn formation mechanism that is supplied with staple fiber material in the form of a longitudinal object. Each spinning place includes a refining mechanism by way of which the longitudinal object is refined prior to the fiber material being supplied to a yarn formation mechanism. Each refining mechanism is independently drivable and controllable with respect to the other refining mechanisms. At least one sensor is disposed at each of the spinning places to detect at least one measurable property correlated with fiber mass per unit of length. A controlling monitoring unit is configured to receive and process data measured by the sensor. A control monitoring unit is configured with the refining mechanism at the associated spinning place for control of the refining mechanism as a function of the property detected and measured by the sensor independent of the refining mechanisms at other spinning places.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the production of a spun thread (10) from a staple fibre strand (1) by means of air spin method. The fibre guiding element (3c) according to the invention comprises a fibre conveying channel (4) with a fibre guiding surface, whereby the fibre guiding surface ends at a fibre presenting edge (6) and leads the fibres of the staple fibre strand (20) in the form of an essentially flat arrangement lying next to each other. The fibre-guiding surface (18, 18.1, 18.2, 18,3) is configured in such a manner that it comprises a diverting point (17) which causes a deviation of the staple fibre strand (20), whereby the deviation is being provided in such a manner that the free fibre ends (19) of the fibres within the staple fibre strand (20) protrude from said staple fibre strand.

Abstract: A projectile with a penetrator, which on impact with an obstacle (wall, door, glass pane etc.) pierces it, so that immediately afterwards an active substance which is carried along by the penetrator, is set free behind said obstacle. Such a projectile is of particular use by special police, military or other operations as a so called barricade-penetrator, in order to set out of action persons to be overpowered in closed rooms. The release of the active substance occurs without a pyrotechnic detonation; the active substance is expelled exclusively through mechanical means, and preferably by a piston action resulting when the projectile contacts the obstacle.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a spinning method and a spinning apparatus for producing a yarn (13) from fibres (7). In a spinning chamber (2) the fibres (7) are subject to a rotating air vortex (15) and in this process are twisted into a yarn (13) in an inlet opening of a spindle duct (11) of a spindle (12). The fibres to be processed (7) are guided via at least one fibre feed duct (20, 21) into the spinning chamber (2). The present invention proposes that fibres (17), which are not caught into the yarn formation process are eliminated via an exhaust air duct (16), that these eliminated fibres (17) are regenerated, and that the regenerated fibres (17) are fed back into the yarn forming process.

Abstract: For producing a yarn (4) spun from a loose fibre array (2) using a vortex flow an apparatus is used in which between a fibre supply duct (1) and a yarn take-off tube (5) a vortex chamber (3) is provided. Into the vortex chamber (3) a fluid is injected via tangentially oriented nozzles (6), which subsequently is drained via an exhaust duct (7). This apparatus comprises a wall limiting the vortex chamber downstream zone formed e.g. by a wall plate (20). This plate separates the vortex chamber (3) from the exhaust duct (7), but for completely draining the fluid is provided with a plurality of openings (21) extending to the exhaust duct (7). Owing to the functional separation of the vortex chamber (3) from the exhaust duct (7), in which the inventive apparatus differs from the state of the art, the fibre losses are reduced.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a pneumatic spinning apparatus (1) for producing a yarn or thread spun from fibres. In a nozzle block (2) a hollow room (3) with a spindle (5) is arranged. At least one jet nozzle (4) serves for generating a rotating air stream in the hollow room (3). Opposite the spindle (5) a fibre guide means (6) is arranged, which in the yarn forming process serves as a false core. A fibre guide duct (11) merges from the exterior into the hollow room (3) at the foot end of the fibre guide means (6). The fibre guide duct (11) presents a variable cross-section along its length.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spinning device for the manufacture of a spun thread from a fiber bundle, surrounding a nozzle block (20) with one or more nozzles (21), which take effect on a fiber bundle which is conveyed at a suction drum (4) through the channels (14 and 15) against a spindle (32), and in this situation the rear fiber ends are taken up and rotated in the direction of rotation of the air flow in such a way that they rotate the front ends of the fibres which are already located in the yarn guide channel (45) to form a yarn (46).

Abstract: The invention relates to a spinning device for the production of a spun thread from a fiber bundle, comprising a nozzle part 6 with an upper nozzle part 7 and a lower nozzle part 8.

Abstract: In a spinning position of a spinning machine a longitudinal fibre array first is refined in a drafting process, and the refined fibre array (10) then is subject to a twist imparting process, and is taken off the twist-imparting zone as a yarn (11). In case of an interruption of the spinning process the intake into the refinement zone is stopped before the delivery from the refining zone is stopped in such a manner that the longitudinal fibre array is severed between the intake and the delivery zones forming a free front end zone. The free end (11) of the yarn, generated by the interruption of the spinning process is treated in such a manner that a yarn end zone (1) is formed tapering off, and is positioned upstream from the twist imparting zone. Ad the spinning process is resumed the movements of the yarn end zone (1) and of the fibre array front end zone (2) for imparting twist are coordinated in time sequence in such a manner that these two zones overlap as they are subject to the twist imparting process.

Abstract: In a spinning machine with a plurality of spinning places each spinning place is provided with a yarn formation means (6) and a refining means (1) which is disposed upstream of the yarn formation means. Every spinning place is supplied with a longitudinal object made of staple fibers which is refined by the refining means (1) and is spun into a yarn by the yarn formation means (6). Every spinning place is provided with sensor means (10, 11) for detecting the fiber mass in the supplied fiber material and/or in the produced yarn. Moreover, at least a part of the refining means (1) can be driven or controlled in each spinning place independent from the other spinning places. A control and monitoring unit (12) produces control data on the basis of the measured data which concern the fiber mass and are produced in a spinning place, which control data are for the independently controllable parts of the refining means (1), and controls the same accordingly.

Abstract: The production of a core spun yarn (46) by means of fluid technique is performed with an apparatus according to the invention. The apparatus substantially comprises a fiber guide conduit (13) with a fiber guide surface (28) for guiding the fibers (F) of the fiber structure and a guide apparatus for guiding the continuous thread (C) into an inlet orifice (35) of a yarn guide conduit (7, 45) and a fluid device for producing a swirl flow about the inlet orifice (35) of the yarn guide conduit (7, 45). It further comprises with respect to the fiber guide surface (28) a guide means (5) contained in the thread guide means (4) for at least one continuous thread (C), so that said at least one continuous thread (C) can be spun over by the fibers (F) on the spindle (6, 32). The guide means (5) is either a groove (5.1) which is associated with the fiber guide surface (28), a bore (5.2) disposed below the fiber guide surface (28) or an individual tube-like element (5c), or one that is combined with a groove (5.

Abstract: Filamentous textile structures are produced from a quasi continuous planar nonwoven (1) by subjecting the nonwoven (1) to fluid-dynamic forces, namely in such a way that the nonwoven (1) is split up longitudinally into a plurality of parallel slivers (3) and the fiber structure of the nonwoven (1) is bonded in the slivers. For the treatment with fluid-dynamic forces, the nonwoven (1) is placed for example against a treatment template (10) which is structured in a strip-like manner by perforations (11) and elevations (12) and fine water, saturated steam or air jets (13) are directed against the nonwoven (1) and the template (10). The slivers produced during the treatment with the fluid-dynamic forces can be processed without any further treatment into a planar textile structures or they can be subjected to a further treatment prior to said processing in order to increase their strength.

Abstract: A bale opening machine is provided with a safety apparatus, by means of which there are produced safety barriers or fences parallel to lengthwise sides of a row of bales to be opened and/or substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the bale opening machine. The safety apparatus moves in conjunction with the bale opening machine. The safety apparatus can comprise mechanical and/or sensory protective structure. The sensory protective structure comprises one or more electro-acoustical transducers arranged in a sonic chute together with one or more reference reflectors such that transmitted acoustical signals are split into a measuring signal and a reference signal. The reference signal is reflected at one of the reference reflectors, whereas the measuring signal is reflected at a deflection reflector into the monitored area and back again by an object located in the monitored area.

Abstract: A method for enabling the cleaning of fibers in a fiber cleaning machine in which a cleaning stream moves tufts around a rotating cleaning cylinder, the tufts being cleaned and opened. The cleaning action can be adapted to fibers of varying origin and to an increasing degree of opening in the course of cleaning. The cleaning stream is, to a large extent, controlled and controllable by decoupling it from the dynamic behavior of the transport streams which transport material to and away from the cleaning process. Compensation for variations in the cleaning stream, and in the material supplied for cleaning, are achieved by control of the cleaning intensity, in order that the tufts emerging from the cleaning process are constant and optimally cleaned and opened. The invention concerns also suitable fiber cleaning apparatus for the realization of the described method. The apparatus includes a cleaning cylinder positioned in a casing and a plurality of cleaning elements extending from the cylinder.

Abstract: In a method of obtaining a thread tension signal a sensor in the form of a piezofoil is attached to a thread guide or to its mounting and delivers a signal which reflects, amongst other things, the oscillations induced in the thread guide by the thread movement. In order to obtain a signal which corresponds to the thread tension either the frequency of an element which winds up the thread and/or harmonics of this frequency is filtered out of the sensor signal and the level of this frequency or the level of these frequencies is measured.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for in-line color measurement of continuously moving fiber material, during a fiber material process, by using a color measuring device. The moving fiber material is compressed at a processing position. At the processing position, the fiber material is illuminated by a light probe, thereby defining a measuring position. The light reflected from the fiber material is detected and evaluated to thereby obtain a color measurement of the advancing fiber material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of and apparatus for detecting unwanted material in the form of string or woven fabric in a flow of wanted fiber flocks or in a wanted fiber fleece. To this end, the flock flow is guided through a wave field which detects the presence of unwanted material in the flock flow so that the unwanted material can be separated out in a separator facility. The wave field can be an optical or acoustic wave field. The result obtained can, in addition to the separation of the unwanted material, be displayed in display means and/or recorded.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for operating a bale opening machine having an opening member, wherein the height profile of a row of bales is determined by at least one sensor directed towards the bale surface and is used to control the position of the opening member during the subsequent bale opening. The received signal of the sensor, which is preferably an optical or acoustical sensor or a sensor which operates with radar waves, is processed to obtain a signal corresponding to the hardness of the bales. In addition, the in-feed and, optionally, the penetration of the opening member, is controlled or regulated in accordance with the hardness signal. Various slip-free length measuring devices serve to determine the longitudinal position of the opening member along the row of bales.