Optical Precision with All-Around View: YarnMaster ZENIT+ OffColor

Loepfe will present a comprehensive portfolio of quality control solutions for the textile industry at ITMA Asia, which will be held in Shanghai from the 15th to 19th October.

Loepfe will include the well-known YarnMaster ZENIT+ for winding and the WeftMaster FALCON-i for quality control of high-tech materials. Various innovative solutions in different areas of yarn quality control will be shown to ensure an interesting visit to the Loepfe booth for all visitors. New measuring results of the highly precise YarnMaster ZENIT+ OffColor feature collected in cooperation with a customer will be available. The case study shows impressive results in detection of shade variations in polyester. The Loepfe employees will be pleased to provide more detailed information.

YarnMaster ZENIT+ OffColor

  • Off-color – Detects smallest color and shade variations
  • Hairiness – Clears accurately to the surface index SFI
  • Off-standard – Detects 24/7 off-standard bobbins with the online laboratory
  • Polypropylene – Monitors reliably polypropylene faults
  • Foreign matter – Removes finest foreign matter (fibers) of any color in regular, melange and dyed yarns
  • Fancy yarn – Controls precisely unconventional fancy yarns
  • Covers any scope of application with one single sensing head
  • Provides high-quality monitoring independent of changing ambient conditions
  • Ensures online production monitoring with the management cockpit MillMaster TOP

The increasingly popular yarn defect sensor WeftMaster FALCON-i will also be displayed. After the growing demand noticed from North America, Loepfe sees a similar growth in the Asian market for reliable yarn quality control of latest high-tech materials such as carbon fibers, monofilaments, multi-filaments as well as spun yarns in all material compositions. The optical yarn defect sensor removes smallest knots, fluff, filamentation, thick places and capillary breaks before being interwoven into the fabric. The sensor is being used more and more for safety-critical applications such as fabrics for airbags, tire cords, filtration materials, architectural fabrics and sailcloth where quality requirements are very high.

The Laboratory Solutions corner will also provide interesting information. With Swiss precision, Loepfe works systematically on its revolutionary laboratory test instruments. The focus during the ITMA Asia will be on the YARNMAP which provides a tremendous increase in yarn testing efficiency with regard to time, space, maintenance and operator attendance.

LabMaster YARNMAP

  • Reduction of yarn testing time by 20% due to integration of 4 sensors and synchronized measurement sequences
  • Simultaneous measurement of sliver and roving due to additional capacitive sensor
  • Cutting laboratory space, maintenance, service and operator staff by half
  • Two times higher capacity utilization of the instrument due to additional capacitive sensor
  • Complete elimination of operator attendance during yarn measurement
  • Single-selection or combination of all 4 yarn test modules
  • One-time preparation and identification of a yarn sample for all measurements
  • Reduced operator errors and training time due to predetermined input menus
  • 8 pre-defined standard reports to support daily decision making and action taking

All kinds of short and long staple yarns are tested fully automatically while, at the same time, preparation products of the spinning mill can be tested on a second measuring sensor. Loepfe look forward to visitors in Shanghai at Hall 1 Booth C24.