BTSR to Launch Latest Yarn Feeding Technology
Based on BTSR’s proprietary Full Digital Core & Motor technology, the Ultrafeeder was first unveiled at ITMA Munich in 2007 and was designed to meet the demanding ‘constant tension’ yarn feeding requirements on a wide range of machines including sock/stocking, seamless, large diameter circular and flat knitting machines.
Using the latest digital technology, featuring a dual control on yarn feeding and yarn running speed, the Ultrafeeder offered high performance acceleration/deceleration dynamics, a high resolution measurement capability (0.1 mm) of the fed yarn and the ability to regulate energy consumption. This high performance yarn tension management system became an industry standard, considerably improving production efficiency, providing extra-cost savings (yarn consumption) and improving the product quality of companies operating throughout the knitting and hosiery supply chain.
Now, the Ultrafeeder 2 has been developed by BTSR to provide its customers with an even more advanced yarn feeding solution.
Ultrafeeder 2 offers a new ergonomic design and is made from more advanced materials, most notably aluminum, magnesium and carbon fibre to which has optimized space around the wheel to make it easier for yarn threading and also increased the robustness and lightness of the device.
It also includes a new processor which improves the input yarn tension feeding control and offers an improved performance during the feeding of yarns with high absorption discontinuity. Overall, the new processer has increased the response time of the Ultrafeeder 2 by ten times and has higher acceleration dynamics control.
Further benefits of the latest version include a new display position on top of the wheel which simplifies the process for the operator, a new high resolution load cell sensor for improved accuracy, and both clockwise and anticlockwise rotation so the yarn can be fed from either side.
The Ultrafeeder 2 also encompasses a new, BTSR-patented Quality Index system which means that feeding/process yarn quality issues or other anomalies can be monitored in real time.
