u QUANTUM 3The preventive yarn clearing system

A wise choice – delighting and rewarding

Decisions on investing in yarn clearers can often get bogged down in detail: sensor technology options, prices, features and previous experiences…the range of possibilities can hide the really important issues. The fact is, initial investment expenditure can actually be dwarfed by the cost of splices – hundreds of thousands of them – needed because of unacceptable yarn faults and bobbin changes.

For that reason, USTER focuses on three critical advantages, together making yarn clearing a totally rewarding and logical choice:– Delivering highest quality, consistently day and night – Achieving the lowest number of unnecessary splices – Preventing defects at source

The evidence is overwhelming, from more than 1.5 million yarn clearers operating worldwide: investors in USTER® QUANTUM 3 benefit fundamentally from peace of mind, as well as enhanced reputation among clients who appreciate great quality yarns. Feedback from delighted users working with Smart Limits is gratifying. Most importantly, the economic gains are phenomenal. USTER® QUANTUM 3 pays back initial investments several times compared to other clearers, thanks to the lowest possible level of splices, its ability to prevent faults at source, and a continuing reduction in defect levels over time.

Over 1.5 million

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Color and Shade Variation DetectionFor melange and colored yarns, avoiding deviations in color and shade are critical. Even the smallest variations – which the human eye can barely see – are detected and cleared, for better fabric quality.

Polypropylene clearingNew sensor technology improves polypropylene detection enormously. Smaller, shorter and brighter contaminants can be reliably identified and cleared, leading to higher efficiency in polypropylene clearing. This is yet another means of reducing the number of cuts for the same quality level.

Periodic fault clearingPeriodic faults are among the most disturbing problems in fabric. The Periodic Fault feature (PF) detect these defects at all wavelengths and removes them.

Vegetable clearingThe yarn clearers recognize cellulose-based contaminant or ‘vegetable matter’ which is not regarded as disturbing for applications where the yarn or fabric is to be bleached. Vegetable clearing improves productivity for spinners by distinguishing between different types of foreign material in cotton.

Contamination clearingSmart technology uses multi-color LEDs to classify foreign-matter separately into colored foreign fibers and ‘mostly non-disturbing’ vegetable material. Removal of really disturbing foreign fibers through the lowest number of cuts makes it the ultimate tool to control contamination and improve clearing efficiency significantly.

The world’s most trusted yarn clearer

USTER® QUANTUM 3 offers a whole world of possibilities, going beyond yarn clearing. Its Smart Clearing Technology delivers an efficient yarn quality assurance system – also covering contaminations and special applications such as core yarns and colored yarns – ready to tackle the major challenges in yarn production.

YARN BODY™ and Smart LimitsThe system uniquely identifies and displays the YARN BODY™ – using this as the basis to propose clearing limits. Applying Smart Limits based on this view of the normal yarn and its tolerable variations ensures quality.

Core Yarn ClearingCore Yarn Clearing identifies significant problem areas with the core component. Core yarn with sections of the inner elastane missing or off-center can potentially cause huge fabric waste downstream. Core Yarn Clearing enables this major risk of fabric rejects to be effectively eliminated.

USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3The Expert System collects data from the control unit on the winding machine and provides reports which lead directly to practical guidance. It automatically evaluates vital quality parameters, making the task of handling and processing different articles on winding machines simpler, faster and more reliable.

Unevenness, Hairiness, Imperfections and Classification – the Q parametersData collected while monitoring 100 % of yarn during the winding process is directly comparable with data from USTER laboratory testing. Q parameters offer several possibilities to investigate the root cause of quality issues.

USTER® RSO 3D

Prognosis

Ring Spinning Optimization

Total Contamination

Control

Clear AND prevent

Troubleshooting with expensive clearer cuts is now outdated, thanks to preventive yarn clearing with USTER® QUANTUM 3. In-line monitoring of 100 % of yarn has developed, with intelligent connections which open the textile mill’s optimization potential in many ways.

Spinning mills rarely calculate the operational costs of yarn clearers over a ten-year period. A spinning mill of 500 winding positions might spend more than USD 3.5 million in operational costs over this period, at a conservative estimate. Substantial savings equal to one third of this figure can be achieved with USTER® QUANTUM 3 installed.

Four features can be connected, which contribute to large savings over the lifetime of a clearer:– Total Contamination Control reduces contaminants

reaching winding, so decreasing the levels of cuts and remaining contamination in yarns

– Ring Spinning Optimization (RSO), as the link to productivity and quality to reduce quality variations

– USTER® RSO 3D, offering quality mapping of individual spindles as a first step and the prevention of poor quality at source as a conclusion

– Prognosis – Prediction of spinning performance using USTER® QUANTUM 3 quality data

Control incoming contamination with Total Contamination ControlThe proven technology of USTER® JOSSI VISION SHIELD and USTER® QUANTUM 3 eliminates foreign-matter at both ends of the yarn production process. Early ejections to control the level of contaminants in fabrics, and yarn classifications for checking remaining contaminants in yarns, reveal optimization potential. At winding, cuts can be saved and a lower level of remaining contaminants in yarn achieved in parallel.

Maximize ringframe productivity with Ring Spinning OptimizationA comprehensive speed curve analysis, with its impact on quality throughout cop build-up, is an element of the improved method of optimizing ring spinning performance. This is where USTER® QUANTUM 3 comes in, with its data flowing into the Ring Spinning Optimization Value Module of USTER® QUALITY EXPERT. RSO relies on the yarn clearer data, processing it intelligently to allow spinners to select correct machine settings for higher production yields and maintain quality at the required levels. This reduces quality variations over the cop and improves winding performance.

Stop poor quality production, instead of cutting it USTER® RSO 3D focuses on individual quality data for each spindle position, enabling quality mapping across the ring spinning machine. This helps to identify outlier sides, sections or spindles, as well as supporting maintenance decisions.

Collaborating seamlessly with Muratec QPRO EX/FPRO EX, Spin Inspector and USTER® SENTINEL, USTER® QUANTUM 3 reports outlier quality data, to activate the Roving Stop of individual spindle positions where a quality problem is detected. USTER® QUANTUM 3 prevents poor quality production, instead of cutting it.

Yarn prognosis for preventing claims Spinners are increasingly keen to see quality from the perspective of the customer, the yarn user, to understand the issues concerning weaving and knitting and to prevent issues such as claims before the yarn is shipped to customers. The combination of USTER® QUANTUM 3 with USTER® TENSOJET and USTER® QUALITY EXPERT provides an accurate prognosis for weaving performance, based on an easy-to-understand grading system. The prognosis requires no fabric samples and offers the possibility to test all produced lots at practically no cost. Practical feedback from mills suggests that the prognosis reflects actual performance in warping and looms.

Anniversary Edition – packed with features

USTER introduced the USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition to celebrate its long success in automatic yarn clearing with customers. The edition includes some very powerful features as standard, while also introducing the innovative Core Yarn Cleaning and Color/Shade Variation Detection as new optional features.

Based on popular demand from spinners, this edition, with all the special features, has been extended beyond the promised end date.

Advanced classificationSome defects once regarded as tolerable are no longer acceptable today. USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition now includes information on new advanced classes correlating to USTER® CLASSIMAT 5. Based on this, users can also customize classes and inspect specific defects.

In-line hairiness measurementHairiness variations in yarn can cause cloudiness in finished fabric. USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition offers in-process measurement of true yarn hairiness – so outlier bobbins can be taken out. Using hairiness monitoring, mills with linked winders can also inspect the condition of rings and travelers. The foreign-matter clearing module is a precondition to benefit from this vital information for maintenance.

Smart Limits: double-check with splice distribution Smart Limits – recommended clearing limits at the touch of a button – are based on the YARN BODY™ and ensure quality. But this also means that no cuts are made in the ‘normal’ yarn body, which has been proven in extensive mill trials to save a significant number of unnecessary cuts. In fact, in many cases it has been shown to offer better quality with fewer cuts! And saving cuts means saving costs.

Smart Limits are even smarter with the USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition. The system checks that clearing limits are aligned with splice distribution. Alarms indicate possible problems, for enhanced quality and winder efficiency.

Connectivity to the Total Testing Center™USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3 is the link between USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition and the Total Testing Center™ of USTER® TESTER 6. This gives spinners a total mill overview, so they can trace quality exceptions by combining data from the clearer with all processes. To begin with, this connectivity to the Total Testing Center™ allows the prediction of the performance grade of the yarn in weaving.

Monitoring of hairiness variations Overview of standard classes and extended classes of USTER® CLASSIMAT

Smart splice clearing

Better yarn for better fabrics

Trends such as stretch and melange fabric, and increased quality expectations generally, require specific care at winding. The USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition yarn clearer helps spinners to follow fashion and trends, with no risk of quality claims.

Core Yarn ClearingCore yarn clearing uses unique USTER® sensor combinations to identify core component that is either missing (MC) or off- center (OC) at a significant level and over long lengths. The detection of off-center core is possible for all capacitive (CF) and optical clearers (OF), while the feature to detect missing core is available only for capacitive clearers (CF). The Core Yarn feature also requires the Foreign-Matter option.

Color and Shade Variation Detection Color mix-ups and shade differences are big issues. USTER’s advanced Foreign-Matter Sensor can now detect these faults. The new Shade Variation (SV, CSV) feature with USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition automatically detects and clears even very small divergences from the base yarn shade. Bobbin mix-up could still occur, but would not affect the package.

Core component missing in yarn creates unacceptable fabric defect

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The standard from fiber to fabricUSTER is the world’s leading supplier of total quality solutions from fiber to fabric. USTER® standards and precise measurement provide unparalleled advantages for producing best quality at minimum cost.

Think Quality™Our commitment to state - of - the - art technology ensures the comfort and feel of the finished product – satisfying the demands of a sophisticated market. We help our customers to benefit from our applied knowledge and experience – to think quality, think USTER.

Broad range of productsUSTER occupies a unique position in the textile industry. With our broad range of products, we have a wide reach across the textile chain that is unmatched by any other supplier in the market.

Optimal serviceKnow - how transfer and instant help – we are where our customers are. A total of 215 certified service engineers worldwide grants fast and reliable technical support. Benefit from local know - how transfer in your specific markets and enjoy our service à la carte.

USTER® STATISTICS – the textile industry standardsWe set the standards for quality control in the global textile industry. With USTER® STATISTICS, we provide the bench-marks that are the basis for the trading of textile products at assured levels of quality across global markets.

USTERIZED® – brand your products with qualityUSTERIZED® stands for ‘defined quality assured’ within the textile chain. We invite selected customers to join the USTERIZED® Member Program. More information at www.usterized.com.

USTER worldwideWith four technology centers, four regional service centers and 50 representative offices around the world, USTER is always sure of delivering only the best to its customers. USTER – committed to excellence, committed to quality. And that will never change.

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