Rieter

Hairiness

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The hairiness of air-jet spun yarns is considerably lower than the hairiness of comparable ring-spun yarns (Fig. 45). This is particularly the case for longer hairs, with lengths of 3 mm and more. The lower hairiness is due to the particular structure of the air-jet spun yarns. The core fibers do not actually reach the yarn surface, but are hidden inside the yarn. This means that these fibers basically make no contribution to yarn hairiness. The hairiness is therefore generated only by the wrapping fibers, which represent only a relatively small percentage of the total fiber mass.

As in ring-spun yarns, the hairiness of air-jet yarns depends very much on twist. The higher the wrapping twist, the lower the hairiness and vice versa (Fig. 46). It is therefore easily possible to influence the hairiness level of air-jet yarns via the wrapping twist.

Fig. 45 – Zweigle S3 hairiness (Murata)

Fig. 46 – Uster Hairiness as a function of wrapping twist (Rieter)