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This document discusses the Rieter P3-1 top arm and how it is used widely in the spinning industry. It is pneumatically loaded through a hose that runs through the arm and applies pressure to create the desired loading at the rollers. The document explains how the loading can be adjusted by changing the position of a locating pin to vary the ratio between the front/second and third rollers. Recommended loading settings for cotton spinning are provided. Measurement of the arm's loads is important to ensure consistency and avoid quality issues.

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Top Arm Loading

This document discusses the Rieter P3-1 top arm and how it is used widely in the spinning industry. It is pneumatically loaded through a hose that runs through the arm and applies pressure to create the desired loading at the rollers. The document explains how the loading can be adjusted by changing the position of a locating pin to vary the ratio between the front/second and third rollers. Recommended loading settings for cotton spinning are provided. Measurement of the arm's loads is important to ensure consistency and avoid quality issues.

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RIETER P3-1 TOP ARM AND DRAFTING LOAD

MEASUREMENT WITH APEX


Rieter P3-1 is perhaps the most widely distributed top arm in the spinning industry today. It is a simple top arm to
work with but a little complex to understand in its intricacies.
This top arm is supplied by both Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd and Rieter Textile Systems in their Ring Frames. Rieter
considers this top arm so effective that the same arm is used in Rieter’s flagship ” ComforSpin” compact spinning
frames with slight modifications.

This top arm is pneumatically loaded. A long hose runs through the hollow hexagonal arm bar that also doubles as a
housing for this pressure hose. This hose is pressurized to around 1.4 to 1.8 bar to get desired loads at the rollers.
The top arm is loaded from the fulcrum. The fulcrum is loaded by the expanding hose inside the arm bar. When the
arm engages with this fulcrum, the load is transmitted to the arm area.
In this area, there is a bridge which divides the applied load to the combines front and second rollers and to the third
rollers. The division of load is varied by shifting the pivoting distance of division by simply altering the position of a
locating pin. This is an ingenious setup whereby simply by changing the position of the pin, loading ratio is changed.
The load transmitted to the first and second roller is through another bridge which again splits the load between the
fron and second (apron) rollers, Here again three pin positions are given by which the ratio of loading between them
can be changed.
The recommended load setting values for cotton spinning in the P3-1 top arm is like this

As always, Apex Top Arm Load Gauges were the first to measure the top arm loads in P3-1 successfully and
accurately from the very beginning. We were initially discouraged by the spinners in the measurement of P 3-1
saying this was a pneumatic system and measurement was not at all necessary even after cots regrinding.
But experience is a better teacher. When we demonstrated the possible variations with worker neglect, pneumatic
hose wear, and top arm general wear, spinners quickly understood its value. One defective top arm can play as a
black sheep and spoil the quality of a lot. Variations of even 5 to 10 % in top arm loads can alter CSP and USTER
values. Yarn appearance is directly affected by variations in top arm loads.
Also one idle top arm is a potential loss to the mill. The gauge may be small but its indispensability to a spinning mill
is undisputed. Now, mills are buying these gauges right at the project stage.
You can read more about our Apex Top Arm Load Gauge (with video demonstration) by clicking on this <link>
If you have found this article useful and would like to comment on it , please click on this <link>
J Venkatasubramanian

RSB and SB Draw Frames and Drafting


Load measurement with Apex Gauges
apex, Apex Drafting Load Gauges, Apex Draw Frame Load Gauge, apex precitech, Apex Top Roller, Apex
Top roller Load Gauge, Draw Frame, RSB draw frame, SB 2 draw frame, SB 20 draw frame

1 Vote

Rieter launched their famous RSB draw frames about fifteen years back which still remains the main workhorse in
many spinning preparatory departments. The testimony to its success is that the same model is still in production
(Lakshmi LRSB 851) in India. Rieter models still retain the core design intact.

Lakshmi has this machine in single delivery design. Rieter has the double delivery model SB 20 (formerly SB 2). The
drafting system in all these machine are same. The main features of the drafting setup 9with respect to loading) are
1. Flat bed drafting
2. Three over three drafting.
3. Spring loaded top rollers.
4. Short top rollers to reduce bending of rollers and for even distribution of nipping load to the bottom roller (and the
sliver)
5. All the rollers are equally loaded. (32.5 Kg each at ends in all rollers)
6. Adjustment of rollers are possible for all the rollers of one end by moving the locking hook of the loading arms up
and down.
7. Each loading cell of the top roller has a spring housed in a casing with fixed loading. (with no provisions for
adjustment)
8. Adjustment of loads and equalization are extremely important. Variations of even 1.5 Kg have shown Uster
variations. Similarly difference in end to end loads affect CV % and Uster .
click to enlarge photos

Apex Draw Frame Load Gauges and RSB Drafting


Spinners across the world are aware of the critical importance of regulation of Drafting Loads of RSB and SB draw
frames. From its very introduction, our Apex Draw Frame Load Gauges accurately measured loads in these rollers
and till date most of the modern units of the world are using these gauges.
Please click on the following link to read more on this gauge and to see a video demonstration
Apex Draw Frame Load Gauge
If you liked this article or found it useful, you can leave a comment by clicking on this < link>
Venkatasubramanian
TEXPARTS PK 1500 TOP ARM AND
LOAD ADJUSTMENT
apex, Apex Drafting Load Gauges, apex precitech, Apex Top Arm Load Gauge, Apex Top Roller, Apex Top
roller Load Gauge, Cotton spinning instruments, cotton yarn, pk 1500, ring spinning top arm load, skf pk
1600, SKF TOP ARM, Texparts top arm

2 Votes

Texparts has another trusted speed frame drafting top arm PK 1500 which has found wide acceptance with cotton
and synthetic spinners.
This is a spring loading top arm much like its predecessor SKF 1600-40 top arm. This top arm is available in 4 roller
and 3 roller versions.
The four Roller version is here

The load setting values for this top arm is here


Similarly the 3 roller drafting is below

And the load setting values for 3 Roller drafting is here below

Conversion: 1 daN(Deca Newton) = 1 Kg


The above loads are variable in steps only by shifting the loading nuts by a special lever. Apart from these , the
cumulative load can be increased or decreased by the two setting screws provided at the back of the top arm.
Needless to say, our Apex Top Arm Load Gauges were very successfully used to measure the top arm loads in PK
1500 top arms. Very accurate and reliable, these gauges are the favourite of many a quality conscious spinner. Click
on the following link to read on our Apex Top Arm Load Gauge with a video demonstration.
Apex Top Arm Load Gauges
If you liked this article or found it useful you can leave a comment by clicking on this <link>
Venkatasubramanian

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