eAFK - Oerlikon Barmag - Oerlikon Textile

Quality management system
With rising quality requirements, the demand for online quality monitoring systems is also increasing.
The target is not only monitoring the draw-texturing process, but also improving the overall process and
increasing machine effi ciency. With Oerlikon Barmag’s online quality monitoring, products that do not
meet set quality standards are easily identifi ed, withdrawn from the production process and replaced
by yarn that meets the quality requirements. Hence, machine effi ciency is increased – valuable machine
time is not used to process yarn that does not meet the required standards!
Fibrevision Unitens
The UNITENS concept in the latest generation of the unique
combination of fl oating mean value, peak detection and CV
evaluation, results in the highest standards in online yarn
quality control, statistics, quality and plant management. As
an integral part of the eAFK, UNITENS offers - in addition
to the basic yarn quality evaluation and quality grading of
the produced yarn - essential data for the highest doffi ng
performance, the best machine service and maintenance, all
resulting in the highest machine effi ciency and productivity.
The sophisticated, but easy-to-handle UNITENS can be
combined with Oerlikon Barmag’s Plant Operation Center
(POC) software networking solution as well as with our
CreelManager system.
CreelManager
The close link between UNITENS quality evaluation and
Oerlikon Barmag’s CreelManager opens up – for the very
fi rst time – the possibility of production and classifi cation
of knot-free yarn packages, especially advantageous in
conjunction with the automatic doffi ng function of the eAFK.
The UNITENS system connected with the CreelManager
represents a milestone in modern quality monitoring. The
package quality information is considerably improved, which
creates competitive advantages for manufacturers. With the
help of special sensors in the creel, the UNITENS system is
provided with information about supply package change.
Hence, this information - with the knowledge about the
supply package - can trace issues back as far as individual
spinning positions, which for the fi rst time allows operators
to monitor not only the performance of the DTY machine,
but also of the prior production step in POY spinning. The
objective of the system is to integrate the entire process
chain into a total quality system (TQM).
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