Ring and Ring Traveller

Systems for Compact Yarns

Franz Oberholzer, Head Research Rings and
Travellers, Bräcker AG, Pfäffikon-Zürich, Switzerland
Introduction
The new compact spinning systems EliTe and
ComforSpin® result in yarns being produced which
place new demands on the ring and ring traveller
system. Compact yarns are distinguished by a
particularly smooth surface with hardly any
disturbing elements. Since all the fibres are firmly
embedded in the body of the yarn they are subject
to much less abrasion at the deflection points so
that virtually no processing errors occur. The space
required by the yarn in the yarn thread passage is
kept to a minimum.
However, this extremely low degree of hairiness
results in under-lubrication of the open friction
system and that, in turn, places special demands
on the rings and travellers.
Obviously the performance of rings and ring traveller
systems is influenced by other factors. This article
primarily analyses the lack of lubrication and its
repercussions on the rings and travellers.
Requirements of the ring surface
The lack of lubrication produced by compact yarns
results in the traveller running surface on the ring
being subject to considerable friction. If no
lubricating film exists, temperatures of over 800o C
occur in the contact area of the traveller/ring. With
conventional ring surfaces, small particles of
traveller material are welded onto the ring in what is
referred to as a micro welding process. This leads
to premature wear and tear of the ring and results in
erratic traveller operation, differences in the yarn
tension and a reduction in the yarn quality. For
compact yarns, therefore, it is very important that
rings with an excellent resistance to wear and tear
are used.
Ring surface destroyed as a result of micro welding

Function of the ring and traveller

To complete the picture, here, once again, the
relevant features of the ring and traveller:
Titan ring surface displays no micro welding
• The ring traveller system is a braking system
(creates the yarn tension)
• The ring and ring traveller system is lubricated Flange shapes

by fibre elements, wax and other particles (fibre Compact yarns are mostly produced in finer yarn

film). This coating must regenerate itself counts. The flange 1 profile and the inclined flange

continuously. If the fibre film is stripped away, metal profile Orbit are preferred as used successfully for

contact between the ring and traveller results conventional ring yarns.

• The friction (friction coefficient) depends on a

variety of parameters such as fibre type,
lubricating content of the fibres, ring and
traveller surface, shape and profile of the
traveller etc.
Flange 1 Orbit
Bräcker rings and travellers for the successful
processing of compact yarns
Rings
Bräcker Titan rings satisfy the requirements in
terms of resistance to wear and tear and ensure
that traveller material is not welded onto the ring.
This, therefore, ensures that constant yarn quality
can be produced from spindle to spindle and
machine to machine.
Titan ring
The life span of a Titan ring is extremely long so
that an optimal yarn quality is guaranteed over a
considerable time span.
Life span for Titan rings
The flange shape Fl 1 A98 is installed in Suessen
EliTe machines as the standard fitting and can be
used universally for the entire yarn count range both
for normal and high performance use.
Orbit rings are suitable for the high performance
domain and are used exclusively on Rieter K40 and
K44 machines. Yarns coarser than Ne 30 and finer
than Ne 80 are also spun on Rieter K-machines
preferably on flange rings.
Travellers
In order to make best use of the reduced fibre
lubrication, travellers offering a deeper yarn passage
must be used. Due to the compactness of the
yarns, however, no negative repercussions such as
production neps occur. Moreover, for cotton yarns, a
broad half-round profile (udr) is preferred whilst for
blends and special yarns a normal half-round profile
(dr) is desirable.
C 1 EL udr and SFB 2.8 RL dr are the travellers
used most for spinning compact yarns.
Nevertheless, the performance parameters and any
specific customer wishes are to be taken into
account.
Ring / ring traveller combinations for compact yarns
The following list (table 1) illustrates the
recommended ring travellers for the compact
spinning process. The details are based on data
from more than 30 spinning mills and represent the
majority of the installed spindles for compact yarns.
Summary
The processing of compact yarns places special
demands on rings and travellers. Thanks to
intensive co-operation with the machine
manufacturers and users since the introduction of
compact yarns, Bräcker has become the leading
 Yarn count Ne 10 12 14 16 20 24 30 36 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105

SFB 2.8 RL dr
Orbit SFB 2.8 PM udr/dr

K40/K44
63 45 40 35.5 28 25 22.4 18
Rieter
C 1 EL udr
45 40 35.5 28 25 22.4 18 16 14 12.5
Fl 1
C 1 UL udr
140 125 100 90 80 56 45 40

C 1 EL udr
EliTe
Suessen

35.5 31.5 28 25 22.4 20 16 14

Fl 1
C 1 UL udr
125 112 90 80 71 50 40 35.5

C 1 MM udr
Soft Twist, Low speed
100 80 63 50 45 40

Table 1
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