Yarn Unwinding Timing Correction for Supply Package Depletion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing yarn processing facilities struggle to accurately estimate the timing of yarn unwinding from supply packages, leading to potential interruptions and decreased productivity due to factors like yarn breakage and variations in unwinding parameters.

Innovation Solution

A yarn processing facility with an information management unit that utilizes detection units to acquire actual unwinding time information, corrects for stopping times and system values, and calculates correction coefficients to estimate the end of unwinding accurately.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If yarn unwinding timing is estimated without correction, then the estimation process is simple, but the estimation accuracy is low due to yarn breakage and parameter variations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunwinding timing estimation accuracyVSAvoidinformation management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by detecting actual unwinding end timing and using it to calculate correction coefficients that are applied to future estimations. The detection unit provides feedback on actual unwinding behavior, which is processed by the information management unit to refine timing predictions for subsequent yarn packages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-correction by automatically calculating correction coefficients from detected unwinding data and applying these corrections to future estimations without external intervention. The information management unit self-adjusts the estimation algorithm based on actual operational data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If actual unwinding time is measured for every package, then estimation accuracy improves, but the time and resources required for measurement increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunwinding time measurement accuracyVSAvoidtime for detection and correction
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies correction coefficients derived from actual measurements to multiple future estimations without re-measuring each package. By performing the detection action once and extrapolating the correction to subsequent packages, the system achieves high accuracy while minimizing repeated measurement time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary detection on the first yarn package to establish correction coefficients before processing subsequent packages. This preliminary action captures the actual unwinding characteristics that will be used to guide all future timing estimations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If correction coefficients are calculated and applied, then estimation accuracy improves, but the calculation and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetiming estimation precisionVSAvoidprocessing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the estimation parameter from raw theoretical values to corrected values that incorporate actual operational data. By adjusting the timing parameter based on detected unwinding behavior and calculated correction coefficients, the system achieves higher precision while maintaining processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP4194385B1Yarn processing facility
Publication Date: 2026.03.18 TMT MACHINERY INC
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AI summary

An object of the present invention is to accurately estimate a timing of the end of unwinding of a yarn from a yarn supply package. An information management unit 110 of a yarn processing facility 100 is configured to acquire actual all unwinding time information regarding actual all unwinding time by using a detection result of a yarn detection sensor 24, and the actual all unwinding time is actual time from the start to end of unwinding of a yarn Y from a predetermined yarn supply package Ps1 among yarn supply packages Ps. The information management unit 110 is configured to acquire corrected estimation information by using the actual all unwinding time information, and the corrected estimation information is usable for estimating a timing of the end of unwinding of a yarn Y from a yarn supply package Ps from which the yarn Y is to be unwound after the yarn supply package Ps1.