W. Schlafhorst Ag & Company

Bernd Werner

Ulrich Fechter

Paul Straaten

A cheese-producing textile machine (,), having a central control unit (,), a plurality of work stations (,), and a service unit (,), which automatically supplies the work stations (,). The work stations (,) each have a winding device with a winding drum (,), which is individually driven by a motor, and a work station computer (,). The central control unit (,) is connected via a machine bus (,) with the work station computers (,) and with a control device (,) of the service unit (,). Specific winding drum data (x, y), in particular the number of traverses (g) of the winding drum (,) of the work stations (,), are stored in a memory, e.g., integrated in the central control unit (,). During the yarn pickup by means of the yarn lifter (,) of the service unit (,) in the course of a cheese change, the individual electric motor drive (,) of the winding drum (,) is controlled to match the number of revolutions of the winding drum (,) to the number of traverses (g) thereof.

Cheese-producing textile machine

A cheese-producing textile machine 1 has a plurality of winding stations 2 and a service unit 23 for servicing the winding stations 2. The textile machine 1 has a central control unit 37 as well as separate winding station computers 39 for the individual winding stations 2. The service unit 23 has a control computer 38 which is connected by a machine bus 40 with the central control unit 37 as well as with the winding station computers 39. During the process of exchanging a cheese with an empty bobbin performed by the service unit 23, the yarn tensioner 14 of the respective winding station 2 is actuated via the machine bus 40 in accordance with the control computer 38 of the service unit 23, to set the tension of the yarn 30 optimally according to the respectively existing processing conditions.

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Bernd Werner