Yarn Cleaning Limit Adjustment via Statistical Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for setting cleaning limits in electronic yarn cleaners focus primarily on yarn quality but neglect production efficiency and user-friendliness, making them inefficient and difficult to operate.

Innovation Solution

A method that calculates a cleaning limit based on statistical representations of yarn properties, allowing operators to adjust the expected number of impermissible events, with the option to increase or decrease the number of cleaning cuts per unit length, ensuring optimal cleaning efficiency and user-friendly operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If the cleaning limit is set strictly to ensure high yarn quality, then defect detection accuracy is improved, but production efficiency deteriorates due to excessive cleaning cuts

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyarn qualityVSAvoidproduction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The cleaning limit is made dynamically adjustable based on operator feedback and statistical representations of yarn properties. The system allows real-time modification of the cleaning limit parameters to optimize the balance between quality and efficiency for different production conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the cleaning limit parameters based on statistical representations of yarn properties and operator comments. By adjusting parameters such as the expected number of impermissible events and cleaning cuts per unit length, the system adapts to different production requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If the cleaning limit is set automatically based on statistical representations, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to statistical processing requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser-friendlinessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-adjustment by automatically calculating cleaning limits based on statistical representations of yarn properties. The system serves itself by processing operator feedback and autonomously modifying cleaning parameters without requiring complex manual configuration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback loops where operator comments on the expected number of impermissible events are processed to automatically adjust the cleaning limit. This feedback mechanism simplifies operation while managing complexity through automated response

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Manufacturing precision

If the cleaning limit allows higher number of cleaning cuts per unit length, then yarn quality is improved, but production efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecleaning qualityVSAvoidproduction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system allows operators to adjust the expected number of impermissible events and cleaning cuts per unit length based on specific production requirements. This enables partial application of cleaning intensity tailored to actual needs rather than applying maximum cleaning uniformly

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP2483190B3Method for establishing a clearing limit of a yarn clearing system
Publication Date: 2024.08.14 USTER TECHNOLOGIES AG
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AI summary

The method is used to establish a clearing limit of an electronic clearing system for an elongated textile test material such as yarn. First, a statistical representation of the test material is determined by means of measurements of the test material (101). Based on the statistical representation, a clearing limit is calculated (102) and proposed for use, wherein a length-related number of impermissible occurrences to be expected with said clearing limit is calculated (103) and output (104). An operator can comment on the number of impermissible occurrences to be expected (105), whereupon the clearing limit is automatically established (109) according to the opinion. The method is user-friendly and easy to perform.