Toray Industries, Inc.

Michio Ohno

Katsumi Hasegawa

Isoo Saito

Kotaro Fujioka

Kazuo Umeda

Tadahito Nagayasu

Akira Kadotsuji

Hiromitsu Kanamori

Chikayasu Yamazaki

Takao Nakayama

Hasegawa Katsumi

A yarn winding apparatus for high speed yarn winding with long spindles and multiple bobbins having a reduced diameter, the apparatus having spindles with one or both of the bobbin holder or driving shaft made of a composite layer made of reinforcing fibers and a matrix component and a supporting member made of metal provided on at least one of an inner surface and outer surface of the composite layer.

Yarn winding apparatus

A thermoplastic polymer yarn is spun into a spinning tube charged with a pressurized gas of more than 1 kg/cm.sup.2 G and withdrawn through a yarn exit provided with a unique sealing device which substantially prevents the charged gas from leakage but allows passage of the yarn out from the spinning tube. The resultant yarn has a high molecular orientation due to the improved quenching effect and the increase of resistance against yarn travelling of the charged gas.

Apparatus for melt-spinning thermoplastic polymer fibers

A method of balancing a spindle in a yarn winder comprising,

Method of balancing a yarn winder

A thermoplastic polymer yarn is spun into a spinning tube charged with a pressurized gas of more than 1 kg/cm.sup.2 G and withdrawn through a yarn exit provided with a unique sealing means which substantially prevents the charged gas from leakage but allows passage of the yarn out from the spinning tube. The resultant yarn has a high molecular orientation due to the improved quenching effect and the increase of resistance against yarn travelling of the charged gas.

Method for melt-spinning thermoplastic polymer fibers

A yarn winder provided with a long spindle (1) having a length of, for example, more than 800 mm, and free from vibration even when used at a high working rotation is provided by various aspects of the present invention. According to a first aspect, the dynamic unbalance of the spindle (1) is corrected by field-balancing in at least three planes including the mid-portion of the spindle (1) by an influence coefficient matrix method. According to a second aspect, the respective spindle (1, 14) mounted on a revolving drum (9) has a natural frequency different from each other so that no resonance occurs when the two spindles (1, 14) are rotated at substantially the same rotational speed. According to a third aspect, a bobbin holding portion (2) of the spindle (1) is formed by two cylindrical hollow bodies (103, 104) each having shorter length that can be easily machined without eccentricity. The rearward cylindrical hollow body (104) has a thicker wall thickness in a region closer to a connection (130) to the forward cylindrical hollow body ( 103) and a thinner thickness in a region farther therefrom, so that a weight of the cylindrical hollow body (104) does not adversely influence the vibration of the spindle. Also, an improved method for donning bobbins (115a through 115d) on the spindle (1) without eccentricity by the use of a stop (124) for providing a vacant distance (P) adjacent to the topmost bobbin (115d) before the same occupies a normal working position.

Yarn winder

A thermoplastic polymer is melt-spun into a spinning tube decompressed to not more than 0.7 atm and withdrawn therefrom to the outer air through a narrow groove provided in a bottom sealing body which substantially seals the interior of the spinning tube from the outer air. The bottom sealing body is provided with a plurality of regulating chambers communicating with the groove, which chambers are controlled to have interior pressures of intermediate values between those of the spinning tube and the outer air, whereby the pressure pulsation of an air stream flowing into the interior of the spinning tube from the outer air through the groove can be avoided. This, in turn, ensures a smooth spinning operation and uniform yarn quality.

Yarn winding apparatus comprises means for supplying yarn at a constant speed, a winder having a yarn traverser and a fixed guide acting as a pivot for the traverse motion of the yarn. The apparatus includes a force transducer for generating an electrical signal indicating yarn tension, a rotary pulsing guide for periodically deflecting the yarn to bring it into contact with the force transducer, a setting device for generating an electrical signal indicating a predetermined desired value of yarn tension, a comparator for producing an error signal indicating the difference between the force transducer electrical signal and the setting device electrical signal, and a regulator for regulating the speed of rotation of the winding spindle in response to the difference between the foregoing signals.

A yarn tension meter comprising a tension detecting unit, a rotary guide, at least one force transducer and fixed guides which, without damaging a running yarn, permits measurement of tension values of the yarn with a high degree of accuracy.

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Kusatsu, Japan

Michio Ohno