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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2008
Thomas Schmitz, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Nicole Saeger, Aachen, DE;
Thomas Schmitz, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Nicole Saeger, Aachen, DE;
Trützschler GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
In an apparatus on a combing machine for monitoring the noil percentage, having a supply device, a combing device for combing out fiber material to be combed and at least one device for forming a combed sliver, at least one arrangement is present for continuous automatic generation of a signal representing the noil percentage when the combing machine is running, the arrangement comprising at least one measuring device for the quantity of supplied fiber material and at least one measuring device for the quantity of combed fiber material and a calculating means for determining the noil percentage. For monitoring and optimization of the noil percentage, the or each measuring device for measuring the amount of combed fiber material may comprise a measuring device for a comber sliver having a feeler element or a contactless sensor.