Air Vortex Spinning
Air Vortex Spinning
Air Vortex Spinning
Prof.Dr.S.Kathirrvelu
Professor-(Text.Tech)
EiTEX, BDU
2. The yarn and the fabric properties of MVS yarn are claimed by
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VORTEX yarn is made by the "VORTEX spinning machine"
of Murata Machinery (MURATEC). The VORTEX spinning
machine spins yarns in a unique way using an air vortex
which was developed and is manufactured only by Murata
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Machinery.
Principle of operation
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Figure 2: Expansion of fibre
edges due to whirling force of the
jet air stream
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The drafting unit is
alsoa very
important element
in Air-jet spinning.
High drafts have
to be performed,
with good
evenness of the
fiber flow and
excellent
orientation of the
fibers, at very high
production speeds.
Both suppliers
have equipped the
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machines
As a comparison with the above-described wrapping
mechanism with tandem jets, it is useful to consider
the effectiveness of wrapping with only one jet. In this
situation, the Ztwisting action of the jet is not
nullified, and the core is therefore Ztwisted. The
edge fibers will, as described above, wrap the core
with a Zdirectional helix. Being that the core twisting
is now in the same direction as the wrapping action,
some edge fiber may become caught and twisted into
the core, thereby reducing the number of them
available to wrap the core.
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One approach to increasing the number of edge
principle.
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The structure of vortex yarn compared to other
yarns
Vortex yarn has a two-part structure: a core surrounded
by wrapper fibres. The number of wrapper fibres
compared to the fibre core is higher compared to the air
jet spinning. During yarn formation, the leading ends of
the fibres are directed towards the yarn core and the
trailing ends wrap around the core fibres. Such a
structure provides the necessary fibre orientation and,
at the same time, the required yarn strength.
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This particular structure of the Air-vortex spun yarns
influences the yarn properties, of course. These
properties are mainly determined by 2 parameters:
and 4. Fibres at the centre of the yarn remain loose while those
at the outer side are fully twisted. In ring spun yarn, twist is
given to the entire yarn from the centre to the surface of the
hairiness. In the case of rotor yarn all the fibres are twisted
more uneven for fibres near the surface of the yarn. Table 1
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Figure 5 : Cross-section of the ring yarn
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Figure .7 : Cross section of the rotor yarn
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Property Ring Yarn Rotor Vortex
Yarn Yarn
Parallelization and Max Min
Fibre orientation
Hairiness Max Min
Pilling Max Min
Strength Max Min
Unevenness Max Min
Surface smoothness Max Min
Core fibres Max Min
Neps and Thick places Min Max
are :
the cenre of vortex yarns means that they absorb moisture and
dry quickly
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The above figure shows vertically the tightness of twisting, and Z-
twist and S-twist indicate the directions of twisting centering on
0. The horizontal axis in the graph shows the distance from the
center in a cross section of the yarn. The image chart of each
type of yarn shows the yarn-twisting structure seen from the side.
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Twist is There is no
prominent untwisted part.
toward the Twist of some
outside of the degree is present
yarn, while at in the entire yarn
the center of from the center
the yarn, fibers to the surface. In
are parallel. areas of uneven
yarn thickness,
Micrograph of the yarn structure the twist will be
high at the
thinner sections,
and low at the
thicker sections
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where hairiness
All fibers are twisted from the center to
the outer side. For fibers near the surface
of the yarn, twisting is uneven. Some
fibers are twisted in the opposite direction
of the main bundle.
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