Claims
- 1. A winder for winding a synthetic yarn at a constant speed, comprised of:
- a bobbin shaft having a bobbin mounted thereon for winding a synthetic yarn;
- bobbin shaft driving means, operably connected to a first inverter, for rotating said bobbin shaft;
- a traverse device for traversing a yarn supplied to said bobbin;
- a contacting roll arranged in a direction parallel to an axis of said bobbin shaft such that said contacting roll is movable into contact with a circumferential face of a yarn package wound on said bobbin;
- contacting roll driving means, operably connected to a second inverter independent of said first inverter, for rotating said contacting roll;
- rotational speed detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of said contacting roll; and
- controller means, connected electrically with said bobbin shaft driving means and said rotational speed detecting means, for controlling a rotational speed of said bobbin shaft through said bobbin shaft driving means in accordance with said detected rotational speed of said contacting roll; and
- said second independent inverter not being connected to said controller means.
- 2. A winder according to claim 1, characterized in that said controller includes first counter means for counting signals from a rotational speed detecting device in accordance with a signal from a measuring timing signal generator, second counter means for counting signals from a clock generator in accordance with said signal from said measuring timing signal generator, operational amplifier means for calculating a winding speed of the yarn in accordance with said two signals emitted by said two counters, respectively, comparator means for comparing said winding speed with a signal from a thread speed setter, and means for calculating an optimum control condition of a bobbin shaft driving means in accordance with signals emitted from said comparator and for emitting signals based on said optimum control condition, wherein said clock generator comprises a reference clock generator having a high frequency
- 3. A winder for winding a synthetic yarn at a constant speed, characterized in that said winder is comprised of:
- a bobbin shaft having a bobbin mounted thereon for winding a synthetic yarn;
- bobbin shaft driving means, operably connected to a first inverter, for rotating said bobbin shaft;
- a traverse device comprising a cylindrical multi-track cam with a circumferential face arranged with an endless groove consisting of a plurality of inclined pathways and a plurality of folded pathways, each said folded pathway having a return point connected with a respective one of said inclined pathways, said return points of said folded pathways being arranged at different positions with respect to one another in the axial direction of said cylindrical cam;
- a contacting roll arranged in a direction parallel to an axis of said bobbin shaft such that said contacting roll is movable into contact with a circumferential face of a yarn package wound on said bobbin;
- contacting roll driving means, operably connected to a second inverter independent of said first inverter, for rotating said contacting roll;
- rotational speed detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of said contacting roll; and
- controller means, connected electrically with said bobbin shaft driving means and said rotational speed detecting means, for controlling a rotational speed of said bobbin shaft through said bobbin shaft driving means in accordance with said detected rotational speed of said contacting roll; and
- said second independent inverter not being connected to said controller means.
- 4. A winder according to claim 3, characterized in that a winding angle of said yarn package wound by said multi-track cam is 7.degree. or less.
- 5. A winder according to claim 3, wherein said multi-track cam includes at least two tracks.
- 6. A winder according to claim 3, characterized in that said controller includes first counter means for counting signals from a rotational speed detecting device in accordance with a signal from a measuring timing signal generator, second means for counting the signals from a clock generator in accordance with said signal from said measuring timing signal generator, operational amplifier means for calculating a winding speed of the yarn in accordance with said two signals emitted by said two counters, respectively, comparator means for comparing said winding speed with a signal from a thread speed setter, and means for calculating an optimum control condition of a bobbin shaft driving means in accordance with signals emitted from said comparator and for emitting signals based on said optimum control condition, wherein said clock generator comprises a reference clock generator having a high frequency.
- 7. A cheese yarn package of synthetic yarn having substantially no twists, said package having higher hardness portions spaced inwardly from the ends toward a central portion of said yarn package in a longitudinal direction of said yarn package on a circumferential face of said yarn package, and the difference between the maximum of dry heat shrinkage stress value of yarn included in said higher hardness portions and the maximum of dry heat shrinkage stress value of yarn included in said central portion is less than about 40 mg/d.
- 8. A cheese yarn package according to claim 7, wherein said yarn is a polyester yarn having a birefringence between 0.08 to 0.14, a crystal perfection index of less than about 0.50, and a shrinkage ratio in boiling water of less than about 5%, said higher hardness portions being spaced about 2 mm inward from respective ends of said yarn package toward the central portion of said yarn package in the longitudinal direction of said yarn package, and the difference between the maximum of dry heat shrinkage stress values of yarn in said higher hardness portions and yarn in said central portion is less than about 30 mg/d.
- 9. A cheese yarn package according to claim 7, wherein said yarn is a polyester yarn having a birefringence between 0.08 to 0.14, a crystal perfection index of less than about 0.50, and a shrinkage ratio in boiling water of less than about 5%, said higher hardness portions being spaced at least 2 mm inward from the ends of the yarn package toward the central portion of said yarn package in the longitudinal direction of said yarn package, and the difference between the maximum of dry heat shrinkage stress value of yarn included in said higher hardness portions and yarn included in said central portion is less than about 20 mg/d.
- 10. A method for winding a yarn, at a constant speed of at least about 5,000 m/min, into a cheese yarn package, comprising the steps of:
- rotating, via a first electrically powered drive means and associated first independent inverter, a contacting roll at a target winding speed;
- rotating, via a second electrically powered drive means and associated second independent inverter, a bobbin mounted on a bobbin shaft to wind the yarn onto the bobbin;
- contacting the outer surface of the contacting roll with the outer surface of the yarn package at a contact pressure of less than about 0.2 kg/cm;
- detecting the rotational speed of the contacting roll in contact with the yarn package; and
- controlling the rotational speed of the bobbin and bobbin shaft in accordance with the detected rotational speed of the contacting roll to maintain the circumferential velocity of the outer surface of the contacting roll substantially constant and equal to the target winding speed, said target winding speed corresponding to the circumferential velocity of the outer surface of the yarn package wound on the bobbin; and
- independently rotating the contacting roll via the first independent inverter so that a torque applied from the outer surface of the yarn package to the contacting roll is minimized.
- 11. A method for winding a yarn, at a constant speed of at least about 5,000 m/min, into a cheese yarn package, comprising the steps of:
- rotating, via a first electrically powered drive means and associated first independent inverter, a contacting roll at a target winding speed;
- rotating, via a second electrically powered drive means and associated second independent inverter, a bobbin mounted on a bobbin shaft to wind the yarn onto the bobbin;
- contacting the outer surface of the contacting roll with the outer surface of the yarn package at a contact pressure of less than about 0.2 kg/cm;
- guiding the yarn onto the bobbin with a multi-track cam traverse device;
- forming a pair of end portions on the wound yarn package having a higher hardness than the remainder of the wound yarn package by periodically returning a traverse motion of the multi-track cam device at said pair of end portions;
- detecting the rotational speed of the contacting roll in contact with the yarn package; and
- controlling the rotational speed of the bobbin and bobbin shaft in accordance with the detected rotational speed of the contacting roll to maintain the circumferential velocity of the outer surface of the contacting roll substantially constant and equal to the target winding speed, said target winding speed corresponding to the circumferential velocity of the outer surface of the yarn package wound on the bobbin; and
- independently rotating the contacting roll via the first independent inverter so that a torque applied from the outer surface of the yarn package to the contacting roll is minimized.
- 12. The method of claim Il, wherein said pair of end portions having a higher hardness are spaced at least 2 mm from respective ends of the wound yarn package.
Priority Claims (4)
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61-800622 |
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61-81204 |
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61-84088 |
Apr 1986 |
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61-84086 |
Apr 1986 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 308,947, filed Feb. 8, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 032,714, filed Apr. 1, 1987, now abandoned.
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