This book details the mechanics of textile machines and covers the fundamental concepts and advanced applications of their control systems. It presents conceptual information, discusses practical equipment, and analyses the machines used in various stages of the spinning process.
This book details the mechanics of textile machines and covers the fundamental concepts and advanced applications of their control systems. It presents conceptual information, discusses practical equipment, and analyses the machines used in various stages of the spinning process.
Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan)
1. Basic concepts units and standards
2. Instrumentation
3. Measuring devices in textile mills
4. Instrumentation in textile testing equipments
5. Control systems in ginning
6. Control systems in blow room line
7. Foreign fibre detection in blow room
8. Monitoring system in carding machines
9. Control system in draw frames
10. Monitoring in combers
11. Monitoring in speed frames
12. Monitoring systems in ring frames
13. Online monitoring system in automatic cone winders
14. Sensors in rotor spinning
15. Sensors and their application in spinning machines
16. Electronic controls in weaving preparatory and weaving machines
17. Advancements in on-line monitoring and control of parameters in knitting
and sewing processes
18. Online control in wet processing
19. Pneumatic and hydraulic control valves
G. Nagarajan is Assistant Professor in Textile Engineering Department at Aksum University Axum, Ethiopia. He has worked in the spinning division of the South India Textile Research Organization (SITRA) and has also been associated with production, maintenance, and quality assurance departments of various spinning mills in North India and Bangladesh.
G. Ramakrishnan is professor at the Department of Fashion Technology at Kumaraguru College of Technology, India. His experience exceeds 30 years and he has carried out several projects with various textile/apparel industries.
