Uster Technologies AG regularly publishes application papers and documents, such as Uster® Yarn Grades and the Uster® Statistics, to help the textile industry worldwide to compare and optimize the yarn quality.
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Uster Technologies AG celebrated another milestone, delivering its 1,000th USTER® Tester 4 to the worldwide market. The unit was sold to Ambica Cotton Mills during India ITME in Mumbai December 7. During a ceremony in Uster’s booth, Geoff Scott (L), CEO of Uster, hands over the trophy to P.V. Chandran, managing director Ambica Cotton Mills. Ambica Cotton Mills has for many years relied on quality controlling with USTER® products. |
The Uster® Yarn Grades help to relate yarn defects as classified by measuring systems to process faults and help the spinner make a decision, if they need to be eliminated or accepted through appropriate settings. The Uster® Yarn Grades also help yarn buyers in specifying the required quality level to the spinner with greater clarity.
It is now well accepted that differences in yarn hairiness is often disturbing in fabrics and influence the fabric hand (feel). The Hairiness index H and variation sh have been the most reliable measurement of hairiness variations in yarns for close to two decades, Uster said.
First introduced with the Uster® Tester 3 in 1987, the hairiness measurement was implemented in on-line systems on the Uster® Quantum clearer in 2002. The on-line Hairiness measurement principle is on the same basis as the Uster® Tester 4.
The Uster® Statistics, last published in 2001, already include benchmarks for the Hairiness index H for knitted and woven fabric.
In addition, a long-awaited request is the Uster® Hairiness Grades. Spinners have often requested that they need to compare and understand hairiness levels for yarns in a simple form. The new Uster® Hairiness Grades help to visualize various levels of the Hairiness index H for cotton combed yarns Ne 20 to Ne 60.
Further releases are planned for carded and compact yarns as well.
The new Uster® Hairiness Grades will help you understand and control hairiness variations better, according to Uster.
RESTON, VA — HunterLab has introduced three software packages for use with its line of color measurement spectrophotometers.
EasyMatch® QC is a new color quality control program that provides unprecedented flexibility to collect, display and analyze data, HunterLab said. EasyMatch QC has seven configurable data views and uses job files to easily store and recall data.
Job files can easily be e-mailed or exported to management software. A secure version is available with definable access privileges, electronic signature and audit log.
The new EasyGroup software is used with EasyMatch QC to perform shade sorting and tapering. It automatically groups samples of similar shade together. It can further minimize color variation by sequencing (tapering) within each group, the company said.
EasyMatch OL is the new on-line color measurement software that provides real-time data from the SpectraProbe XE on-line spectrophotometer. Its networking capability allows users to operate up to four on-line spectrophotometer sensors using one server computer and to use multiple client computers to communicate to the sensors through the server.
CHARLOTTE, NC — Adaptive Control, based here, announced its continued supply of water-soluble bags to the textile industry.
These water soluble bags are supplied in two solubility specifications — cold and hot — and in many sizes. They have been popular for the last several years, said Tony Webber, sales director.
The bags have several significant advantages for the textile industry, Webber added. One of the main uses is to pre-weigh dry products such as powder chemicals and dyes. The bags can be easily referenced by writing directly on the bag. The clear bags use soluble ties to to secure the contents.
The bag is then added to the process and dissolves completely without any chemical effects, according to Webber. This ensures the complete addition of the product, no dust inhalation and no messy clean up, saving energy and time, he pointed out.
There are several major users of these bags. They state that the paybacks and benefits are there and continue to use these bags on a daily basis, according to Webber.
Hosiery and garment dyers make pre-weighed lots of greige goods, too, in the soluble bags. They are simply placed in the bags then in the dyeing machinery, saving time and improvement in productivity, Webber said.
RUTI, SWITZERLAND — Kaihara, a leading denim producer in Japan, has ordered 60 Sulzer Textil projectile weaving machines of the newest generation P7300HP.
The weaving machines will be installed in the new mill located in western Japan to produce high-quality denim fabrics. The P7300HP, which features an increased weft insertion rate, was launched recently during an open house at Sultex’s office here.
