International Journal on Textile Engineering and Processes ISSN 2395-3578

Vol. 2, Issue 2
April 2016

Effect of Draw Frame Bottom Roller Gauge Setting on Yarn Quality

Vijay Chaudhari1, P. P. Raichurkar2
Centre for Textile Functions, MPSTME, SVKM’S NMIMS, Shirpur Campus
raichurkar@gmail.com

Abstract
This project work deals to determine impact of bottom roller gauge setting of draw frame machine performance
on yarn quality. For the experiment 15 Tex (40 s Ne)combed cotton yarn were prepared in finisher Draw frame
machine with bottom roller gauge setting 40/44 mm & 42/46 mm and trial were conducted by changing on
finisher Draw frame LRSB 851. For the trail LMW line used for 15 Tex (40 s Ne). Blow room to Ring frame
material processed through same machinery conditions as well as setting in finisher Draw frame machine used to
determine impact of bottom roller gauge setting on Yan quality. It was found that imperfection (thin, thick &
neps), short term evenness (u%), and strength of yarn are influenced by the changes in bottom roller gauge setting,
adopted for large scale working in spinning department. the mean breaking force of yarn was measured using a
standard tensorapid tensile tester. the CV% of yarn was tested with an uster evenness tester, to analyze the impact
of scanning roller width and its pressure on yarn quality.
Key words: Bottom roller gauge setting in draw frame

Introduction
This chapter deal the object of an auto leveler is to measure the sliver thickness variation and the continuously to
alter the draft accordingly, so that more draft is applied to thick places, and less to thin places with the result that
the sliver delivered is less irregular. Besides an improvement in product appearance, Autolevelling contribute to
better productive efficiency, fewer end breakages in subsequent processes, less waste, and constant performance.
There are two types of Autolevelling systems, open loop system and closed loop system, most of the draw frame
auto leveler are open loop auto leveler. In open loop auto leveler, sensing is done at the feeding zone and the
correction is done by changing either a break draft or main draft of the drafting system. In close loop auto leveler
system, sensing is done at the delivery side and the correction is done by changing either a break draft or main
draft of the drafting system. The draw frame in a textile mill is unavoidable in yarn spinning as fibers need to be
kept side by side termed as parallelization of fibers in textile technology. This is done as we see that most of the
fibers at carding stage are so fast that there is little or no fiber parallelization. Even though modern carding
machines have using the auto leveler still there can be some unevenness along the slivers. These two issues will
affect the quality of the yarn. The draw frame machine is the last machine which can improve the yarn quality in
the yarn manufacturing process. The tasks drafting and doubling are the objectives of the draw frame machine in
order to improve the fiber orientation and sliver uniformity respectively. Removal of hooks and dust also can be
carried out by the machine, at a significant amount.

Machinery Details-
 Make - LMW
 Model - LRSB 851
 Made - India
 Year - 2008

Literature Review
Increase in the number of Draw frame passage result in more removal of hooks and also straightening of hooks
this also leads to better mean fibre extend and its result yarn gives better cohesiveness. Cohesiveness is increase
by more and optimum drafting pressure. Doubling is very important for equalizing. This means well distribution
of different fibres with their same or different properties all along the length of the delivery sliver. The main
purpose of doubling is blending and elimination of mass variation of the delivery sliver. Mass variation is reduced
if there are a few thick places and some amount of thin places in the same zone. If this kind of set up does not
arise the task of elimination of mass variation completely depends on the auto leveler. Blending also improved
by doubling because cans from different carding machines are fed to a breaker draw frame and cans of different
breaker draw frame are fed to different finisher draw frame. Thus a very good blending of fibre can be achieved.
When doubling and drawing are combined, the input materials are doubled to reduce the long-term
errors; however, new errors of shorter wavelengths are added as a result of the process of elongation. There is an
exchange of relatively long-term for short-term error

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Material and Method

High grade cotton was used in the study. For the trail LMW line was selected 15 Tex (40 sNe) (H4 100% Mixing).
Blow room to Ring frame material processed through same machinery conditions as well as settings and finisher
draw frame machine used to determine impact of Bottom roller gauge setting. The specification of the cotton
which was used in the study is as follows:
Raw Material Properties
Table- I
Machinery line LMW
Mixing H4 - 100%
Count 15 Tex (40sNe)
Cotton Variety H4-A100%
Micronaire 3.51
Uniformity index 82.93
Elongation 5.3
Strength gm/tex 28.2

In this experiment, trials were conducted at finisher draw frame machine by changing bottom roller gauge setting
on well-maintained finisher draw frame LMW line LRSB 851.In order to study impact of scanning roller width
and its pressure on yarn quality in, usually imperfection, (thick, thin, neps) and short term evenness (U%), strength
of yarn were influenced .The mean breaking force of the yarn was measured using a standard Tensorapid tensile
tester & the U% of the yarn mass was tested with a USTER Evenness tester, to analyze the impact of Bottom
roller gauge setting, adopted for large-scale working in spinning department.

Test Results and Discussions

Count Strength Product Report-(CSP)
Table-III
1 Nominal count 40 40 40
2 Bottom roller gauge setting 41/45 40/44 42/46
3 Actual count 39.63 40.22 40.96
4 Count CV % 1.21 1.05 1.3
5 Strength (lb) 65 67.74 64.04
6 Strength CV % 3.32 2.71 2.79
7 CSP 2575.95 2724.50 2623.07

USTER-5 Report-
Table-IV
Bottom roller gauge setting 41/45 40/44 42/46
1 U% 9.51 9.31 9.40
2 Thin Place/km (-50%) 21 16 19
3 Thick Place/km (+50%) 68.8 40.8 57.56
4 Neps/km (+200%) 48.8 40.5 44.5
5 Total Imperfection/km 138.6 97.3 121.06
6 Hairiness 4.62 4.41 4.48

Single Yarn Strength report-(SYS)

Table-V
BOTTOM ROLLER GAUGE
SETTING 41/45 40/44 42/46
1 RKM 17.58 17.81 17.55
2 RKM CV% 6.58 7.82 6.86
3 ELONG % 3.92 4.09 4.73

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4 ELONG CV% 8.51 8.35 8.43

USTER- Classimate report
Table-VI

BOTTOM ROLLER GAUGE SETTING 41/45 40/44 42/46

1 7 CLASS 0 0 0
2 8 CLASS 0.00 0 0.00
3 4 CLASS 6.0 3 4.0
4 5 CLASS 1533.0 1198 1412
5 16 CLASS 1539.0 1201 1335
6 LONG THICK 11 10 15
7 LONG THIN 54 28.1 43

Conclusion
As overall Yarn quality (U%, IPI, CSP, RKM) with bottom roller gauge 40/44mm found better results as compare
to regular setting 41/45 mm and another trial setting 42/46mm .The yarn produced using the optimum roller
setting in draw frame machine show that percentage improvement in yarn quality . The optimum bottom roller
gauge setting in draw frame drafting zone give a better result like a bottom roller gauge setting 40/44. It gives a
better result in U%. The wider settings in break draft and main draft caused more breakages and leads to increase
U% in given sliver in drafting zone , the draw frame feeding sliver comes from card the card sliver having
maximum weight variation due to leading and trailing hooks. In order to remove hooks or straighten fibers and
weight variation in drafting zone the draft were introduced. The optimum bottom roller gauge setting gives a
better result as show in the above graph.

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