Yarn feed apparatus, workstation of a cabling machine and method for feeding
AssigneeSaurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMichael Deitlaff, Cenk Duralti
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Abstract
The invention relates to a yarn feed apparatus for a workstation of a cabling machine for feeding a creel yarn from a feed package arranged on a bobbin creel or from a transport conveyor arranged above the cabling machine to a cabling apparatus equipped with a cabling spindle and/or for feeding a starter yarn from the cabling spindle to the creel yarn, a workstation of a cabling machine for producing a cabling twist and a method for feeding a creel yarn using a yarn feed apparatus of this type.
Claims7
A cabling machine (1), comprising:
- a bobbin creel (3) and a cabling apparatus (5);
- a workstation (2) of the cabling machine (1), configured to feed a creel yarn from a feed package (4) of the bobbin creel (3) of the cabling machine (1) to the cabling apparatus (5) equipped with a cabling spindle and/or for feeding a starter yarn from the cabling spindle of the cabling apparatus (5) to the creel yarn;
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- a yarn feed apparatus (13), comprising:
- a creel yarn feed channel (8) with a yarn infeed opening (10), positioned in an area of the bobbin creel (3) in an area above the feed package (4);
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- a yarn outfeed opening (11), positioned in an area of the cabling apparatus (5).
A cabling machine (1), comprising:
- a workstation (2) configured to:
- feed a creel yarn from a feed package (4) of a bobbin creel (3) of the cabling machine (1) to a cabling apparatus (5) equipped with a cabling spindle and/or feed a starter yarn from the cabling spindle of the cabling apparatus (5) to the creel yarn;
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- produce a cabling twist from a creel yarn drawn from a feed package (4) on a bobbin creel (3) and an inner yarn drawn from a further feed package (4) on a cabling spindle;
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- a yarn feed apparatus (13), comprising:
- a creel yarn feed channel (8) with a yarn infeed opening (10), positioned in an area of the bobbin creel (3) in an area above the feed package (4).
A method for feeding a creel yarn at a workstation (2) of a cabling machine (1) to a cabling apparatus (5) equipped with a cabling spindle, comprising:
- generating an air flow directed towards a yarn infeed opening (10) or yarn outfeed opening (11),
- arranging a starter yarn at the yarn outfeed opening (11) or the creel yarn at the yarn infeed opening (10) whereby the starter yarn or the creel yarn, respectively, is drawn into the yarn outfeed opening (11) or into the yarn infeed opening (10) by means of the generated air flow and is transported within a creel yarn guide channel (8) in an air flow direction in an area of a bobbin creel (3) in an area above a feed package (4), and
- capturing and connecting starter yarn to the creel yarn in an area outside the yarn infeed opening (10) or insertion of the creel yarn into the cabling apparatus (5) in an area of the yarn outfeed opening (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.