A new ring-and-traveller system as the key to more production from the ring spinning machine

Abstract

Due to high surface pressure between ring and traveller the thermal load capacity of the traveller is the key element for the limitation of the traveller speed and therefore the productivity of the ring frame. Reduction of the surface pressure is therefore a main goal in the ring/traveller development. In this paper, the new ORBIT ring/traveller system with a much lower surface pressure between ring and traveller is described. This system, accordingly, allows considerably higher traveller speeds. It furthermore reduces the danger of damaging the yarn when spinning man-made fibres, which makes it possible to spin even man-made fibre at higher spindle speeds.