Formulas and common terms used in Textile Spinning Mills
Posted On January 16, 2023
- Yarn count (C) = Lease (L) x Draft (D) / Spindle speed (RPM)
- Lease (L) = Yarn count (C) x Spindle speed (RPM) / Draft (D)
- Spindle speed (RPM) = Twist (T) x Lease (L) / Yarn count (C)
- Draft (D) = Yarn count (C) x Lease (L) / Spindle speed (RPM)
- Number of twists per inch (TPI) = Twist (T) / Yarn count (C)
- Twist (T) = Yarn count (C) x TPI
These may vary depending on the type of yarn and spinning method used.
Here are some common terms used in textile spinning mills:
- Spindle: A rotating shaft used to hold and spin yarn.
- Bobbin: A cylindrical object onto which yarn is wound.
- Spinning frame: A machine used to spin yarn from fibers.
- Yarn: A continuous strand of fibers, twisted together to make a thread.
- Fiber: A unit of matter that is flexible, has a length at least 100 times its width, and is composed of cellulose or protein.
- Twist: The number of turns per unit length in a yarn.
- Spinning: The process of making yarn from fibers.
- Count: A measure of the fineness or coarseness of yarn, typically measured in the number of hanks per pound.
- Lease: The number of strands of fiber that are combined to make a yarn.
- Draft: The ratio of the weight of the fibers to the weight of the yarn produced.
- TPI: Twist per Inch, the number of turns of twist in one inch of yarn.
- Spinning Ratio: The ratio of the feed roll speed to the delivery roll speed.
- Drafting: The process of stretching and thinning fibers before they are spun into yarn.
- Spinning triangle: A triangular device that guides fibers into a spinning frame.
- Clearer: A device that removes knots, tangles and other impurities from fibers before spinning.
- Comber: A machine that removes short fibers, called noils, from longer fibers before spinning.
- Roving: A semi-finished yarn that is ready to be spun into a final yarn.
Note: These terms may vary depending on the specific spinning process used.