Influence of Controlled Weft Yarn Tension of a Single Nozzle Air-Jet Loom on the Physical Properties of the Fabric

2006 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. 637-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hooshang Nosraty ◽  
Ali A. A. Jeddi ◽  
Mansour Kabganian ◽  
Firouz Bakhtiari nejad
2021 ◽  
pp. 004051752110569
Author(s):  
Yuzhen Jin ◽  
Hailang Xiong ◽  
Jingyu Cui

The movement characteristics of yarn in the profiled reed groove of an air-jet loom can have a great impact on the performance of the fabric. Unstable yarn movement tends to lead to weft defects, as short wefts or weft breaks may occur, which could deteriorate the quality of the final fabric. In this paper, the characteristics of the yarn movement in a profiled reed groove are numerically studied. The arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian method is used to solve the two-way airflow–yarn interaction and the yarn is simulated with the ball–socket model. A fluctuation ratio is defined to characterize the unsteadiness of the yarn movement. Our simulation first investigates the effect of the gap ratio of the profiled reed groove (β) on the yarn movement then compares the movements of different yarn kinds. The simulation results indicate that a larger β not only decreases gas leaks (thus saves gas consumption), but also stabilizes the yarn movement. Our simulation results also show that the movement of the yarn of polypropylene is more stable than the other two weft-yarn materials. An experiment is also conducted to validate our numerical results, which shows a favorable agreement between them. Our numerical results of the yarn movement in the profiled reed groove can provide a valuable insight into the optimization of the weft insertion system of the air-jet loom.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 155892501400900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Jabbar ◽  
Shakeel Ahmed ◽  
Tanveer Hussain ◽  
Noman Haleem ◽  
Faheem Ahmed

Compressed air is a major component of energy costs incurred in the weaving of textile fabrics on air-jet looms. The consumption of compressed air in air-jet weaving depends on different process variables. In this study, the effect of weft yarn count, reed count, fabric width and loom speed on the compressed air consumption of air-jet loom was determined using response surface methodology. Fabric width was found to be the most dominant factor affecting the air consumption followed by loom speed, reed count, and weft yarn count respectively. A statistical model for predicting the compressed air consumption on air-jet loom was developed. The prediction ability and accuracy of the developed model was assessed by the fitted line plot between the predicted and actual air consumption values. The prediction model may be used for optimizing the production planning, estimating the share of compressed air cost in weaving a particular fabric style, and in identifying any air wastages in the weaving shed by comparing the actual compressed air consumption with that predicted by the model which was developed under controlled conditions without any air leakages.


2013 ◽  
Vol 765-767 ◽  
pp. 2123-2127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Yu Wu ◽  
Ke Qiao Hu ◽  
Zhen Pan ◽  
Xu Dong Hu

Yarn tension during weft insertion is one of important factors which affect fabric properties. In air jet loom, many components have an influence on yarn tension, such as clamp, main nozzle, sub nozzle, brake, and the drum. In this paper, a measurement system for yarn tension experiment which based on a 32-bit Cortex-M3 embedded processor was designed and implemented. The system can control components at fixed time interval which is set by a supervisory computer, acquire yarn tension converted by a contacted electromagnetic induction tension sensor, and then transmit tension data to software system by Ethernet module. An experiment is conducted for research character of yarn tension driven by air flow. The experiment results indicate that the nozzle pressure and yarn diameter play an important role in yarn tension during weft insertion on air-jet loom. Besides, the delay of magnetic value is also considered under different nozzle pressure.


2010 ◽  
Vol 81 (8) ◽  
pp. 791-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Belforte ◽  
G. Mattiazzo ◽  
F. Testore ◽  
C. Visconte

2016 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzhen Jin ◽  
Jingyu Cui ◽  
Linhang Zhu ◽  
Peifeng Lin ◽  
Xudong Hu

The air-jet loom is widely used in the textile industry and the main nozzle is one of its key components. In this paper, the influence of some parameters, including the input air pressure and the structure of nozzle core and its internal diameter, on the internal flow field of the main nozzle is analyzed. Then the optimized structure of the main nozzle is proposed from the perspective of fluid dynamics. In the present simulations, the realizable [Formula: see text] model is applied to model the internal flow field of the main nozzle. The results show that the velocity in the annular throat reaches supersonic. Moreover, the pressure at the end of the nozzle core is the lowest in the main nozzle. It is also shown that the input air pressure has little effect on the axis velocity in Zone B, but on the other hand, has a great influence on the near-wall velocity field and the axis velocity in Zone C. In addition, an optimized structure of the nozzle core is proposed in this paper. It is found that with the proposed structure, the velocity boundary layer near the wall of Zone B in the accelerating tube can be well improved, and rapid diffusion of airflow in this area can be avoided. These help increase the moving speed of the weft yarn. Last but not least, we also show that decreasing of the internal diameter of the nozzle core improves the axis velocity of the weft accelerating tube. However, it brings a stronger turbulence at the same time.


Author(s):  
K. Yoshida ◽  
S. Kawabata ◽  
J. Hasegawa
Keyword(s):  
Air Jet ◽  

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
Filly Pravitasari ◽  
Afriani Kusumadewi

In the weaving process, the process of launching the weft yarn is an important thing to consider. One of the obstacles that often occurs in the process of launching feed using a water jet loom machine is the amount of feed stuck (weft stop). The cause of the weft stop is because the process of opening the warp mouth is not clean and the weft thread slides inappropriately or too fast so that the warp mouth is in a small condition. Variations in timing opening angle of 700, 800 and 900 determine the size of the warp mouth opening, the time the weft will slide and the time the weft will arrive. From the three variations of the timing opening angle, the number of weft stops at the timing opening angle of 800 is smaller than the timing opening angle of 700 and 900, which is namely the number of big loops 0.6 times and end loops 0.8 times per hour.


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