Method and an apparatus for the continuous crimping of thermoplastic threads
US5351374A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/365
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Threads made from thermoplastic materials are textured, in that they are heated by a delivery medium in a delivery channel and conveyed through an orifice into a stuffer box where they are stuffed to form a plug. In order to maintain plug formation constant, the orifice area is monitored in a sensory manner and the measured signals are used for monitoring purposes as a measured quantity in a control loop, in which the supply of damming back medium, the conveying away speed of the plug, the position of the stuffer box walls, or the supply of delivery medium are used as manipulated variables. The measuring signals produced by monitoring can be compared with thresholds to produce control signals corresponding to the comparison result for activating alarm, warning or stopping elements. Sensory monitoring is carried out by measuring the dynamic pressure prevailing in the delivery channel close to the orifice, by measuring the dynamic pressure in a fluidic nozzle issuing into the stuffer box, or by monitoring with an optical sensor the interior of the stuffer box.
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