Floating Spinning Ring Balloon Limiter Sleeve High-Speed Yarn Winding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Higher spindle speeds in ring spinning machines lead to increased risks of thread breakage due to enlarged thread balloons and centrifugal forces, and conventional balloon constriction rings cause high friction and damage to the yarn.

Innovation Solution

A spinning device with a balloon limiter sleeve and a floating, non-contact spinning ring guided by a magnetic field, which allows for higher spindle speeds without thread breakage, ensuring reliable yarn winding and tension.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If spindle speed is increased to enhance productivity, then productivity is improved, but the risk of yarn breakage increases due to enlarged yarn balloon and centrifugal forces

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespindle speedVSAvoidyarn breakage risk
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the conventional mechanical ring traveler system with a magnetic field-based floating spinning ring system. The spinning ring is suspended by a magnetic field generated by a nitrogen-cooled superconductor, eliminating mechanical contact and friction. This substitution enables operation at significantly higher spindle speeds without the mechanical constraints that previously limited speed and caused yarn breakage, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent fundamentally changes the operational parameters by removing the ring traveler system that imposed mechanical friction limits. The floating spinning ring operated in a magnetic field allows spindle speeds to increase from conventional limits to over 10,000 rpm, while the magnetic suspension maintains stability and prevents yarn breakage even at these elevated speeds, effectively changing the speed parameter range without sacrificing reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Stability of the object's composition

If conventional balloon constriction rings are used to limit yarn balloon, then yarn balloon is controlled, but high frictional forces damage both the constriction ring and the yarn

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyarn balloon controlVSAvoidfrictional damage
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent eliminates the mechanical balloon constriction ring system entirely and replaces it with a magnetic field-based floating spinning ring that controls yarn balloon without physical contact. The magnetic suspension and floating ring design provide yarn support and balloon control through magnetic forces rather than mechanical friction, preventing damage to both the constriction device and the yarn while maintaining effective balloon limitation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of operation

If ring traveler system is used for yarn guidance, then yarn guidance is provided, but friction limits the maximum spindle speed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyarn guidanceVSAvoidspindle speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical ring traveler guidance system with a floating spinning ring suspended by a magnetic field. The spinning ring is driven by magnetic coupling rather than mechanical contact, eliminating the friction between the traveler and yarn that previously limited spindle speed. This substitution maintains effective yarn guidance functionality while enabling operation at significantly higher speeds without the mechanical friction constraints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables reliable high-speed spinning without thread breakage, maintaining proper winding tension and preventing yarn damage, thus enhancing productivity and efficiency.

Implementation Method 1

a spinning ring guide unit arranged coaxially with the spindle axis, wherein the spinning ring is fixed to the spinning ring guide unit in a floating manner in the spindle axis direction

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic field: Magnetic Field

Implementation Method 2

EP 3 231 904 A1 discloses the use of a nitrogen-cooled superconductor. Due to the suspended and thus contactless mounting of the spinning ring

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic suspension: Maglev

Implementation Method 3

the yarn is guided along the inner side of the balloon limiter sleeve. Unlike conventional spinning devices, the spinning device according to the invention dispenses with a ring traveler system; the yarn is guided past the spinning ring on the outside

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Implementation Method 4

the higher spindle speeds also result in increased centrifugal forces acting on the yarn

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCentrifugal force: Centrifugal Force

Data Source

PatentEP4033016B1Spinning device with floating spinning ring and balloon limiter sleeve
Publication Date: 2025.01.01 SAURER SPINNING SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO KG
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AI summary

The invention relates to a spinning device (1a), in particular for a ring spinning or ring twisting machine, comprising a spinning spindle for receiving a yarn spool (8) aligned coaxially with a spindle axis (6), a spinning ring (20a) arranged coaxially with the spindle axis (6) for externally guiding a yarn (5) to be wound onto the yarn spool (8), and a spinning ring guide unit (21a) arranged coaxially with the spindle axis (6), wherein the spinning ring (20a) is suspended in the direction of the spindle axis on the spinning ring guide unit (21a). In order to provide a spinning device and a spinning machine with a spinning device that enable reliable execution of a spinning process without limiting the spindle speed and without the use of a ring runner, it is provided that a balloon limiter sleeve (2a) is arranged coaxially with the spindle axis (6) such that the yarn (5) is guided on an inner surface of the balloon limiter sleeve (2a).