Improve Productivity of Warping by Optimization of Warping Speed and Beam Pressure

Warping is the first step of fabric manufacturing. After winding yarn packages are undergoing warping process to prepare warp beam. The objective of warping process is to convert the yarn packages into a warper’s beam having desired width and containing requisite number of ends. Uniform tension is maintained on individual yarns during warping. The yarns are would on the warper’s beam in the form of a sheet composed of parallel bands of yarns each coming out from a package placed on the creel. The latest beam warping machines have a very simple design, which results in higher speed & consequently in output increase. In order to keep pace with the ever-growing demand of increasing productivity, many developments and automations are done in the High-Speed Warping Machine. In warping pressure is applied on the warp beam to prepare uniform and circular warp beam. This pressure applied on the beam maintain uniform density and hardness of the beam. Soft beam shows lower beam content, conical cross-section of the beam and missing end problem, thus it is important to apply tension on the warp beam [1-3]. The amount of increase in the beam drum pressure related with the elongation of the warp yarn during the warping. The number of cut yarns increases when the yarns are intruded from the guide reed. When the amount of tension increases on the warp yarns the breakage rate increases because of the increase in the beam drum pressure. Thus, lower the beam drum pressure, lower will be the breakage rate at warping, leads to increase the production rate. Thus, beam pressure is to be optimized set to get lower end breakages at lower beam pressure as well as higher warp content with higher beam pressure. The quality of the warp beam i.e. number of breaks, loss in yarn quality during warping highly affects the warp breakage rate at sizing and weaving. If the number of breakages is more in warping more breakages will occur in sizing and subsequently in weaving. Quality of the fabric weave and number of defects depends up on the breakages occurred in the loom.

Project objective

The quality of the warp beam affects the productivity of the loom shed. It is important to prepare the warp beam at warping which can run on sizing and weaving machine with highest efficiency. As the number of end breakages on warping machine is a direct indicator of warp beam quality attempts are made to optimize the number of end breakages on warping with respect to speed and beam pressure during the warping. The speed of the warping and beam pressure have significant impact on the number of breakages. This impact is different for the different count range of the warp yarn in the warping process. The objective of this project was to find out the optimum speed and beam pressure for different sorts of the fabric running in the loom shed [4-7].

Experimental work was conducted on the running production floor of a warping department in Alok industries limited weaving division, Sivas. The experimental trials were conducted to reduce the warp breakage rate to the minimum level at optimum speed and drum pressure of the warping process for four sorts of the fabrics with 20Ne, 40Ne, 60Ne and 100Ne warp count [8-10]. Each sort of the fabric was tested for end breakage rate by varying speed and drum pressure of the warping. The results of these trails were analyzed to find the optimum level of the speed and drum pressure for each sort running in the warping department. Details of warping machine and fabric sorts are given in the following tables.

The selected two process parameters its three levels taken for experimentation for each sort of the fabric to find out its effect on the warp breakage rate are given the following table. These parameters are sent at different levels by using control panel of the warping machine. Then for each trial end breakages are noted to calculate end breakage rate (Table 1).

Table 1:Machine and sort details selected for study.

In the a given sort the quality of the yarn packages in terms of yarn strength and package faults, condition of the warping machine reflects on the end Breakage rate at warping. Proper recording of cause-Wise End breaks at warping will help in identifying the necessary Corrective action to be taken to reduce the end breakage rate. The different types of breaks are noted such as, weak place, thin place, slip splice, slub, entangle, cut, end, etc. In this study noted several breakages occurred on the warping with its causes. From this observation end breakage rate per 1000, per 1000 ends are calculated. This study was conducted on four sorts with 20Ne, 40 Ne, 60Ne and 100. The speed of the warping machine is varied 50m/min lesser and 50m/min more than the set running speed. In each speed of warping the numbers of breaks are noted. The case wise breakages at different speed and its causes are discussed in this chapter (Table 2).

Table 2:Process parameters and its levels selected for study.

Effect of warping speed on EBR

The effect of speed on EBR for selected four sorts of the fabric were given in the following observation tables. The possible causes for EBR were explained in the discussion part and optimum level of speed suggested for each sorts of the fabric.

Sort No-19382A (20s OE) (Table 3):

Table 3:Warp breakage rate for sort 19382A (20sOE).

Similarly, EBR was calculated every trail of the experiment.

Discussion:

1) At speed 700mtr/min and breakages rate is 1.99 at 650mtr/ min and breakages rate is 1.76 and at 600mtr/min breakage rate is 0.46 thus it is better to run at lower speed for lower end breakage rate.

2) At speed 650mtr/min and breakages rate is 1.76 at 600mtr/ min and breakages rate is 0.46.

Sort No- 19173EJ (40sNe) (Table 4):

Table 4:Warp Breakage Rate for Sort19173EJ (40sNe).

A. Observation

1) Results show that the warp breakages are minimum at 600m/ min warping speed.

2) With increase in speed breakages increases due to failure of weak places and splice.

3) Cause wise observation shows that the end breakages in 650 m/min are more than 700 m/min due the more breakages caused by Entanglement. Entanglement caused due to vibration of machine while running at 650rmp.

Sort No- 31645 (60s Ne) (Table 5):

Table 5:Warp Breakage Rate for Sort 31645 (60sNe).

A. Observation

1) Results show that the warp breakages are minimum at 550 m/ min warping speed.

2) With increase in speed breakages increases due to failure of weak places and splice.

3) Causes for breakages from observation shows that the end breakages in 500 m/min are more than 550 m/min due the more breakages caused by Entanglement formation of snarls.

Sort No- 191304 (100s Ne) (Table 6):

Table 6:Warp Breakage Rate for Sort 191304 (100sNe).

A. Observation

1) Results show that the warp breakages are minimum at 500m/ min warping speed.

2) With increase in speed breakages increases due to failure of weak places and splice.

Effect of drum pressure on EBR

The effect of drum pressure on EBR for selected four sorts of the fabrics were given in the following observation tables. The possible causes for EBR were explained in the discussion part and optimum level of drum pressure suggested for each sorts of the fabric.

Sort No-19382A (20 Ne) (Table 7):

Table 7:Warp breakage rate for Sort 19382A (20Ne).

A. Observation

1) At drum pressure at 300 and breakages rate is minimum 350 thus it is better to run at lower drum pressure for minimum end breakage rate.

2) As the amount of tension increases on the warp yarn, breakage rate increases because of the increase in the beam drum pressure.

3) Thus, lower the beam drum pressure, lower will be the breakage rate of cotton yarns which increase the production rate and also will increase the warping process for the next stage.

Sort No- 19173EJ (40 Ne) (Table 8):

Table 8:Warp breakage rate for Sort19173EJ (40Ne).

A. Observation

1) At drum pressure at 300 and breakages rate is minimum 350 thus it is better to run at lower drum pressure for minimum end breakage rate.

2) When the amount of tension increases on the cotton yarns the breakage rate increases because of the increase in the beam drum pressure.

3) Thus, lower the beam drum pressure, lower will be the breakage rate of cotton yarns which increase the production rate and also will increase the warping process for the next stage.

4) An increase in the Number of Cut Yarns decreases the production rate and also lengthens the warping process.

Sort 31645 (60 Ne) (Table 9):

A. Observation

1) At drum pressure at 300 and breakages rate is minimum 350 thus it is better to run at lower drum pressure for minimum end breakage rate.

2) Thus, lower the beam drum pressure, lower will be the breakage rate of cotton yarns which increase the production rate and will increase the warping process for the. next stage.

3) This is because the Beam Drum Pressure has a large effect on the required properties of the cotton like fibre elongation, fibre strength, fibre length, fineness, No. of yarn counts, etc.

Table 9:Warp breakage rate for Sort 31645 (60Ne).

Sort 191304 (100 Ne) (Table 10):

Table 10:Warp breakage rate for Sort 191304 (100Ne).

A. Observation

1) At drum pressure at 300 and breakages rate is minimum 350 thus it is better to run at lower drum pressure for minimum end breakage rate

2) When the amount of tension increases on the cotton yarns the breakage rate increases because of the increase in the beam drum pressure

3) Thus, lower the beam drum pressure, lower will be the breakage rate of cotton yarns which increase the production rate and will increase the warping process for the next stage.

In this study it is observed that the speed and beam pressure both effects on the end breakage rate at warping. The increase in speed increases ends, breakage rate, for courser count rise in speed increases rapidly as compared with medium count. This is due to breakages of weak places and splices in the yarn. In case of finer count increase in speed shows increment in the end breakage rate with linear relationship. In warping drum pressure is applied to prepare compact and cylindrical warp beam. This pressure needs to be optimized as it is observed that beam pressure effects on the end breakage rate of the warping. The increase in beam pressure increases hardness of the beam consequently tension in the warp yarn. This rise in the tension causes end breakages. It is observed that an increase in the beam pressure for courser count increases end breakages with small extent, further increase in the beam pressure increases the end breakage rate significantly. In the finer count increase in beam pressure increases end breakage rate with small rate.

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