Research on fiber distribution in front draft zone of super high draft ring spinning based on cut-middles method

Abstract

A super draft ring spinning machine was designed to spin high-count cotton yarns. It was equipped with four-line draft system (FLDS) and four aprons. For yarns spun on FLDS, it often occurs that yarn unevenness increased compared with three-line draft system (TLDS). In the paper, by cut-middles method, the fiber distribution in front draft zone of FLDS draft system was studied, and corresponding yarn qualities were analyzed. First, comparison analysis of yarn quality between FLDS and TLDS was presented. Cotton yarns of 9.7 and 7.3 tex were spun by TLDS and FLDS ring spinning machine, respectively. The results shows that for 9.7 tex cotton yarn, slower fibers in yarns spun on FLDS are more than that in yarns spun on TLDS. For FLDS, the friction field at the back of front draft zone is stronger, which improves yarn evenness. However, for 7.3 tex cotton yarn, accelerated point of fibers on FLDS is nearer to nipper bite of front roller than that on TLDS. Thus, evenness of yarns spun on FLDS is better. Then, 4.9 tex cotton yarn was taken as an example, and they were spun by four kinds of draft distributions on FLDS. The results indicate that for 4.9 tex cotton yarns spun by 64.1 × 1.60 × 1.15, slower fibers at the back of front draft zone are mostly found. And accelerated point of fibers is nearest to nipper bite of front roller. Therefore, 4.9 tex cotton yarns spun by 64.1 × 1.60 × 1.15 have best yarn evenness.