AUTOCONER X5 REWINDING TECHNOLOGY.

WIND AND WIN!

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Wind and win!

More flexibility
Each Autoconer X5 rewinding machine
contains the experience and expertise
gathered by Schlafhorst.
We know the important factors in todays
business and have integrated them in each
Autoconer X5: quality, automation, flexibility,
productivity and reliability.
The Autoconer X5 rewinding machine range
offers the right machine for every requirement,
e.g. simple machines, conveniently automated
machines, machines with drum winding or
PreciFX and with all modules of the successful
FX series. Of course, this includes advice,
know-how and service that only Schlafhorst
offers.
Do great business with the Autoconer X5!

More quality
More production
Less downtime
Fewer personnel
Fewer raw materials
Less energy
Less space costs

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Quality that pays off ...................................4

Dye packages:
quality dyeing for numerous applications ............................. 6
Hard packages:
productivity advantages for downstream processing .......... 7

Intelligent control and

automation ................................................. 8
Type S, Type E ....................................................................... 10
Type K, Type RC .................................................................... 11

Technical details .......................................12

Autoconer X5 machine concept .......................................... 12

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Quality that pays off

ff FX technologies for perfect drum winding

ff PreciFX: individual, flexible package design
ff Reproducible package quality at the touch of a button
ff Dye packages: perfect build for great dyeing results
ff Hard packages: unwinding reliability and efficiency in

knitting, warping and weaving

ff Spliced joints indistinguishable from the parent yarn

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Better processes thanks to better packages

Made-to-measure packages

Essential Autoconer
quality factors

Slim down your processes, increase your efficiency

Reproducible package quality

The Autoconer X5 rewinding technology makes it easy for you to

comply with all conceivable requirements for ideal quality packages.
Better adaptation to the subsequent process means more reliable
and more economical downstream processing and cuts down on
the number of process steps. In short quality that pays off.

All lot data, machine parameters and winding

parameters for up to 30 lots are stored in the
Informator and can be transferred via USB stick.
Your benefits: immediate access, quick set-up,
quality-assured production.

Your quality edge: Autoconer X5 drum winding with

FX technologies

Efficient automatic yarn clearing

Autoconer X5 drum winding has established itself worldwide as the

quality standard for hard and dye packages. With the unsurpassed
technology modules of the FX series for yarn tension control, antipatterning, flank accuracy and precision length measuring, top
quality winding results can be achieved even with random winding
of the Autoconer X5 drum winding.

Increased freedom with PreciFX: individual package

design

Thanks to software-controlled yarn displacement, PreciFX offers

even more options to accurately adjust package format, package
structure and package design to the requirements of downstream
processing in a completely individual and flexible way, without compromise.

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Imperfections in the yarn are reliably identified and

cleared. You can set the clearing level as required
so as to avoid unnecessary yarn waste.
(Not available for type S)

Flexible Schlafhorst splicing and knotting

technology

In case of clearer cut, yarn break or feed change,

the yarn ends are automatically firmly connected
with a spliced or knotted joint. This greatly reduces personnel input and ensures reproducible quality, indistinguishable from the parent yarn. With the
modular splicer concept and rapid central settings
you remain flexible. (Not available for type S)

Dye packages with individual design

Reproducible quality

Maximum process optimisation

with PreciFX

Dye packages with absolutely homogenous package build for

outstanding dyeing results

Individual package design for shorter and more efficient dyeing processes

The sought-after quality standard for dye

shops

For decades the Autoconer with drum winding

has been the synonym for quality dye packages
with random winding that comply with the high
requirements placed on an efficient dyeing process. With Autoconer winding technology you can
create dye packages with continuously reproducible quality characteristics.

PreciFX gives process optimisation at the

touch of a button

Each process and each dyeing installation is individual. With PreciFX you can produce your dye
packages precisely for the requirements of your
process chain, absolutely pattern-free in terms
of build and structure. Thanks to the more flexible
combination of winding parameters, you benefit
from increased productivity.

Soft flanks for absolutely uniform dyeing

PreciFX eliminates the exact, very restricted package flank. You can
vary the softness of the edge areas with software-controlled yarn laying.
This ensures a uniform flow of the dye bath.

Round flanks eliminate a process step

PreciFX allows you to directly wind dye packages with round flanks.
The mechanical edging that is otherwise frequently required can be
eliminated and the excellent package structure is maintained.

Constant density with precision and step-precision winding

With precision and step-precision winding, you configure a very uniform hole structure during package build simply by selecting the
angle of displacement, the yarn distance, and the winding ratio.

Central setting of precise cradle contact pressure

The central setting of the cradle contact pressure ensures maximum
precision of package density from package to package, exactly reproducible at all times.

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Added value for knitting, warping and weaving

Economical package formats

Precise waxing

Large format package with high package density

Material: CO / Elastane, Ne 8, weight 5 kg

Individual package design for optimised unwinding behaviour

Efficiency and cost-effectiveness in warping and weaving

Autoconer X5 sought-after knitting packages

With FX technology modules from Schlafhorst you can create processoptimised, high-quality hard packages that offer convincing unwinding
reliability when subject to high take-up speeds and constant powerful load changes. The optical precision length measuring system
Ecopack FX helps you to reduce length deviations to less than 1 %.
The excellent spliced joints, virtually indistinguishable from the parent
yarn, are another important benefit of the Autoconer X5 packages
for warping and weaving.

With the Autoconer X5 you can produce efficient

quality packages for knitting applications:
Tapered package format
Uniform waxing of yarns
Relatively large package format
Uniformly wound lengths on packages

Increased productivity with PreciFX

With individual control of package density, package diameter and
package format, you increase the productivity in warping and
weaving operations, e.g. to achieve a particularly high package
volume when using large biconical packages or tapered packages
that are filled with additional yarn on the side of the smaller diameter.
The selectable configuration of the flank areas reduces the yarn load
at the reversal points. Dreaded yarn and edge breaks in downstream
processing occur much less frequently.

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For tapered package formats 420 or 557, the

Autoconer X5 offers special winding drums with
asymmetric groove geometry. With PreciFX you
can easily adjust this on the Informator with-out
having to change the hardware.
Autotense FX allows precise, material-specific waxing. This reduces yarn breaks caused by excessive
load on the yarn and increases efficiency during
knitting.

Intelligent control and automation

ff Individual selection of level of automation for feed,

yarn clearing, splicer and X-Change package doffer

ff Simple operation at interactive Informator

ff Plug & Wind for fast maintenance and conversion

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Cost-effective processes,
individual function configuration
Individual automation level

Individually selecting and combining automation level for

package feed
Choose the right level of automation for your task from type S
(manual) to type K (ergonomically automated). Types E, K and
RC can be combined in sections in a machine.

X-Change doffer, the all-rounder

The X-Change package doffer minimises or even eliminates manual
interventions during package doffing. It offers maximum doffing capacity and flexibility as well as a variety of clever automated functional
sequences. The X-Change doffer automatically processes different
package formats with no mechanical changeover.

Plug & Wind: flexible, future-oriented technology

With single drives, Plug & Wind technology and a CAN Bus concept
with virtually unlimited capacity, the Autoconer X5 offers all options
for successful textile business. Because todays niche application
can be a standard solution tomorrow. You will be able to expand
the Autoconer X5 to your requirements quickly and economically in
future too.

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Maximum efficiency

Lightning-fast conversion, rapid maintenance

Short conversion times and optimal ease of maintenance pay off every day. Component handling
with the Plug & Wind technology could hardly be
easier.
Central settings, for instance for contact pressure
(optional), splicer, tensioner and yarn tension, reduce set-up time tremendously and minimise error sources.

Interactive operator prompting at the

Informator, easy data transfer

The touchscreen of the Informator guides the user

step-by-step through the configuration process, in
several selectable languages. The clearly laid out interface with images, symbols and input screens is
easy to understand. The Informator can be locked
and thus protected against unauthorised changes.
Data and parameter storage on a USB stick makes
it possible to import the lot data again at a later
point or to simply transfer it to other machines.

Wind and win!

Autoconer X5 rewinding machines the right equipment for
every requirement
Type S
Single creeling
Manual package feed with
single creeling
Rewinding without yarn clearing
PreciFX displacement technology
No automation

Drum

PreciFX (Plus)

PreciFX (Expert)
Clearer

Splicer

Package doffer

Package feed

manual, simple

Feed package: Diameter

280 mm

Feed package: Traverse

3 10

Type E
Single creeling
Manual package feed with
single creeling
Rewinding with yarn clearing
and automatic yarn joining
Drum or PreciFX displacement
technology

Drum

PreciFX

Clearer

Splicer

Package doffer

Package feed

manual, simple

Feed package: Diameter

300 mm

Feed package: Traverse

3 10
Included in scope of supply

10

Option

Module not available

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Type K
Comfort creeling
Comfortable manual feed of reserve package
in ergonomically optimal position
Automatic change of feed packages with
change mechanism
Rewinding with yarn clearing and automatic
yarn joining
Drum or PreciFX displacement technology

Drum

PreciFX

Clearer

Splicer

Package doffer

Package feed

manual, convenient

Feed package: Diameter

240 mm

Feed package: Traverse

3 6

Type RC
Residual magazine
Manual feed of residual packages into
large-capacity magazine
Magazine for 6 or 12 package residues
Rewinding of residual packages
Rewinding with yarn clearing and
automatic yarn joining
Drum or PreciFX displacement technology

Drum

PreciFX

Clearer
Splicer

Package doffer

Package feed

Circular magazine

Feed package: Diameter

115 mm (magazine, 12 pockets)

190 mm (magazine, 6 pockets)
3 6

Feed package: Traverse

Included in scope of supply

Option

Module not available

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Autoconer X5 rewinding machine technical details

Machine concept
Rewinding machines of
single spindle type, singlesided longitudinal design.
Available as right-hand
and left-hand machines.
Spindle gauge
320 mm from winding
unit to winding unit
(type E, K, S)
640 mm from winding
unit to winding unit
(type RC)
Materials processed
Single and plied yarns
of natural and manmade
staple fibres. A winding
test may be required in
some cases.
Yarn count ranges
333 tex to 5.9 tex
(Nm 3 to Nm 170;
Ne 2 to Ne 100)
Winding test required
for coarser or finer
yarns.

Package formats
83 mm (3) traverse,
cylindrical to 420
108 mm (4) traverse,
cylindrical to 420
125 mm (5) traverse,
cylindrical to 420
150 mm (6) traverse,
cylindrical to 557,
optionally with increasing taper to 11.

Winding speed
Infinitely adjustable from
300 to 2,000 m/min, depending on yarn type, feed
package and machine
specification.

Package diameter
Max. 320 mm, from
cylindrical to 557
tubes.
Max. 300 mm, for 557
tubes with additional
taper to 11.
Emergency stop at
326 mm.

Installed power
Depending on number
of winding units and
equipment.

Package tubes
Cylindrical and tapered,
according to DIN standards, depending on
machine type.

Acoustic emissions
Acoustic emission data
satisfy the international
standard EN ISO9002-4.

Networks
Power and compressed
air are supplied from customers networks and fed
to the machine from above
or from below, into the control cabinet.

Vacuum
(not for type S)
Vacuum generated on each
Autoconer by the suction
system for: suction tube,
gripper arm, yarn trap, magazine valve and travelling
cleaner disposal.
Discharge of the heated
exhaust air from the
Autoconer upwards or
downwards:
into the open air
into an air conditioning
system
Control cabinet
Contains power supply,
main switch, operating
hour meter and the
switchgear for the entire
Autoconer.
Contains connection to
customers compressed
air system, water separator, pressure monitor
for monitoring the inlet
pressure, solenoid valve
for switching off functions

operated using compressed

air if the pressure drops below 6.5 bar, and pressure
regulator.
Information systems
Lockable Informator with
touchscreen, central setting
options and USB interface
for data storage and transfer
Interface to external computer systems
Clearer integration and
extended central setting
options for types E, K,
RC and others for:
Splicer feeder
Splicer tube

Feed equipment options

Performance characteristic

Type E

Type K

Type RC

Type S

Feed package

Packages

Packages

Package
residues

Packages

Feed package: Diameter

300 mm

240 mm

115 mm
(magazine, 12 pockets)

280 mm

190 mm
(magazine, 6 pockets)
Feed package: Traverse

3 10

3 6

3 6

3 10

Creeling

Manually,
single creeling

Manually,
convenient with
reserve package

Manually, into
circular magazine
(6 or 12 pockets)

Manually,
single creeling

Feed change

Manually

Change
mechanism

Change
mechanism

Manually

Maximum number of spindles

per section
Sectional combination

10

10

10

With RM, K, RC

With RM, E, RC

With RM, E, K

No

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Winding unit equipment options

Type E

Type K

Type RC

Type S

Yarn guide drum with direct drive for winding speeds of

300 to 2,000 m/min

Cradle compensation

Package brake and lift-off after yarn break or package idling

Self-optimising smooth start-up

Electronic length measurement and package diameter computation

Quality Cut power failure circuit

Electronically controlled anti-patterning system

Quality Guard sensor

Additional taper

Lateral displacement dye packages (not necessary with PreciFX)

Waxing incl. wax roll monitoring

Upper yarn sensor

Yarn trap

Electromagnetic yarn tensioner, central setting

Lower yarn sensor

Adjustable pre-cleaner

1:1 winding, peeling

Cut-clamp device

Autotense FX yarn tension control system

Propack FX incl. Variopack FX (not necessary with PreciFX)

Ecopack FX precision length measuring system

PreciFX Plus

PreciFX Expert

Flexsplicer

Injection splicer

Thermosplicer

Elastosplicer

Standard clearer (not a Schlafhorst component)

Higher-quality clearer (not a Schlafhorst component)

Winding unit, winding unit control system, units in the yarn path

FX series

Automatic yarn joining

Automatic electronic yarn clearing

Included in scope of supply

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Option

Module not available

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Machine equipment options

Type E

Type K

Type RC

Type S

Multi-jet per winding unit

Autoconer standard travelling cleaner

Joint collecting chamber for yarn waste and dust

Separate chambers for yarn waste and dust

X-Change package doffer

Deposit tray for full packages

Package conveyor belt

Interface to package removal

Informator with graphic user interface via touchscreen and USB interface

Informator interface for connection to computer system

Supply with power and compressed air

Suction system with vacuum control (AVC)

PreciFX
Plus

PreciFX
Expert

Precise random winding

Step-precision winding

Precision winding

Main number of groove turns (analogous to drum)

Intermediate number of groove turns

Expansion of groove turn range

Package format cylindrical

Package format tapered to 557

Traverse 6

Traverse 3 5

Central contact pressure setting

Traverse variation over the diameter

Filling function

Cleaning the machine

Package doffing and removal

Information systems

Power unit

PreciFX Plus and Expert options

Performance characteristics

Included in scope of supply

Schlafhorsts quality management system complies

with the requirements of EN ISO 9001.
About this brochure: Research and development never
stand still. This may mean that some statements about
the Autoconer rewinding machine have been rendered
obsolete by technical progress. The illustrations have
been selected for information purposes only. They may
show special equipment which is not included in the
standard scope of supply.

Option

Module not available

Pictures
Title:
ZKS Zwickauer Kammgarn GmbH
Warping mill:
KARL MAYER Textilmaschinen AG
Dye shop:
Thies GmbH & Co. KG, Obem S.p.A.
Dyeing and Steaming machinery
Knitting mill:
Mayer & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG

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2589

1992

2589

1992

WW

Autoconer X5, type S

2935

2935
2735

1931

2735

1931

Autoconer X5, type RC

2935

2935
2735

1931

2735

1931

Autoconer X5, type E

2735
2735
2935
2935

1931
1931

WW

Autoconer X5, type K

Dimensions
Machine dimensions, type S
Winding
10
units
W-dimension 5,563
(mm)

Machine dimensions, type RC

20

30

40

50

60

8,873

12,183

15,493

18,803

22,113

Winding
units
W-dimension
(mm)

10

15

20

25

30

6,317

9,627

12,937

16,247

19,557

22,867

Machine dimensions, type E + type K

Winding
units
W-dimension
(mm)

10

20

30

40

50

60

6,317

9,627

12,937

16,247

19,557

22,867

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