Abstract: A method of operating a pneumatic transport system in a process line of a spinning mill, wherein fiber flocks are transported through ducts by means fo airflows generated by fans and these airflows can be influenced by units such as fans, adjustable flats, leakage air openings and induction boxes. In critical regions the respectively prevailing static pressure is measured by means of pressure sensors and, in so far as this pressure lies outside of a predetermined desired range a correction is first made at one of the units which contributes to determining this pressure in the sense of changing the pressure into the desired range or in the direction towards the desired range. The effect of this change in other critical regions effected thereby is then determined with reference to the pressure measured there and a change is subsequently effected of a further unit responsible for the pressure in these regions. The above process steps are repeated in the sense of an iterative adaptation to the desired ranges, i.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning or carding textile fibers between a fine cleaning or carding drum (2) with clothing (7) fixed thereon and carding elements (5) surrounding said drum, a clothing (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) also being provided thereon. The teeth (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) of the carding elements (5) are so provided differently in the direction of movement (8) of the rotating drum (2) that the tooth (9), for example, has what is known as a negative carding direction with a relatively large angle (.alpha.) and the tooth (14) a positive carding direction with a relatively small angle (.alpha.) and the teeth therebetween have different attack angles as shown in FIG. 3. This gives different cleaning or carding effects within a predetermined peripheral zone of the drum.

Abstract: A cooling system and method for a carding machine having covering elements covering the swift of the card and a revolving flats arrangement defining the main carding zone. Heat is removed from the covering elements and/or the revolving flats arrangement by passing a heat-receiving medium, such as a liquid or gas, through ducts formed in covering element segments and/or between adjacent flats of the revolving flats arrangement.

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 establishing whether fiber material is contaminated with foreign objects is characterized in that for the finding of foreign objects in the form of foreign fibers and pieces of foil, for example packaging remnants such as jute sack remnants, plastic foil remnants, cords or bands, rags or cleaning scrim, the fiber material delivered in bales is investigated during bale opening. The investigation takes place by scanning the surface of at least some of the layers of fiber material exposed during the bale opening, and the degree of the contamination with the scanned foreign objects is retained and is stored in association with the particular bale which has been scanned.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning textile fibers for use in conjunction with an opening roller to which the textile fibers are fed and around which the textile fibers are conveyed, in the form of a fiber bat, in a transport direction. The apparatus includes an arrangement for conveying the textile fibers from an inlet to a clamping point proximate the opening roller; compressing and clamping the textile fibers, in the form of a fiber bat, with a clamping force, the clamping force having a magnitude which is a function of a characteristic of the fiber bat; drawing the fiber bat from the clamping point to a takeover point on a periphery of the opening roller, the fiber bat then being subjected to centrifugal force due to rotation of the opening roller; conveying the fiber bat, under the influence of the centrifugal force, to a separating blade; and separating an area of the fiber bat having contaminants concentrated therein resulting from the centrifugal force and from the drawing of the fiber bat.

Abstract: A metering method or a metering apparatus for dispensing predeterminable quantities of fiber flocks per unit time by two feed rollers (18, 20; 18.1, 18.2, 170, 172) which are arranged at the lower end of a flock shaft (14, 14.1, 14.2), which are rotatable in opposite directions and which form a conveying gap between them, with an opening roll (22; 22.1, 180) preferably being arranged beneath the feed rollers, is characterized in that at least one of the feed rollers is biased in the direction of the other feed roller (18; 20.1; 170) and is movable away from the latter under the pressure of the flocks; in that the spacing (x) between the two feed rollers, or a value proportional to this distance is measured; and in that the speed of rotation of at least one of the feed rollers is so regulated that the product (n.multidot.x) of the speed and of the spacing remains constant, at least on average.

Abstract: A combing head comprises carrying and drive rollers for the lap roll, a cylinder, a detaching roller pair and nippers reciprocable between a drawn-back position and an advanced position. When the trailing end of the lap material runs off the winding tube, the combing machine is stopped at a time after the detaching roller pair have detached a fringe from the lap in the nippers and after the fringe has been separated from the lap. The lap trailing end and the empty winding tube are then removed and a new lap roll is placed on the carrying and drive rollers. Lap material is unwound from the new lap roll until the start of the lap has passed beyond the nip line of the nippers. The combing machine then restarts. The method can, if required, be performed substantially or completely automatically and calls for only a short machine down time.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of maintaining a predetermined quality of a carded sliver, wherein there is a predetermined overproduction from a card and/or a drawframe relative to a spinning machine. The method includes temporarily decreasing production to temporarily compensate for the overproductions. The sliver which is produced during the decrease in production may be delivered to a separate can.

Abstract: A carding element (3) on the periphery of a carding or cleaning roller (1) is arranged to be movable in the direction toward or away from the roller (1) and is movable to selectively present different types or sizes of clothing elements (14.1, 14.2, 14.3 and 14.4) in proximity to the roller (1) so as to effect different actions on the fibers as the clothing elements on the carding element function as counter clothing elements for the clothing (12) of the carding or cleaning roller. This facilitates optimization of the cleaning function obtainable through the cooperation between the clothing (12) on the card drum and the clothing elements (14).

Abstract: In order to extract fiber flocks from fiber bales conveyed on a conveyor belt by very small steps in a predetermined direction of travel, an extraction member is moved over the fiber bales in a direction substantially perpendicular to the predetermined direction of travel of the fiber bales. For this purpose, the extraction member comprises a spiked opening roller driven by a motor. This spiked opening roller conveys, by rotary motion thereof, fiber flocks from the surface of the fiber bales into a fiber-flock conveying channel, in which the fiber flocks are drawn off by a fan and delivered to a conveyor channel. In this conveyor channel, which is likewise a suction fiber-flock conveying channel, the fiber flocks are fed via a connecting line or conduit to a fiber-flock processing location. For moving the extraction member over the fiber bales, the extraction member is provided with wheel shafts and wheels having a profiled tread for guidance along tube-shaped tracks.

Abstract: A cylinder for a textile machine to be used as a licker-in, main cylinder or doffer has working clothing attached to the base structure. The clothing is attached in segments that have a regular geometric shape and a width less than the cylinder width. The segments are secured to the base structure so that the junctions, in the peripheral direction, are displaced from one another. Each segment is provided with a form locking edge to innerlock the segments in the cylindrical form.

Abstract: A card including a main cylinder, a revolving flat as well as a licker-in roller and a doffing roller (also called a doffer roll) also includes a suction device in combination with a separating knife in order to improve the carding result and eliminate dirt in the precarding zone between the licker-in and the revolving flat, in the after carding zone between the revolving flat and the doffer roll as well as in the precarding zone between the doffer roll and the licker-in. A preparatory element has a structured surface arranged opposite to the surface of the main cylinder, in which the teeth are arranged facing the direction of rotation of the main cylinder. This structured surface allows the carding result to be retained and subjects the fleece lying on the main cylinder to a certain vibration so that, in combination with centrifugal force and the separating knife, there is better dirt separation which can be removed through the suction device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for cleaning a carded sliver during a movement of the latter in its longitudinal direction is disclosed. The carded sliver is guided over at least one guide surface having perforations which leads to spreading and loosening of the sliver, and an air flow is generated through the perforated guide surface in order to remove loose contaminations and also dirt and dust particles present in the loosened sliver. The air flow emerging from the carded sliver and carrying dust and dirt particles is preferably drawn off.

Abstract: Individual fiber components are blended in accordance with the properties of a required intermediate product such as a card sliver or an end product such as a yarn. The fiber bales are combined into component groups and the fiber components in the groups are accurately supplied by metering devices to a blender in which the components are uniformly mixed. The product from the blender may be cleaned and thereafter carded into a sliver. The characteristics of the sliver, such as the color, fiber, fineness and quantity, are tested and adjustments made in the blending in dependence upon any deviation from preset values for the characteristics.

Abstract: The bearing unit comprises a plurality of bearing elements rotatable relative to each other. A shell encircles the plurality of bearing elements. A body of resiliently compressible material is located between the shell and the plurality of bearing elements and possesses a predetermined compressibility. This body of resiliently compressible material retains the plurality of bearing elements relative to the shell and permits free adjustment of the plurality of bearing elements relative to the shell within limits determined by the predetermined compressibility of the resiliently compressible material.

Abstract: For the automatic compensation of density or thickness variations of fiber material at textile machines there is measured the density of a fiber material mass fed to a fiber feed device and the density of the fiber material mass at the textile machine outlet. The resultant measurement signals are delivered to a control for regulating the rotational speed of a feed roll of the fiber feed device in accordance with both measured density signals. The fiber feed device comprises the feed roll and a coacting feed plate. The feed roll, although rotatable, is spatially stationary and is pivotal from a starting position in the absence of the fiber mass into an operative position into contact with an abutment when there is present a fiber mass whose density variations are to be detected. By positionally fixing the feed plate during the detection operation different forces arise, depending upon the thickness or density of the fiber mass, in the nipping zone between the feed roll and the feed plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for reducing the stickiness or tackiness of cotton flocks. For this purpose, cotton flocks delivered by any suitable conveyor structure are received in a flock chute and brought, by rolls or rollers, as a fiber batt between a number of heated rolls or rollers, in order to be heated such that the stickiness or tackiness of the honeydew on the cotton is thus reduced to an extent which no longer has an adverse effect on subsequent machinery. Downstream of the heated rolls or rollers the fiber batt is again opened into cotton flocks by an opening roll or roller and fed to a pneumatic conveyor line through which the cotton flocks are fed to the subsequent machine.

Abstract: The flat cleaning apparatus employs a comb for loosening fibers and dirt particles carried by the revolving flats of the revolving flat clothing. In addition, a casing which travels across the width of the revolving system has a suction nozzle for drawing up the loosened strips of fibers and dirt particles. In addition, a brush is provided downstream of the suction nozzle which is movable relative to the flats to clean between the flats so as to release deep-seated dirt after the strips are removed. The brush is mounted in a chamber which communicates with the suction nozzle so that a suction force is available for removing the deep-seated dirt brought up by the brush.

Abstract: The grinding device is constructed with a grinding member which is biased elastically against the teeth of the clothing of a carding machine during operation of the machine. During grinding, the grinding member is capable of three degrees of freedom of movement under the elastic biasing force. In one embodiment, individual grinding stones are used as the grinding members. In another embodiment, an elongated flexible belt having a grinding coating is used as the grinding member and is biased by means of a tube containing pressurized fluid.