Automatic Piecing Air Jets for Fine Yarn Lifting From Cops

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing yarn lifting arrangements in ring spinning machines fail to reliably detach fine count yarns from the cop, leading to increased air consumption, operating costs, and yarn quality deterioration, with lower piecing efficiency affecting overall production efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A bottom circumferential jet arrangement with three orifices and an additional jet arrangement featuring three blow nozzles, adjustable and operable in various sequences, are used to detach and lift broken yarns from the cop, utilizing controlled air flow and pressure to handle fine counts effectively.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If high intensity compressed air is used for prolonged time to lift fine count yarns from cop, then yarn lifting reliability is improved, but compressed air consumption increases and operating costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyarn lifting reliabilityVSAvoidcompressed air consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The lifting process is divided into multiple sequential attempts with increasing air intensity. The system applies air blowing in discrete stages (first attempt, second attempt, third attempt, etc.), where each attempt uses higher intensity than the previous one. This segmentation allows the system to achieve reliable lifting of fine count yarns while avoiding excessive air consumption by only applying high intensity when necessary and only for the minimal required duration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The air blowing intensity is dynamically adjusted based on the yarn count and lifting success. The system automatically increases air intensity progressively across multiple attempts until the yarn is successfully lifted. This dynamic adjustment ensures that high compressed air intensity is applied only when and where needed, optimizing the balance between lifting reliability and air consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If high pressure air blow is provided to lift fine count yarns from cop, then yarn lifting capability is improved, but yarn quality deteriorates due to hairiness increase, twists imperfections and neps formation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyarn lifting capabilityVSAvoidyarn quality deterioration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The air blowing is applied periodically in discrete attempts rather than continuously. The system performs first attempt, then pauses, then second attempt, then pauses, then third attempt. This periodic application allows the yarn to settle between attempts and prevents continuous high-pressure exposure that would cause excessive hairiness, twists imperfections, and neps formation, while still achieving reliable lifting capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The air blowing pressure and duration are dynamically controlled to increase progressively across attempts but are automatically reduced or stopped once lifting is achieved. This dynamic control prevents excessive high-pressure exposure that would damage yarn quality, while ensuring sufficient pressure is applied when needed for difficult lifts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If multiple attempts with high intensity compressed air are used to lift fine count yarns, then yarn lifting success is improved, but piecing efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyarn lifting successVSAvoidpiecing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The lifting process is segmented into a maximum of three attempts with progressively increasing intensity. This limited segmentation provides a structured approach to handling difficult lifts without allowing the process to drag on indefinitely. The system efficiently progresses through attempts 1, 2, and 3 with automatic intensity escalation, ensuring lifting success while maintaining reasonable piecing efficiency by capping the number of attempts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically escalates air intensity across attempts, allowing quick success on later attempts without requiring multiple low-intensity attempts. This dynamic progression improves lifting success rate while minimizing total time consumed, as the system becomes more effective with each attempt rather than repeating the same low-intensity approach.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Reliability

If prolonged air blowing is applied over the surface of cops, then yarn lifting reliability is improved, but yarn quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyarn lifting reliabilityVSAvoidyarn quality deterioration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Air blowing is applied periodically in discrete attempts with pauses between them, rather than as continuous prolonged exposure. The system performs brief air blowing pulses at attempt 1, pauses, then attempt 2 with higher intensity, pauses, then attempt 3. This periodic action achieves reliable lifting while preventing the continuous prolonged exposure that would cause yarn quality deterioration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The air blowing duration and intensity are dynamically adjusted to apply force only when needed for lifting, not continuously over the cop surface. The system increases intensity progressively across attempts but reduces or stops blowing once lifting is achieved, preventing prolonged exposure that would harm yarn quality while maintaining lifting reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

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

The solution ensures reliable detachment and lifting of fine count yarns, reducing air consumption and yarn quality issues, thereby enhancing piecing efficiency and overall production efficiency.

Implementation Method 1

The bottom circumferential jet arrangement and additional jet arrangement are provided with air to detach the broken yarn end from cop and lift the broken yarn end upstream

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAir jet: Jet

Data Source

PatentEP4249655B1A textile ring spinning machine comprising an automatic piecing unit and a method of detaching and lifting a broken yarn end from a cop
Publication Date: 2026.04.29 LAKSHMI MACHINE WORKS LTD
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AI summary

An automatic piecing unit for a textile ring spinning machine comprises a bottom circumferential jet arrangement having three nozzles. The bottom circumferential jet arrangement is disposed concentrically around a spindle of the textile ring spinning machine proximate a cop. Each nozzle project air towards cop at an upwards angle. The automatic piecing unit also comprises an additional jet arrangement disposed above the bottom circumferential jet arrangement and having blow nozzles. Two blow nozzles blow air at an acute angle towards an upward direction of the cop and another blow nozzle points towards traveler region of the ring. Each of the bottom circumferential jet arrangement and the additional jet arrangement discharge air to detach a broken yarn end from the cop and lift the broken yarn end upstream towards a drafting zone of the ring spinning machine to enable effective automatic yarn piecing with a drafted fibre material.