Service unit for a cheese-producing textile machine

US6272832A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• W. Schlafhorst AG & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Heinz-Dieter Gobbels · Rheydt, DE
• Bert Hurtz · Rheydt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D01H4/50
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A service unit (16) for a cheese-producing textile machine (1), in particular an open-end spinning machine, has manipulation devices for repairing ordinary yarn breaks, an auxiliary yarn transport device (34) for piecing yarn following a cheese/empty tube exchange, and a control device (24) storing a first program with optimal operating parameters for piecing an ordinary yarn break and a second program setting differing operating parameters for producing a safety piecing following a cheese/empty tube exchange.