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Moderncombingmeansautomaticlapchangingandpiecing
Automaticlapchangingandpiecingonthecomberisthecounterparttoautodoffingonthering
spinningmachine.Theproportionofdoffermachinesinnewringspinninginstallationshasgrown
considerablyinrecentyears.Autodoffingisincreasinglybecomingthestandard,alsoinlow
wagecountries.Thistrendwillassertitselfincombingoperations
too.Rieteristheonlycombermanufacturerofferingthis
automationfeature.Theeconomicalsolutionconsistsofthe
automatedE76comberwithintegratedROBOlapsystem(latest
modelafterE75)incombinationwiththesemiautomatic
SERVOtrolleyE17laptransportsystem.
Ringspinningmachineswithautodoffersarethecurrenttrendin
spinningoperations.Increasingnumbersofcustomersarelooking
tothefutureandoptingforfullyautomatedcopchangeonring
spinningmachines.Thedegreeofautomationinspinningmillsisrisingsteadily.Sincewagesare
alsorisinginmanylowwagecountries,automationisbecomingincreasinglyinterestingand
economical.
Therearealsovariouslevelsofautomationforcombers.Rietercustomerscanchoosebetweenthe
semiautomaticE66comberandthefullyautomatedE76comber.TheE76comberincorporates
theROBOlapautomaticlapchangingandbattpiecingsystem.Rieteristheonlysupplierof
thisfullyautomatedandintegratedsolution.Morethan100customersworldwidehavealready
beenproducingonalmost1400fullyautomatedROBOlapcombersformanyyears.
ThefullyautomatedcomberhasbeenavailableuptodateincombinationwiththeSERVOlap
thefullyautomatedlaptransportsystem.TheE76combercannowalsobecombinedwiththe
wellknownSERVOtrolleysemiautomaticlaptransportsystem.Thisopensupnewadvantages
andpotentialforcustomers,eg,lowercapitalcostsortheabilityalsotointegratenewROBOlap
combersintoanexistingmanualcombingoperation.
TheadvantagesofthenewcombinationoftheE76automatedcomberwiththeSERVOtrolleyE
17laptransportsystemsarelistedbelow.
2%higherefficiency:Waitingtimesduetomissinglapsormachinestoppagesduetoincorrect
piecingsareeliminated.ROBOlapenablesshortlapchangingtimesandhighpiecingsuccess
ratestobeachieved.Efficiencycomparedtomanualcombersisincreasedbyalmost2%.
Measurablyimprovedpiecingquality:Uniformpiecingsareproducedatalleightcombing
positionswithoptimisedROBOlapsettings.Combedsliveruniformitycanbeimprovedinthe
rangeof2CV%inabsolutetermscomparedtomanualpiecing.
Noqualifiedpersonnelrequired:ROBOlaptakesoverthepiecingoperation,thusreducing
operatorefforttoameresupervision.Experiencedandtrainedpersonnelwithhigherwagecosts
canbeemployedelsewhereinthespinningmillorreducedinnumber.
Automatictubecleaning:ROBOlapautomaticallyandcleanlyremovestheresidualbattonthe
tubes.Thisisfeddirectlytotheblowroomviaaseparateextractionduct.Whenlapsarechanged
manuallytheresidualbattonthetubeshastoberemovedanddisposedoffmanually.
IntegrationoftheROBOlapcomberintoanexistingcombingoperationwithmanualcombers:
SincetheautomaticcombercannowalsobeservedviaSERVOtrolleys,fullyautomatedE76
combersandsemiautomaticE66comberscanbeplacedinthesameinstallationandsupplied
fromthesamecombingpreparationmachine.

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Rieterhasbeensupplyingfully
automatedcomberswiththe
integratedROBOlapsystemfor
morethan9years.Extensive
experiencegainedoversomany
yearsconfirmthehighoperating
reliabilityofmillproven
ROBOlaptechnology.
TheneweconomicalcombinationofE76comberswithSERVOtrolleydiffersfromthefully
automatedsolutionofE76withSERVOlaponlywithrespectto
laptransportfromcombingpreparationtothecombers.Allother
processesandfeaturesareidentical.Thecompletelapchanging
andpiecingprocessisdescribedindetailbelow.
SERVOtrolleywithfulllapsaremovedmanuallyfromcombing
preparationtothecomber.Fromthispointonwardallfurther
stepsarefullyautomatic.Thecomberdetectsspoolsthatrun
emptyandsendsasignaltotheROBOlapsystem.Themachine
stopsandbrieflyreversesthedirectionofrotationofthelap
rollers.Thebattclampedinthenipperjawandthefeedrolleris
detachedatadefinedpoint.Theresidualbattleftonthetubesare
suckedoffbymeansoftheROBOlapuntilthetubesare
completelyclean.Thewastebattisfeddirectlytotheblowroomviaaseparateextractionduct.
Theclean,emptytubesareautomaticallytransferredtotheSERVOtrolleysbehindthemachine.
ThelaptiltingmechanismoftheSERVOtrolleysisthenautomaticallyunlocked.Theeightfull
lapsfromtwoSERVOtrolleysaresimultaneouslyandautomaticallytransferredintotheworking
positiononthecomber.
TheROBOlapsystemidentifiesthelapendsbyrotatingthelapsbackwardandforwardand
detachesthematadefinedpoint.ThelapendsarethengrippedbythepneumaticAeroPic
system,placedatadefinedpointonthebattendheldinthemachineandinterlacedbyacurrentof
air.Fullyautomatedpiecingisthuscompletedandthemachineacceleratesautomaticallytothe
presetproductionspeed.
Rieterispleasedtoannouncethesupplyof20E75combersto
RamcoGroupinIndiainadditiontothealreadyexisting60E65
combers.TheseE75combers(predecessoroflatestE76model)
areequippedwiththeautomaticlapchangingandpiecingsystem
describedabove.MrSKanthimathinathan,PresidentofRamco
Groupofspinningmills,givesfollowingimpressionaboutthe
performanceofE75combersintheirunits.
InourRamcoGroup,wearehavingaround60E65Rieter
combers.Thenwehadpurchased20E75comberswith
automaticlapchangingandpiecing.WearehavingthefollowingadvantageswiththeE75
combers
1.Theattentionoflabourrequiredforrunningthecombersreducesby40%duetoautomaticlap
changingandpiecingsystem.Inaddition,2canreservesysteminsteadofone,helpstoreduce
laborrequirementwhencomparingtoE65combers.
2.Duetoautomaticpiecing,thewastageoflapremainsisreducedinE75comparedtoE65
combers.
3.Fasterautomaticchangingoflapshelpstoimprovemachineefficiencyupto2%
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4.Asthepiecingisdoneautomatically,thequalityofpiecingisbetterwithrespecttotheCV%at
thepiecingportioninE75combers.
Automatedcombingisbecomingthebenchmarkforfuturecombingprojectsbyvirtueof
economicalaspects,shortlapchangingtimes,highpiecingqualityandreducedoperatoreffort.
publishedNovember,2008

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