College Of Engineering And Technology

Department Of Textile Engineering

Course Title Yarn Manufacturing II
Group 3 Assignment
Title building mechanism of roving
Students name ID NO
1 YOHANNES TEMESGEN 859/11
2 DEBELA KEBEDE 241/11
3 ABEYA BIRATU 047/11
SBMITTED TO MR. FEKADE D.
4 DIREBE TASEW 275/11 SBMISSION DATE 17/07/2013
5 FERIDA ABDULHAKIM 341/11
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 COURSE OUT LINE

• Definition of roving frame

• Tasks/objectives of roving frame
• Operating sequence of roving frame
• Winding principles of bobbin
• Roving builder motion
 Roving Frame
A Roving is a continuous fibrous strand drafted from a sliver and
given cohesion by inserting a small amount of twist.
 It is drafted and twisted to be spun into a yarn
 Tasks/Objectives of Roving
The roving frame performs three tasks

 Attenuation : drafting the sliver in to roving.

 Twisting: since the resulting fine strand has scarcely any coherence,
protective

twist must be inserted in order to hold fibers together.

 Winding: winding the roving into a package that can be transported,

stored and donned on the ring.
Operating Sequence of Roving Frame
Operating Sequence of Roving Frame
Draw frame sliver can .1
Driven transport rollers ,2
Drafting zone (3), drafts 5 to 20 fold
 flyer (6), inserts twist, 25-70 tpm
 Twisted but unsupported rove strand (5)
 Spindle (7)
 Bobbin (8)
 Bobbin rail (9)
 lever (10)
Cont..
Draw frame sliver is presented to the roving frame in large cans (1).
Driven transport rollers (2) draw the slivers from the cans and forward them to
drafting arrangement (3).
 The drafting arrangement attenuates the slivers with a draft of b/n 5 and 20.
 The strand delivered is too thin to hold itself together.
A protective twist is inserted , usually in the range of 25 – 70 turns per meter. The
turns are created by rotating flyer (6) and are transmitted into the unsupported
length of roving (5).
The flyer itself forms part of driven spindle (7) and is rotated with the spindle.
 Cont…
The roving runs through the flyer top and the hollow flyer leg to the
wind-up point, and is wound 2 – 3 times around the presser arm
before reaching bobbin (8).
 Cont…
 To enable winding to be performed, the bobbin is driven at a higher
peripheral speed than the flyer so that the roving is drawn off the flyer
leg.
 The coils must be arranged very closely and parallel to one another so
that as much material as possible is taken up in the package. For this
purpose, bobbin rail (9) with packages on it must move up and down
continuously.
This can be effected, for example, by continual raising and lowering
of lever (10), on which the bobbin rail is mounted.
 Winding Principles of bobbin
 Winding : is the process of transferring roving from flyer to
roving bobbin to facilitate subsequent processing.
 A roving bobbin is a cylindrical body with tapered ends.
 To form the tapered ends, height of the lift must be reduced.
The angle of taper ends normally lies between 80º and 95º.
 Large angle : to wound more roving onto the package.
 Small angle : to ensure that the layers do not slide apart or to
prevent [Slough-off].
 Cont…

 To wind over the whole length of the bobbin, the winding point must be continually shifted.

 This is achieved by:

 Raising and lowering the flyer (Not usual) or

 Up and down movement of the bobbin rail by means of racks or lever.

Since, The 1st winding layer is formed on the bare bobbin, its diameter & hence its
circumference are both small.

The 2nd layer of wraps lies up on the 1 st , i.e. The circumference of the wraps is already larger.

Bobbin speed must also be continuously reduced with increasing bobbin diameter
 Cont…
 During winding of the roving bobbin, the flyer rotation rate is normally held
constant.
 Winding is effected only when:
 difference between the speeds of the flyer & bobbin is equal to the delivery
speed. In addition,
 Reversing drive must be provided so that, bobbin rail is alternately raised and
lowered.
Two principles can be used, in order to perform winding of roving on to bobbin:
 Bobbin must rotate faster than the flyer [Leading Bobbin] or
 Flyer faster than the bobbin [Leading Spindle]. This is not usual.
Roving Builder Motion
Builder motion performs three tasks during winding of bobbin:
1) Shifts the cone belt corresponding to an increase in the bobbin
diameter.
2) Reverses the direction of movement of the bobbin rail at the upper &
lower ends of the lift stroke, and
3) Shortens the lift after each layer to form tapered ends on the bobbins
 Cont…
• Bobbin rail
A) Lifter motion:
In the package, each turn must be laid next to its neighbors.
 So the lay-on point must continually be moved, by raising &lowering the
bobbins supported on a movable rail.
Not by raising and lowering the flyers.
 because the unsupported roving length, withdrawal angle and
approaching angle will vary.
 Raising and lowering can be carried out by :
 Racks attached to the rail.
 Lever mounted on the rail.
The lift speed must be reduced by a small amount after each completed
layer.
Cont…
 Cont…
B. Reversal of the Bobbin Rail Movement:
 Reversing drive must be provided. so that, the bobbin rail is alternately raised and lowered.
 Reversal of the rail movement originates from the reversing gear (1/2/3).
 Electrically operated valve pressurizes the left- and right-hand chambers of double-acting
cylinder [9] alternately.
 Thus left-hand clutch (1) and right hand clutch (2) are operated successively.
 So that pinion (3) engages with either gear wheel 1 or gear wheel 2.
 The rotation itself comes from the shaft 10, on which gear wheels1 and 2 are mounted,
always rotating in the same direction.
 Operation of clutch (1) or (2) causes left- or right-hand rotation of pinion 3 and shaft 4,
accordingly.
 The bobbin rail is correspondingly raised or lowered via bevel gear 5, pinion 6, sprocket 7
and lifting chain 8.
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1/2/3 – reversing gears

4 – shaft
5 – worm gear
6 – pinion
7 – sprocket
8 – lifting chain
9 – cylinder
10 – drive shaft
 Cont..
C . Shortening the lift:
• Rods 5 and 6 (a) are inclined.
• The inclination is adjustable & corresponds exactly to the taper of the
bobbin ends (angle 𝛼).
• During winding of a package, the ratchet is rotated at every change-over,
and the micro-swit ch (4) is also gradually shifted further to the right on a
slide. 1- Bobbin rail frame 2 – bobbin rail 3/7 – bracket 5/6 – rods 4 –
micro switch The assembly for building conical ends on the bobbins
• Therefore, the rods engage the micro-switch steadily earlier in the lift
stroke, reversal occurs correspondingly earlier.
• This results in a continuous reduction in the lift of the rail.
• The bobbins are thus built with a taper.
Electronic Drive System [Electronic Roving Builder Motion

In order to simplify the drive system of the

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roving frame individual servomotors are used.

 Spindles and flyers are driven directly by
individual servomotors.
The control system ensures synchronized
running throughout package buildup.
 Controlled machine stop is assured in the event
of power failure.
 Now a days, the servomotor driving system is
used in order to build the roving bobbin.