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• Definition:
▫ Process of wrapping yarn on suitable package is
called winding.
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• Definition:
▫ Yarn wound on formers which facilitate
convenient handling and withdrawal.
▫ is a device that facilitates yarn storage in a suitable
from that can be retrieved later as needed /
required.
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1. Change of Form of yarn package

i. From ring bobbins to other packages as required by
customers/usage
2. For short or long time storage
i. Sizing beams
3. For transportation
i. Bobbins to Cones or other packages
4. Required by some process
i. Yarn clearing and splicing in Yarn spinning
ii. Doubling/Plying of yarn
iii. Change of cone weight as required in warping
iv. Change of cone to pirn/quill as required in shuttle weaving
v. Change from one page to loose wound cone packages fro yarn
dyeing/chemical processing
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• Rule of winding:
▫ One end is fixed on a package and other end is
rotated w.r.t. fixed end around the package axis to
impart coils parallel or at angle to the diametrical
plan of the package.
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• Angle of Wind • Angle of Crossing

▫ The angle contained ▫ The angle between two coils
between a warp of yarn on on the surface of package.
the surface of a package
and the diametrical plane
of the package.
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• Angle of Reversal • Taper angle

▫ Angle made by same coil after ▫ Angle made between surface
reversal at edge of yarn of the package to the
package. diametrical plane of the
package.

Taper Angle
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Winding Types
Drive Traversing Packages

Grooved Traversing Pirn Cone Precision

Positive Negative Inertial
Drum Guide Winding Winding Winding
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Cross Wound

Metal
Parallel Wound
Angle of Wind
Near Parallel Wood
Wound Material
Synthetic
Cop Build

Paper
Package Types Cored
Core
Flanged/Flangeless
Core-less

Shape Parallel/Taper Side

One Yarn
Yarn
Porous
Multiple Yarns
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Pirn/quill
Beam with flanges
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Angle of Wind Core Type # of Yarns Package Name

Paper, Flangeless, Taper Side Single

Cross Wound Synthetic, Porous, Flangeless, Taper Side Single

Wood, Flangeless , Parallel Side Multiple

Metal, Flanged, Parallel Side Multiple

Parallel Wound
Metal, Porous, Flanged, Parallel Side Multiple

Wood/Synthetic, Flanged, Parallel Side Single

Near Parallel
Wound
Core-less Single

Synthetic, Flangeless, Parallel Side Single

Cop Build
Wood, Flangeless, Taper Side Single
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Over-end Side end

Withdrawal Withdrawal

Types of
Unwinding
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• Benefits:
▫ Quick withdrawal
▫ No rotation is required i.e.
Package can be stationary
▫ Supports Flangeless Packages
• Drawbacks:
▫ Twist may be effected
▫ Balloon formation
▫ Flanged Packages are not
supported
▫ Only feasible for single yarn
packages
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• Twist Change:
▫ Twist will be added if the
yarn’s twist direction is same
as direction of unwinding
▫ Twist will be removed if the
yarn’s twist direction is
different w.r.t. unwinding
direction.
▫ The amount of twist effected
will be equal to the number of
coils removed from the
package to the diameter of
the coil.
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• Benefits:
▫ Relatively Slow withdrawal
▫ Rotation is required i.e.
Package must be rotating
▫ Supports Flanged Packages
▫ Can be for single and multi-
yarn packages
• Drawbacks:
▫ Twist will not be effected
▫ No balloon formation
▫ Flangeless Packages are not
supported
▫ Unwinding can only be done
in one direction
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Different Zones of a winding machine

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• Responsible for unwinding of package

• Unwinding is possible by either
▫ Side end withdrawal
▫ Over end withdrawal
• But generally over end withdrawal is done
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• Region 2: yarn is subjected to tension and yarn

clearers
• Tension device:
▫ provides tension
▫ detects weak places that break under tension
 Multiplicative (Capstan): output tension dependant
on the input tension
 Additive: dead weight or springs are used
 Combined: a capstan tensioner and a disc are used
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• Clearing device
▫ To remove thick and thin places
▫ Latest systems can also detect foreign fibers
 Mechanical yarn clearer
 Electronic yarn clearer
• Stop motion
▫ To stop the machine in case of breakage or supply
depletion
 Mechanical stop assembly
 Electronic stop assembly
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• Responsible for uniform winding of package

• Only the package is rotated by either:
▫ Spindle drive (Reciprocating Traverse)
▫ Friction drive (Groove Cut in Friction Drum
causes traverse)
• Traversing mechanism is used for distribution of
yarn along the package
• Contains piecing unit for joining of broken ends
▫ Manual knotting, Automatic knotting & Splicers
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• Transferring of yarns
from larger to smaller
package
• Pirn/quill is used
• Pirn/quill: a filling
bobbin placed in a shuttle
for shuttle weaving
• No yarn clearing zone
hence no inspection of
yarn