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A Method to Regulate the Shape of Yarn Balloon and Its Effect on the Tension and Quality of Ring Spun Yarn

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Yarn tension, predominately determined by the dynamic motion of yarn balloon, is a key factor for spinning speed and yarn qualities, which is attracting an increasing amount of concern in advance spinning field. A novel device called a special-shaped tube (SST) has been introduced in this work, to reduce yarn tension. The SST is installed between yarn guide and traveler to regulate the dynamic balloon, ensuring consecutive yarn spinning with high spindle speed. Theoretical modeling was developed to explain that the SST can lower the yarn tension and reduce the fluctuation of yarn tension by controlling the shape of yarn balloon. Experimental results have confirmed this theoretical analysis. Meanwhile, they also reveal that the SST can be deployed to produce yarns with higher strength than yarns produced with existing balloon control ring (BCR) device. Both yarn hairiness and irregularity are similar for these two types of yarns. This spinning device also helps to isolate yarns from the turbulent flow from both sides, avoiding any negative effect on yarn formation. All superiorities indicate that the SST has the potential to replace balloon separator and BCR in industrial spinning.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge Junlong Ni, Shengya Hu, Wei Ye, Chuang Ding and Renfa Jin for their great assistance with cotton sampling for this work. The authors are also grateful to the Spinning group in the State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies at Wuhan Textile University (especially the late Weiqi Guo) for technical support.

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This work was supported in part by the National Local Joint Laboratory for Advanced Textile Processing and Clean Production, Project No. 223002006, in part by State State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies under Grant No. FZ20230023, in part by Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Textile and Fashion (Wuhan Textile University) under Grant No. 2023HBITF03 and in part by the Fund of Hubei Key laboratory of Digital Textile Equipment under Grant No. DTL2023023.

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  1. State State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

    Hao Yu, Liquan Jiang & Weilin Xu

  2. School of Marxism, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

    Guilin Xu

  3. National Local Joint Laboratory for Advanced Textile Processing and Clean Production, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

    Hao Yu

  4. Anhui Huamao Group Co., Ltd., Anqing, People’s Republic of China

    Shengming Yang & Wei Jiang

  5. Hubei Key Laboratory of Digital Textile Equipment, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

    Liquan Jiang

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Yu, H., Xu, G., Yang, S. et al. A Method to Regulate the Shape of Yarn Balloon and Its Effect on the Tension and Quality of Ring Spun Yarn. Fibers Polym 25, 1149–1162 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-024-00498-4

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