BALLOON TENSION

The yarn tension in the balloon (FB ) is the INDEX

tension which finally penetrates almost to
Technology of Short-staple Spinning
the spinning triangle and which is
responsible for most of the thread breaks in General - Technology of Short-staple Spinning
practice. It is reduced to a very small degree Raw Material as a Factor Influencing Spinning
by the diversion of the yarn at the thread
Opening
guide. An equilibrium of forces must be
obtained between yarn tension FF and Cleaning
balloon tension FB. Since the yarn is Blending
diverted at the traveler and friction arises Reducing the Unevenness of Yarn Mass
there, this equilibrium is given [20] by: Attenuation (draft)
Yarn Formation
Handling Material
where e is the base of natural logarithms Carriers for material
(2.718), μ is the coefficient of friction
Laying down in cans
between the yarn and traveler, and ξ is the
angle of wrap of the yarn on the traveler. Winding by rolling and lap forming

The value of eμξ generally lies between 1.2 Winding on flyer bobbins
and 1.8. The balloon tension FB is therefore Winding of cops
a little more than half the winding tension Build of cops
(FF).
The winding process
Force and tension relationships during winding
Yarn tension FV (Fig. 99) at the point of
by using travelers
maximum diameter in the balloon can be
Preliminary remarks
derived approximately from the following
formula given by Professor Krause: Conditions at the traveler in the plane of
the ring
Changes in the force conditions
Conditions at the traveler in the plane
where ωL is the angular velocity of the through the spindle axis
traveler, H is the height of the balloon, σ is Changes in the conditions
the specific mass of the yarn, i.e.
Conditions at the traveler in the tangential
(yarn mass/yarn length)≈tex, and k is a
plane
constant. Thus, for a given yarn count, the
yarn tension in the balloon is strongly Balloon tension
dependent upon the traveler speed and the Effects on the traveler
height of the balloon. High traveler speeds, Quality Assurance
and greater balloon heights, lead to very
high yarn tensions in the balloon. References
 Fig. 99 – The balloon tension

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