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US 5,857,637 AGranted
Cheese-producing textile machine
AssigneeW. Schlafhorst AG & Co.
InventorsPaul Straaten, Ulrich Fechter, Bernd Werner
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AssigneeW. Schlafhorst AG & Co.
InventorsPaul Straaten, Ulrich Fechter, Bernd Werner
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A cheese-producing textile machine 1 has a plurality of winding stations 2 and a service unit 23 for servicing the winding stations 2. The textile machine 1 has a central control unit 37 as well as separate winding station computers 39 for the individual winding stations 2. The service unit 23 has a control computer 38 which is connected by a machine bus 40 with the central control unit 37 as well as with the winding station computers 39. During the process of exchanging a cheese with an empty bobbin performed by the service unit 23, the yarn tensioner 14 of the respective winding station 2 is actuated via the machine bus 40 in accordance with the control computer 38 of the service unit 23, to set the tension of the yarn 30 optimally according to the respectively existing processing conditions.
A cheese-producing textile machine comprising a plurality of winding stations, each having a respective yarn tensioner and a respective winding station computer for controlling the yarn tensioner, and a service unit for travelling among the winding stations to perform servicing operations thereat, the service unit having a control computer for connection with each respective winding station computer for transmission of control commands to the yarn tensioner of the respective winding station being serviced by the service unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.