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Loepfe Brothers Ltd.
Kastellstrasse 10
P. O. Box 582
CH-8623 Wetzikon/Switzerland

Phone 

+41 43 488 11 11

Fax 

+41 43 488 11 00

E-Mail [email protected]
Internet www.loepfe.com

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 2010 Loepfe Brothers Ltd., Switzerland

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Summary of Contents for YarnMaster Zenit

Page 1: ...YARNMASTER ZENIT Instruction Manual LZE 044843 003en...

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Page 3: ...l further company and product names are trading names or registered trademarks of the relative companies The content of this Operating Instruction is protected by copy right All rights reserved No par...

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Page 5: ...Synthetic Foreign Matter P 15 Variable CV Channel VCV 15 Imperfections 16 Surface Index SFI 16 YarnMaster Zenit 17 Functional Range 17 Operating 18 Central Unit 18 User Interface 19 Defining the Clear...

Page 6: ...Variable CV Option 59 Surface Index SFI Option 59 Imperfections IPI Option 60 Class Data 61 Class Clearing Data 61 F Clearing Data 62 Splice Classification Data 62 Chart 63 Shift Calendar 64 Diagnosi...

Page 7: ...structions given Indicates warnings which if not properly observed could harm your health impair the functioning of the equipment or the security of your data Note The screen representations in this m...

Page 8: ...rom the mains voltage Failure to comply with this warning can result in death or severe injuries Before opening modifying or completing the equipment dis connect the mains plug from the grounded power...

Page 9: ...m possible number of yarn faults which could be removed and the least acceptable production loss This compromise results in a distinction between Objectionable yarn faults namely those which are toler...

Page 10: ...length adjustable between 1 50 m Foreign Matter F Foreign matter with a color that is different from the base color of the yarn Bright foreign matter in the dyed yarn Dark foreign matter in the raw w...

Page 11: ...nd to count them This takes into account another extremely important point of view namely the frequency of similar faults see figure 1 Frequency distribution of yarn faults in the coordinate grid The...

Page 12: ...graphically on the plane of coordinates as a line which separates the acceptable faults below from the unacceptable ones above This line repre sents the theo re tically desirable base curve RG A conca...

Page 13: ...ds LL 40 Limit for long fault length D 20 Limit of the diameter decrease for thin places L 60 Limit for thin place length All diameter limits refer to the reference yarn diameter base Clearing Accordi...

Page 14: ...to the largest cross dimension of the yarn fault Therefore the yarn fault is assigned to the long fault class Depending on the yarn and the selected setting it is therefore possible that at simultane...

Page 15: ...can be de tected As opposed to laboratory practice where check lengths of 400 or 1000 m are normally used for CV determination the check length of the VCV can be varied continuously between 1 and 50 m...

Page 16: ...ut also con clusions can be drawn concerning the quality of the used fibre material 20 70 cm 0 5 1 2 4 8 cm D 5 00 D 3 20 D 2 30 D 1 81 D 1 28 D 0 89 D 0 75 D 1 11 Surface Index SFI The monitoring and...

Page 17: ...on Imperfections IPI Surface Index SFI Off Standard Bobbin Detection SFI D Variable CV Channel VCV Quality Pack Channel Clearing N Neps S Short Faults L Long Faults T Thin Places Yarn Count Channel Sh...

Page 18: ...non metallic object Do not use a pointed metallic object as this could damage the monitor surface Cleaning The monitor surface is made of plastic material Clean the monitor with a soft cloth Heavy soi...

Page 19: ...and the class settings can be changed Curves In the class window the channel and the cluster or the splice curve can be shown or hidden 3 Input Fields Display Fields The clearer settings and clearer d...

Page 20: ...ct a clearer group to perform an adjustment Select a clearer group or an individual spindle to view the clearer settings classification data or production data 4 Edit Field Info Menu navigation Furthe...

Page 21: ...to group or style is displayed in the Edit field under Info The changes must now be assigned to the respective group or style Defining the Class Settings By tapping the Class Settings window the windo...

Page 22: ...group or style is shown again on the Group button No The changed clearer settings are retained They now have to be assigned to a group or an style Assigning the Settings Tap the Assign button The mess...

Page 23: ...ity for possible damage to the system loss of data etc that could be caused by viruses Insert the USB stick in the front panel Wait until the Print button becomes active Tap the Print button and confi...

Page 24: ...ng heads are replaced on a machine a manual Spindle Adjust has to be carried out on these spindles See Diagnosis menu Putting into Operation Lot Change When putting the system into operation and for e...

Page 25: ...ck initiate a cut at the selected pilot spindles and allow it to wind on again In the Yarn Struc ture menu observe the Act DiaDiff value it should vary between and The size of the difference depends o...

Page 26: ...tem Zenit Spectra Hardware Installed central unit LZE II LZE III Software Installed software version Interface Installed bus Loepfe bus 5 wire bus AWE Installed AWE version IP Adresse 0 1 One each per...

Page 27: ...on the displayed keyboard and confirm with OK The following four password levels exist Display Operator Foreman Service Password Level Display Most of the data and settings can also be viewed and prin...

Page 28: ...Spindles Enter the number of installed spindles for this machine Headstock Input of machine head location Left or right Alarm Display Selection of alarms to be displayed in a message box None No alarm...

Page 29: ...evel 2 recognizes automatically the AWE type and the sensing head type The correct configuration of the section is impor tant as otherwise the functionality of this produc tion group is reduced The fu...

Page 30: ...the working range Enter or change style and or lot names via the alphanu meric keyboard Save the input with the Assign command Define all other groups accordingly To maintain the functionality of all...

Page 31: ...type The complete working range looses the capability to clear synthetic foreign matter P Error message Reduced TK functionality Functionality of whole group reduced To maintain the functionality of a...

Page 32: ...tyle 9 Call up the Basic Settings menu Make the appropriate settings and assign these to Style 9 Call up the Style menu Select Style 9 Enter Titlis under Name via the alphanumeric keyboard and confirm...

Page 33: ...er or change the lot name is displayed After copying a style to a group the Yarn Structure menu is automatically called up An adjustment has to be performed on this group Deleting a style Only the sty...

Page 34: ...repetitions The 7 Segment Display at the sensing head blinks con tinuously The reason for spindle blocking is displayed on the sensing head The spindel is in alarm Reset spindle alarm see page 69 By...

Page 35: ...on data of the current production is stopped at e g 100 km Window Length selectable This would mean for a group of 50 spindles that the first 2 km of every spindle are displayed together With 1000 m m...

Page 36: ...the calculated mean value Non textile changes such as temperature yarn tension humidity etc which in uence the yarn diameter are being compensated Larger deviations from the measured value even over...

Page 37: ...g the first approx 12 km When an Spindle Adjust is performed for a spindle this change of sensitivity also becomes active for approximately 12 km Reduction for a Cone Change At a cone change the limit...

Page 38: ...f cut repetitions The maximum fault length 80 m is suctioned off the cone DFS Threshold F Bright Var F Dark Var This information is to be used exclusively by service techni cians or trained personnel...

Page 39: ...69 On the following systems the machines must also be switched to test mode M 21C Esperoi Espero Nuovo AC238 VJ Excello Test Mode of Murata 21C Equipment Set the VOS key switch to the SET position Sel...

Page 40: ...80 0 75 0 65 0 5 1 1 5 2 3 4 6 8 12 20 32 70 cm 7 8 15 23 16 31 24 39 32 47 40 55 48 63 56 71 64 79 72 87 80 95 88 103 96 111 104 119 112 127 120 0 Number Code Table for D Class 0 7 8 15 23 16 31 39...

Page 41: ...sponding cut alarms Count Difference 5 A yarn diameter deviation of more than 5 is displayed Deviation smaller than 5 Deviation more than 5 Deviation more than 5 Programstate Special System Info A Adj...

Page 42: ...he clearing curve is defined by the settings of the different clearer channels Yarn faults exceed ing this curve are cut Coarse Yarn Limitation For coarse yarns the Adjust process can determine a diam...

Page 43: ...r Coarse and Fine CntLen The reference length in which the average diameter differ ence is determined can be set between 10 and 50 m This allows for optimizing the detection of bobbin misplacements an...

Page 44: ...aults Faults above or on the thin cluster below these curves are included in the cluster On Off The function of the Short Long Thin Cluster channels can be switched on or off If a value is entered for...

Page 45: ...displayed as setting support in Act Faults The set number of faults must be signi cantly higher than the displayed events Act Faults If the number of counted events is 10 higher than the set number o...

Page 46: ...length of 4 km Ref The average SFI D value is indicated Limit Limit When the set limit values 5 to 40 are exceeded i e as soon as the SFI D value differs from the SFI D reference a cut is made or the...

Page 47: ...set limit values are exceeded 5 to 100 i e as soon as the VCV value deviates accordingly from the mean value a cut or a spindle blockage takes place with the respective extraction length 1 to 50 m Len...

Page 48: ...cm It can be set in the range 0 120 cm as required See Configuration menu The splice check can be switched on and off in the Base Set tings menu UpY Static Upper Yarn Detection In order to reliably de...

Page 49: ...tion Yes No Production is manually stopped with Yes MillMaster receives a message and data acquisition is stopped for this lot pro duction group Stopped Start Current status of the lot Stopped The dat...

Page 50: ...2 LS 1 6 DL 1 30 LL 12 D OFF L 70 CheckLen Splice 25cm Very sensitive setting N OFF DS 2 2 LS 1 3 DL 1 25 LL 12 D 20 L 70 CheckLen Splice 25cm SFI D Insensitive setting Limit 30 Sensitive setting Limi...

Page 51: ...this curve are cut while faults outside the curve remain in the yarn During clearing according to classes specific faults can also be cut outside the clearing curve select the desired fields Note Cla...

Page 52: ...class settings are tightened to the next class below the coarse yarn boundary line if required and if already switched on Class Settings Figure 1 and 2 If the yarn cannot be cleared in this manner th...

Page 53: ...detection requires the use of the sensing heads TK YM ZENIT F or TK YM ZENIT FP The display mode Dark or Dark Bright can be selected in the Base Settings menu Dark Bright Dark F Class Settings To spe...

Page 54: ...adjustment F Cluster Settings With the Foreign Matter Cluster settings fault clusters can be detected which as single faults are usually not considered disturbing If however the faults are repeated mu...

Page 55: ...determines the sensitivity of P Clearing The setting must be adapted according to type and charac teristics of the yarn to be processed During the splice check the P Sensor is switched to insensitive...

Page 56: ...ount deviation cuts SFI D Cuts Surface index cuts F Cuts Foreign matter cuts P Cuts Synthetic foreign matter cuts PP PE etc Short Cluster Cuts Short fault cluster cuts Long Cluster Cuts Long fault clu...

Page 57: ...ast 1000 km Current Shift Data of the current shift Previous shift Data of the previous shift Cut Declaration Mode The data acquisition mode Last First Cone selected in the Base Settings menu is displ...

Page 58: ...t F Dark Bright Foreign matter cut during splice check F Splice Dark Bright Foreign matter cluster cut F Cluster Dark Bright Foreign matter cut PP PE etc P Short Cluster cut Cluster S Long Cluster cut...

Page 59: ...ccur and if necessary remove the yarn with faults during the winding process Variable CV Option CVd The clearer calculates continuously the VCV values from the yarn pieces with the set check length an...

Page 60: ...ard wires eccentric top rollers bottom roll ers defective aprons rings and ring travelers etc have a sig nificant influences on the Imperfections The recording of the Imperfections must be considered...

Page 61: ...coarse yarn limitation has been activated cuts and classifications above the coarse yarn limitation are added to the respective classes below this line This data can be optionally viewed per spindle o...

Page 62: ...tivity of this class Splice Classification Data The classification data are acquired in a special coarse clas sification raster optimized for splices For the first 0 120 cm in which the splice runs th...

Page 63: ...ta Group Machine With or the representation of an indi vidual group or an overview over the whole machine can be selected Spindle If a single spindle is selected it is marked red in the chart Tapping...

Page 64: ...ord the production and clas sification data of the shift Example Monday Begin 1 06 00 Acquire Begin 2 14 00 Idle Data of shift 1 are recorded Begin 3 22 00 Acquire Data of shift 2 are not recorded Dat...

Page 65: ...of the yarn diameter averaged over all spindles from the basic value adjustment value A continuous deviation of this indication means a yarn count deviation Spindle Adjust When replacing an evaluation...

Page 66: ...bobbin Reset spindle alarm and restart spindle Faulty yarn is automatically removed from the cone max 80 m F Alarm Foreign matter alarm Preselected number of foreign matter startup cuts is exceeded Cl...

Page 67: ...e Zenit clearer system Pilot spindle x D Adjust failed Adjustment was not possible on one of the pilot spindles Select a different pilot spindle and repeat adjustment Replace TK AWE and repeat adjustm...

Page 68: ...id AWE Ma chine Type AWE reports a wrong machine type i e the wrong AWE software was loaded Check AWE software Import correct AWE software Exchange AWE and perform Reset AWE Spindle x No Sensing Head...

Page 69: ...le Push green button EJP438 DTM439 Spindle is lit in red and yellow textile alarms Red light blinks technical alarms Alarm reset Push on red light The bobbin is ejected the fault length is suctioned o...

Page 70: ...splay When the base is set cor rectly the horizontal bar must be in the middle while the yarn is running Bar at the top or bottom indicates yarn di ameter deviations of more than 5 Weekly Sensing Head...

Page 71: ...rictly declines any responsibility for dam age claims resulting from the use of un suitable cleaning substances The substances listed below must be avoided by all means as their use will destroy the o...

Page 72: ...calibration screen opens Calibration points marked with red blinking arrows are shown in the screen Touch the center of all calibration points in the screen successively with a non scratching fine ob...

Page 73: ...YM Zenit Monitor Service Screen window with Exit Previous to the factory reset assure that the switch at the AWE interface is at position AWE ZENIT The Select YM System dialog field opens Select Zeni...

Page 74: ...E Interface 3 LAN 1 RJ45 LAN 10 100 4 USB 1 USB 1 1 USB Port 5 USB Locked May not be used 6 LPT Sub D 7 COM 1 Sub D 8 CRT Sub D 9 COM 2 Sub D 9 pol plug RS 232 for AWE Interface Clearer 10 HDD LED red...

Page 75: ...le during this time Central unit LZE III starts normally when the regular power supply is available again Marking Type Description LAN 0 LAN 1 RJ45 LAN 10 100 1000 USB 0 USB 1 USB 2 0 USB Port LOEPFE...

Page 76: ...ton 7 7 Segment Display AC238 Sensing head without cutting device Cutting device machine sided TK Type Limit Range Coarse Limit Range Fine TK YM ZENIT C Nm 4 0 10 0 Nec 2 4 5 9 Nm 430 540 Nec 255 320...

Page 77: ...r bright Joint Splice S or N Joint Splice L or T Upper Yarn flashing light indicates ALARM CUT TYPE Sensing head YarnMaster ZENIT Cut type 045200 003e Tastkopf alle Sprachen 93x137 indd 1 6 10 2009 10...

Page 78: ...32 V AC 187 550 V AC Max power consumption Typical power consumption 30 Watt depending on the machine type Capacity of winder Up to 80 yarn clearers can be connected depending on the machine type Grou...

Page 79: ...Diameter decrease 35 to 17 Limit for fault length 2 0 cm to 70 0 cm Splice 128 Splice classes for short long and thin faults Foreign matter 64 foreign matter classes each dark and bright Darkness sca...

Page 80: ...Cluster Fault Accumulations Diameter Short Cluster 1 10 to 4 00 Long Cluster 1 04 to 2 00 Thin Cluster 6 to 60 Length Short Cluster 1 0 cm to 10 cm Long Cluster 6 0 cm to 200 cm Thin Cluster 2 0 cm t...

Page 81: ...quent yarn faults according to diameter limit per 1000 m Neps Diameter limit 1 80 Thick Diameter limit 1 30 to 1 80 Thin Diameter limit 0 75 Number per meter Small Positive deviation Diameter limit 1...

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