Textile machine industry
How load cells & force measurement systems are used in the textile machine industry to optimise efficiency, product quality and production processes.
Our customers in the textile machine industry need to ensure efficiency, quality and consistency at all stages of the process, from yarn to finished fabric. In textile manufacturing, consistent yarn tension is crucial for high-quality fabrics. Yarn tension monitoring ensures smooth operations during processes like spinning, weaving, knitting, and winding. This system detects and corrects deviations to maintain quality.
Weaving looms, which interlace threads to create fabrics, require precise tension control. A real-time tension monitoring system enhances weave efficiency, reduces material waste, and minimises downtime. Fabric winding machines, used to wind large fabric rolls, also demand accurate tension control. A force measurement system continuously monitors the tension, preventing defects and ensuring structural integrity. This application note covers how our load cells are used at all stages in the textile machine industry to monitor quality and consistency.
In textile manufacturing, consistent tension levels of yarn is needed during production. Yarn undergoes many different manufacturing processes such as spinning, weaving, knitting, and winding, and quality control is crucial to produce high quality textile products. A tension monitoring system is needed.
Interface’s SML Low Height Load Cells can monitor the force of the individual yarn strings on the track wheel. SMLs are attached to a clevis, which is then attached to a track wheel that holds the yarn in the machine. When yarn tension is loose, misaligned, or misplaced, the SML detects the lack of force and and an alarm notifies the customer when connected to the BX8-AS BlueDAQ Series Data Acquisition System. Results can be monitored when connected to a PC or laptop with supplied BlueDAQ software.
Interface’s miniature load cells and clevises successfully monitored the tension of the individual yarn strings, and notified the customer of any lack of tension or misalignments.
A weaving loom machine is a device used to create woven fabric by interlacing threads or yarns at right angles to each other. A real-time tension monitoring system is needed to ensure the tension of the material is perfect in order to create optimal weave efficiency.
Instead of the traditional beam, Interface suggests integrating their WTSLP Wireless Stainless Steel Load pins into the beam. The WTSLP’s captures the tension results in real-time, and sends the data to the customer’s PC through the WTS-BS-4 Industrial USB Base Station with supplied Log100 software.
Interface’s custom WTSLP Wireless Stainless Steel Load Pins successfully measured the weave loom machine’s fabric tension.
In textile plants, fabric winding machines are used to wind large fabric rolls together. A force measurement system is needed in order to continuously monitor the tension of the fabric as it winds and unwinds in the machine.
Interface’s ILMP Load Pins can be replace the shaft holding the fabric roll of the machine. The load pins are able to measure the tension of the fabric while it winds or unwinds. Tension forces are measured using the BX8-AS BlueDAQ Series Data Acquisition System. Results can be monitored when connected to a PC or laptop with supplied BlueDAQ software.
Interface’s ILMP Stainless Steel Load Monitoring Load Pins were the perfect solution to monitor the tension of the fabric on the manufacturers fabric winding machine.