Yarn Processing Line for Thermally Fixed UV-Protective Additives
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current yarns lack adaptive properties to protect against ultraviolet rays and high temperatures, and existing washing agents damage functional clothing fibers after repeated use, leading to environmental concerns and waste.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus for processing yarns by adding temperature and light-sensitive additives, which are thermally secured using a series of rollers and chambers to create yarns that absorb heat, change color with light or temperature variations, enhancing wearer protection and extending clothing functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mineral powders are added to fibers to create far infrared ray warming clothes, then the clothes provide warming function, but the yarn shapes become fixed and are easily replaced, leading to waste
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the yarn shape changeable rather than fixed. The apparatus can transform yarn between tubular and flat configurations, allowing the same yarn to adapt to different clothing applications and remain useful longer, thereby reducing waste while maintaining functional versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by modifying the physical state and configuration of yarn through thermal processing. By changing temperature parameters during processing, the yarn can be transformed between different shapes and states, enabling multiple uses from a single yarn batch and reducing disposal needs
2Reliability
If strong washing agents are used to clean clothes, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but the functions of clothes are destroyed after several washes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by adding functional additives specifically to certain sections of the yarn where protection is needed, rather than requiring strong chemicals throughout the entire fabric. This localized functional enhancement allows gentle washing while maintaining protective properties
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite materials by combining base yarn with functional additives to create enhanced yarn with built-in protective properties. This composite structure provides both cleaning resistance and functional durability, allowing repeated washing without destroying clothing functions
3Object-affected harmful factors
If functional additives are added to yarns to provide protection against ultraviolet rays and high temperatures, then wearer protection is improved, but the complexity of the processing apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies merging by combining multiple processing functions into a single integrated apparatus. The device integrates yarn extension, node generation, cleaning, additive application, heating, and winding functions in one continuous process, reducing overall system complexity while providing comprehensive protective functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes universality by designing an apparatus that can process different types of yarn and apply various functional additives through a single multi-functional system. The apparatus handles multiple operations sequentially, making it versatile for different yarn treatments while maintaining relatively simple overall structure
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 processed yarns provide enhanced protection against ultraviolet rays and high temperatures, with adaptive properties that remain effective through multiple washes, reducing environmental impact by extending the life of functional clothing.
Implementation Method 1
a first heating chamber installed after the second roller set for thermally setting additives to the yarn beam so that the additives are firmly secured to the yarn of the yarn beam
Implementation Method 2
the properties of the additives including heat absorption, color change due to light or temperature variation will be presented so that these properties will present in the clothes made of the yarns so that people wearing the clothes will feel cool
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for processing yarns includes a first roller set for extending yarn beam; a node generator installed after the first roller set for forming node section of the yarn beam; a first cleaning chamber installed after the node generator for cleaning the yarn beams; a material chamber for adding additive to the yarn beam; a second roller set installed after the material chamber for extending the yarn beam; a first heating chamber installed after the second roller set for thermally setting additives to the yarn beam so that the additives are firmly secured to the yarn of the yarn beam; a third roller set installed after the heating chamber for controlling the heating time of the yarn beam in the first heating chamber; and a fourth roller set installed after the third roller set for winding the yarn beam to a desired shape.