Fig. 129 – Short-term leveling by Trützschler
If this is used, it calls for a drafting arrangement before coiling.
In the open-loop control system illustrated in Fig. 129, a measuring point (2) is provided upstream from this drafting arrangement to sense the volume of the incoming sliver and transmit corresponding pulse signals to an electronic control unit. The control signal generated by this unit is passed to a regulating device that can be of various design, and which adapts the speed of the delivery drafting rollers to the measured sliver volume. If the measuring point is located downstream from the drafting arrangement, or if the delivery roller pair itself provides the measuring point, then the system is operating on the closed-loop control principle. If the open-loop principle is used in a short-term autoleveler, short lengths can certainly be made even, but it is not always possible to hold the average sliver count constant. On the other hand, closed-loop control is not suited for regulating short-wave variation because of the dead time inherent in the system. Finally, the drive to the delivery can present problems, since in this system the delivery speed must be continually varied, and in very small ranges. There are two possible applications for assemblies of this type, namely in processing comber noil and where card sliver is fed directly to the rotor spinning machine.