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The yarn classifcation system
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CLASSIMAT 5 –
transorming the industry
The USTER® CLASSIMAT has an impressive pedigree. For spinning mills, quality management started in 1949, one year ater the introduction o the GGP yarn evenness tester. USTER created a numeric value to describe the level o yarn unevenness, the so-called U%, deriving rom the German word ‘Unregelmässigkeit’, which means irregularity. This was ollowed by the frst USTER standards in 1957, which provided classifcation o yarn quality into dierent levels, today reerred to as the USTER® STATISTICS percentile levels. With the introduction in 1960 o the frst automatic yarn clearer, the USTER® SPECTOMATIC , spinners had a means o controlling the quality o yarns in the production process. But spinners were still challenged to fnd a way o using data gathered in the laboratory to optimize the settings o the in-process quality control capabilities o the yarn clearer. The solution came with the launch o the USTER® CLASSIMAT in 1968, which classiied yarn deects into classes – the CLASSIMAT ® values – with associated USTER® STATISTICS produced the ollowing year. The classiication o deects into classes provided the means or spinners to optimize their yarn clearing and the users o yarn to speciy the required quality levels. This unique combination o USTER® STATISTICS quality benchmarks, USTER® yarn data and USTER® CLASSIMAT classiication data transormed the industry. The basic elements or an approach to quality management in spinning mills, which USTER today calls Total Testing, were in place. With these tools, spinning mills have had the capability over past decades to make huge improvements in the levels and consistency o their production quality, as well as optimizing their processes to minimize waste and cost. And o course USTER has made signifcant advances with continued improvements in sensors, technology and application development, supporting the industry in meeting the challenge o ever-increasing demands or improved quality. To help spinners in achieving excellence, to ‘Think Quality’.
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Today, we are proud to oer the new generation o USTER® CLASSIMAT to the textile industry. This latest generation brings quality assurance to a new level, introducing an unrivaled range o new eatures and capabilities that makes it an indispensable precision tool or both producers and users o yarns. The approach o Total Testing to achieve consistent quality becomes more tangible than ever beore. Welcome to the USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 .
Quality classifcation – the ull picture
Top technology or ultimate accuracy and ease o use
Parameters measured by the USTER® CLASSIMAT have played a vital role in spinning mills and yarn trading worldwide since the instrument was irst developed more than 40 years ago. The classiication o yarn deects according to their size and length into 23 standard classes is used extensively to certiy yarn quality, to help control spinning processes and to optimize yarn clearing at the winding stage. In the meantime, quality demands have increased enormously. A class o deects regarded as
USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 oers the most technically-advanced sensors and superior hardware to detect and eventually classiy all types o deects. The unique USTER® sensor range has all the options covered: – The new capacitive sensor identiies both short and ine neps, as well as troublesome thick and thin places that previously could not be detected until showing up in the inal abric. – The latest oreign fber sensor, using multiple light sources to locate and classiy contamination in yarns, even separating colored fbers and vegetable matter in cottons and blends, to distinguish potentially non-disturbing materials rom real deects. – A novel sensor combination, enabling polypropylene content to be detected and classiied or the irst time.
tolerable in the past is no longer acceptable today, because basic yarn quality has improved signifcantly over the years. Fault classiication based on the well-proven analysis o thick and thin places remains undamental, but must now also cover critical parameters such as oreign matter, count variation, periodic aults, unevenness and hairiness. Consistent quality has risen in importance as much as absolute quality and the monitoring o quality exceptions is crucial to control them. Addressing these needs, USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 delivers all the traditional classiication standards, while broadening its ocus on periodic aults, evenness, imperections and hairiness. Contamination o yarns with disturbing oreign matter is an on-going challenge in spinning mills. The USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 is the tool o choice or t hose who want to understand the nature and sources o these contaminants and to develop strategies to meet this challenge. Especially important are its powerul oreign mat ter tools or assessing colored oreign ibers, vegetable matter a nd – or the irst time – polypropylene content!
Integrated USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 mounting module: New eatures such as oreign matter detection demand new levels o accuracy in classiication. For example, USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 measurements are independent o the machine or test spe ed variations. The unique mounting module includes a special cleaning acility to prevent dirt and lu in the measuring zone. And an array o guides and a tension control mechanism keep the yarn path straight and without vibration or highest accuracy in oreign matter classiication. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 also measures and reports temperature and humidity to help maintain stable conditions and correctly interpret test results.
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Top: Fabric with a claim rom a ew thick and thin outlier bobbins Middle: Periodic aults can destroy an entire abric lot
Top: Advanced sensor technology integrated in the USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 mounting module
Bottom: Polypropylene deects can disturb especially dyed abric
Bottom: Foreign iber sensor with multiple light sources
Unique range o advanced sensors covering every option or yarn deect classiication New capacitive sensor with enhanced detection capabilities Foreign matter technology, able to distinguish all colors and non-disturbing materials Breakthrough in polypropylene detection, based on novel sensor combination New mounting module, special guides and tension control, ensuring ultimate accuracy
Quality classifcation – the ull picture
Top technology or ultimate accuracy and ease o use
Parameters measured by the USTER® CLASSIMAT have played a vital role in spinning mills and yarn trading worldwide since the instrument was irst developed more than 40 years ago. The classiication o yarn deects according to their size and length into 23 standard classes is used extensively to certiy yarn quality, to help control spinning processes and to optimize yarn clearing at the winding stage. In the meantime, quality demands have increased enormously. A class o deects regarded as
USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 oers the most technically-advanced sensors and superior hardware to detect and eventually classiy all types o deects. The unique USTER® sensor range has all the options covered: – The new capacitive sensor identiies both short and ine neps, as well as troublesome thick and thin places that previously could not be detected until showing up in the inal abric. – The latest oreign fber sensor, using multiple light sources to locate and classiy contamination in yarns, even separating colored fbers and vegetable matter in cottons and blends, to distinguish potentially non-disturbing materials rom real deects. – A novel sensor combination, enabling polypropylene content to be detected and classiied or the irst time.
tolerable in the past is no longer acceptable today, because basic yarn quality has improved signifcantly over the years. Fault classiication based on the well-proven analysis o thick and thin places remains undamental, but must now also cover critical parameters such as oreign matter, count variation, periodic aults, unevenness and hairiness. Consistent quality has risen in importance as much as absolute quality and the monitoring o quality exceptions is crucial to control them. Addressing these needs, USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 delivers all the traditional classiication standards, while broadening its ocus on periodic aults, evenness, imperections and hairiness. Contamination o yarns with disturbing oreign matter is an on-going challenge in spinning mills. The USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 is the tool o choice or t hose who want to understand the nature and sources o these contaminants and to develop strategies to meet this challenge. Especially important are its powerul oreign mat ter tools or assessing colored oreign ibers, vegetable matter a nd – or the irst time – polypropylene content!
Integrated USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 mounting module: New eatures such as oreign matter detection demand new levels o accuracy in classiication. For example, USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 measurements are independent o the machine or test spe ed variations. The unique mounting module includes a special cleaning acility to prevent dirt and lu in the measuring zone. And an array o guides and a tension control mechanism keep the yarn path straight and without vibration or highest accuracy in oreign matter classiication. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 also measures and reports temperature and humidity to help maintain stable conditions and correctly interpret test results.
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Unique range o advanced sensors covering every option or yarn deect classiication New capacitive sensor with enhanced detection capabilities Foreign matter technology, able to distinguish all colors and non-disturbing materials Breakthrough in polypropylene detection, based on novel sensor combination New mounting module, special guides and tension control, ensuring ultimate accuracy
Top: Fabric with a claim rom a ew thick and thin outlier bobbins Middle: Periodic aults can destroy an entire abric lot
Top: Advanced sensor technology integrated in the USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 mounting module
Bottom: Polypropylene deects can disturb especially dyed abric
Bottom: Foreign iber sensor with multiple light sources
Three classifcation generations in one instrument
Its ground-breaking technology means USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 has the power to detect and classiy the widest-ever coverage o deects in a new extended classiication matrix. Yet, previous standards are well-established in yarn trading and the transition to the latest level is best achieved progressively. That is why USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 also provides classiication values or thick and thin places rom the two previous-generation instruments, the USTER® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM and CLASSIMAT 3.
Total compatibility with previous classiication standards − Widest coverage o deects in USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 − Facility or gradual progression to USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 levels − Values or thick and thin places or USTER ® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM and USTER ® CLASSIMAT 3 also provided
Yarn body – a powerul basis or assessing quality and clearing limits Today, deining which yarn d eects are ‘disturbing’ is more complex than in the past, when it was gauged on the basis o disturbing classes within a classiication matrix. Now, with increased pressure on yarn quality and i mprovements in evenness levels, a better method is needed, to identiy disturbing deects – or outliers – which deviate rom the required yarn proile. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 now introduces the solution: a new standard known as the ‘yarn body’ – which is a visual representation o the yarn proile and thick and thin disturbing outliers based on the yarn body. Yarn body proiles are speciic to the mill, the raw material, the spinning processes and settings and the yarn count being spun.
Periodic ault classiication: Periodic aults in yarn produce the dreaded moiré eect – ruining woven and knitted abrics i let undetected. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 deals with this potentially disastrous issue or the frst time, with classifcation o periodic aults displayed in a special bubble graphic. The size and placement o the bubble s in the classiication matrix instantly show the severity o the deects, with ull details presented in a separate table. In the example shown in the picture, there were ive periodic aults detected with deect number 1 (16.5% thick and 11mm long) identiied as ‘severe’, which is also relected in the size o the bubble. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 also presents the share o deective yarn caus ed b y eac h per iodi c au lt as a new p aram ete r called ‘Aected share’. In the table here, deect number 1 aected 7.20 % o the tested sample.
Top: The USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 matrix – Classes colored in green are new classes Middle top: Classiication results according to USTER ® CLASSIMAT 3 generation Middle bottom: Classiication results according to USTER ® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM generation Bottom: Classiication results o USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5
Top: Yarn body – The new standard Middle: Periodic ault classiication graphic Bottom: Periodic ault classiication table with aected share
Three classifcation generations in one instrument
Yarn body – a powerul basis or assessing quality and clearing limits
Its ground-breaking technology means USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 has the power to detect and classiy the widest-ever coverage o deects in a new extended classiication matrix. Yet, previous standards are well-established in yarn trading and the transition to the latest level is best achieved progressively. That is why USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 also provides classiication values or thick and thin places rom the two previous-generation instruments, the USTER® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM and CLASSIMAT 3.
Today, deining which yarn d eects are ‘disturbing’ is more complex than in the past, when it was gauged on the basis o disturbing classes within a classiication matrix. Now, with increased pressure on yarn quality and i mprovements in evenness levels, a better method is needed, to identiy disturbing deects – or outliers – which deviate rom the required yarn proile. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 now introduces the solution: a new standard known as the ‘yarn body’ – which is a visual representation o the yarn proile and thick and thin disturbing outliers based on the yarn body. Yarn body proiles are speciic to the mill, the raw material, the spinning processes and settings and the yarn count being spun.
Periodic ault classiication: Periodic aults in yarn produce the dreaded moiré eect – ruining woven and knitted abrics i let undetected. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 deals with this potentially disastrous issue or the frst time, with classifcation o periodic aults displayed in a special bubble graphic. The size and placement o the bubble s in the classiication matrix instantly show the severity o the deects, with ull details presented in a separate table. In the example shown in the picture, there were ive periodic aults detected with deect number 1 (16.5% thick and 11mm long) identiied as ‘severe’, which is also relected in the size o the bubble. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 also presents the share o deective yarn caus ed b y eac h per iodi c au lt as a new p aram ete r called ‘Aected share’. In the table here, deect number 1 aected 7.20 % o the tested sample.
Total compatibility with previous classiication standards − Widest coverage o deects in USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 − Facility or gradual progression to USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 levels − Values or thick and thin places or USTER ® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM and USTER ® CLASSIMAT 3 also provided
Top: The USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5 matrix – Classes colored in green are new classes Middle top: Classiication results according to USTER ® CLASSIMAT 3 generation Middle bottom: Classiication results according to USTER ® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM generation Bottom: Classiication results o USTER ® CLASSIMAT 5
Top: Yarn body – The new standard Middle: Periodic ault classiication graphic Bottom: Periodic ault classiication table with aected share
Outlier classifcation – a new standard
Experience shows that only a ew bad quality bobbins can cause an entire delivery to be rejected by the customer. They contain deects outside the normal distribution and known to damage abric appearance or productivity in downstream processes. This applies to all ault categories, such as thick and thin places, unevenness, imperections, hairiness and oreign matter. These ew bobbins are called ‘outliers’, as illustrated below. Controlling outliers using
yarn clea rers and p revent ing them b y pinpoi nting the root causes in the spinning process is critical to ensure consistent quality. But the irst step is to measure and quantiy them. Until now, a comprehensive monitoring and quantifcation o these critical bad bobbins or outliers was not possible in the laboratory. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 introduces measurement o outliers and provides detailed outlier inormation or all ault categories. Outliers are classiied in neps, short thick, long thick and thin places ( NSLT), oreign matter including polypropylene, and key quality parameters. In the case o quality parameters – such as CV m , periodic aults, imperections and hairiness – CLASSIMAT® shows the range and the total aected share o the sample. For example an aected share o 1% or CV m means that CV m outliers have aected 1% o the sample. A special graphic display allows rapid assessment o the overall level and distribution o outliers in each sample.
Powerul new eatures to pinpoint and classiy outliers − Reduces rejects caused by a ew rogue bobbins − Provides detailed inormation on outliers in all ault categories − Graphic display quickly summarizes distribution o outliers in the sample
Top: Deinition o outliers Middle: Outlier distribution diagram Bottom: Summary table o outliers
Outlier classifcation – a new standard
Experience shows that only a ew bad quality bobbins can cause an entire delivery to be rejected by the customer. They contain deects outside the normal distribution and known to damage abric appearance or productivity in downstream processes. This applies to all ault categories, such as thick and thin places, unevenness, imperections, hairiness and oreign matter. These ew bobbins are called ‘outliers’, as illustrated below. Controlling outliers using
yarn clea rers and p revent ing them b y pinpoi nting the root causes in the spinning process is critical to ensure consistent quality. But the irst step is to measure and quantiy them. Until now, a comprehensive monitoring and quantifcation o these critical bad bobbins or outliers was not possible in the laboratory. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 introduces measurement o outliers and provides detailed outlier inormation or all ault categories. Outliers are classiied in neps, short thick, long thick and thin places ( NSLT), oreign matter including polypropylene, and key quality parameters. In the case o quality parameters – such as CV m , periodic aults, imperections and hairiness – CLASSIMAT® shows the range and the total aected share o the sample. For example an aected share o 1% or CV m means that CV m outliers have aected 1% o the sample. A special graphic display allows rapid assessment o the overall level and distribution o outliers in each sample.
Powerul new eatures to pinpoint and classiy outliers − Reduces rejects caused by a ew rogue bobbins − Provides detailed inormation on outliers in all ault categories − Graphic display quickly summarizes distribution o outliers in the sample
Top: Deinition o outliers Middle: Outlier distribution diagram Bottom: Summary table o outliers
Full assessment o oreign matter levels
Clearing Index – powerul optimization tool
High levels o oreign matter in cotton and increasing quality expectations are the twin headaches acing spinners today. Eective control o disturbing deects is essential – and the irst step is to identiy and evaluate the various types and degrees o oreign matter.
Defning optimal clearing limits or each yarn clearer model to meet the expected quality is not easy. Especially when lot and material changes are as requent as they are these days. Yet spinning mills have to ensure similar quality, even i they use dierent yarn clearer models or clearing the same yarn. Optimum limits and quality consistency are vital, even when spinning mills are using a number o dierent yarn clearer types to control yarn quality during winding.
Thanks to its powerul new sensor technology, USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 can detect deects o any color – even v ery short and light-colored ones. For cotton and cotton-blend yarns , the sy stem t hen sep arat es cont amina nts in to two categories: oreign ibers and vegetable matter. This is an important distinction, since vegetable matter can oten be regarded as ‘non-disturbing’, in terms o its impact on inal quality. Polypropylene deects are regarded as ‘very disturbing’ – especially in dark-dyed abric. As well as aecting the appearance o the inal abric, they can also cause yarn breaks in weaving preparation or on weaving machines, potentially causing signiicant decreases in eiciency and productivity. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 , or the irst time, deals with these problems by incorporating classiication o polypropylene deects. Deects are classiied as either short (below 10mm) or long ( 10mm and above) and are shown on a scatter plot.
With the new USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 clearing limit analysis eature, the spinner can test yarns produced using dierent clearers and arrive at optimized clearing limits or each type. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 analyzes remaining yarn aults to estimate the clearing limit used (the blue curve in the graphs shown here) and then compares it to an USTER reerence clearing limit. For each ault type – neps, thick and thin places, or oreign matter – a Clearing Index is calculated based on this comparison. In the examples here, this is 13 or neps (N), 48 or short thick (S), 74 or long thick (L) and 80 or thin (T). The yarn seems to be very even in general and thereore this suggests that clearing limits should be reviewed or N and S in particular while L and T settings seem to be ine. The Clearing Index or each yarn ault area could then be used to ine-tune the clearing limits until the required quality is reached. The process can be repeated or production rom each yarn clearer model, giving added assurance that consistent quality will be achieved.
Comprehensive analysis o all types o oreign matter − New sensor technology detects even very ine color deects − Separation o cotton contaminants into oreign ibers and vegetable matter − Fir st successul classiication o disturbing polypropylene content
Automatic guidance on clearing limits − Optimized clearing limits or dierent clearer types − Data comparison provides Clearing Index − Clearer settings can be ine-tuned to achieve quality requirements
Top: Foreign matter classiication: Colored oreign ibers
Top: Clearing limit analysis or thick and thin places with respective Clearing Index
Middle: Foreign matter classiication: Vegetable matter
Middle: Clearing limit analysis or oreign matter with Clearing Index
Bottom: Foreign matter classiication: Polypropylene ibers
Bottom: Clearing limit analysis or polypropylene with Clearing Index
Full assessment o oreign matter levels
Clearing Index – powerul optimization tool
High levels o oreign matter in cotton and increasing quality expectations are the twin headaches acing spinners today. Eective control o disturbing deects is essential – and the irst step is to identiy and evaluate the various types and degrees o oreign matter.
Defning optimal clearing limits or each yarn clearer model to meet the expected quality is not easy. Especially when lot and material changes are as requent as they are these days. Yet spinning mills have to ensure similar quality, even i they use dierent yarn clearer models or clearing the same yarn. Optimum limits and quality consistency are vital, even when spinning mills are using a number o dierent yarn clearer types to control yarn quality during winding.
Thanks to its powerul new sensor technology, USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 can detect deects o any color – even v ery short and light-colored ones. For cotton and cotton-blend yarns , the sy stem t hen sep arat es cont amina nts in to two categories: oreign ibers and vegetable matter. This is an important distinction, since vegetable matter can oten be regarded as ‘non-disturbing’, in terms o its impact on inal quality. Polypropylene deects are regarded as ‘very disturbing’ – especially in dark-dyed abric. As well as aecting the appearance o the inal abric, they can also cause yarn breaks in weaving preparation or on weaving machines, potentially causing signiicant decreases in eiciency and productivity. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 , or the irst time, deals with these problems by incorporating classiication o polypropylene deects. Deects are classiied as either short (below 10mm) or long ( 10mm and above) and are shown on a scatter plot.
With the new USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 clearing limit analysis eature, the spinner can test yarns produced using dierent clearers and arrive at optimized clearing limits or each type. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 analyzes remaining yarn aults to estimate the clearing limit used (the blue curve in the graphs shown here) and then compares it to an USTER reerence clearing limit. For each ault type – neps, thick and thin places, or oreign matter – a Clearing Index is calculated based on this comparison. In the examples here, this is 13 or neps (N), 48 or short thick (S), 74 or long thick (L) and 80 or thin (T). The yarn seems to be very even in general and thereore this suggests that clearing limits should be reviewed or N and S in particular while L and T settings seem to be ine. The Clearing Index or each yarn ault area could then be used to ine-tune the clearing limits until the required quality is reached. The process can be repeated or production rom each yarn clearer model, giving added assurance that consistent quality will be achieved.
Comprehensive analysis o all types o oreign matter − New sensor technology detects even very ine color deects − Separation o cotton contaminants into oreign ibers and vegetable matter − Fir st successul classiication o disturbing polypropylene content
Automatic guidance on clearing limits − Optimized clearing limits or dierent clearer types − Data comparison provides Clearing Index − Clearer settings can be ine-tuned to achieve quality requirements
Top: Foreign matter classiication: Colored oreign ibers
Top: Clearing limit analysis or thick and thin places with respective Clearing Index
Middle: Foreign matter classiication: Vegetable matter
Middle: Clearing limit analysis or oreign matter with Clearing Index
Bottom: Foreign matter classiication: Polypropylene ibers
Bottom: Clearing limit analysis or polypropylene with Clearing Index
Yarn body comparison
Comprehensive comparison o yarn qualities
The ‘yarn body’ is a highly-eective concept which gives an immediate visual presentation o the yarn. It brings together all the elements that make up a yarn – raw material, count, process and spinning equipment – into a si ngle combined ormat. Simply put, the narrower the yarn body, the more even the yarn. There are numerous examples o the yarn body being used to identiy quality problems and implement improvements. USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 incorporates a valuable yarn body and oreign matter dense areas comparison tool. Users can match their yarn against integrated sample mean values to spotlight quality issues, compare raw material types or assess oreign matter levels in dierent cotton origins.
The ull range o quality classiication handled by USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 is summarized and comprehensively compared by a special new tool which can help spinners match their yarns w ith a p arti cular end-u se. Total Testing r equi res an assessment o traditional quality values and also outliers. In line with this, or the irst time, yarns are compared according to CLASSIMAT® parameters in the yarn – thick places, thin places, imperections and oreign matter. Filters allow yarns to be selected according to various options – count, cotton type, source, supplier etc. Users can compare up to ive dierent yarns at the push o a button. The comprehensive USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 analysis presents results as color codings, to identiy the best (dark green) and the next best (orange) quality levels, with detailed igures available at a click. In the examples here, results rom ive dierent suppliers were compared using the tool. Clearly, the supplier with the test sample number 150078 seems to be the best overall.
Visual image o all the elements that make up a yarn − Helps identiy quality problems and suggest improvements − Valuable tool compares yarn body and oreign matter dense areas − Users can benchmark yarns against integrated samples or mean values
Top: Yarn body comparison
Comprehensive tool allows rapid analysis o classiications − Helps match yarn with end-use − Color-coded display or ast overview − Full details at a mouse-click
Top: Quality comparison overview
Middle top: Example o yarn body: Slub yarn
Middle top: Quality comparison details: Yarn body comparison
Middle bottom: Example o dense area or a highly contaminated cotton
Middle bottom: Quality comparison table: NSLT outlier details
Bottom: Example o dense area or a less contaminated cotton
Bottom: Quality comparison details: Foreign matter outliers
Yarn body comparison
Comprehensive comparison o yarn qualities
The ‘yarn body’ is a highly-eective concept which gives an immediate visual presentation o the yarn. It brings together all the elements that make up a yarn – raw material, count, process and spinning equipment – into a si ngle combined ormat. Simply put, the narrower the yarn body, the more even the yarn. There are numerous examples o the yarn body being used to identiy quality problems and implement improvements.
The ull range o quality classiication handled by USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 is summarized and comprehensively compared by a special new tool which can help spinners match their yarns w ith a p arti cular end-u se. Total Testing r equi res an assessment o traditional quality values and also outliers. In line with this, or the irst time, yarns are compared according to CLASSIMAT® parameters in the yarn – thick places, thin places, imperections and oreign matter. Filters allow yarns to be selected according to various options – count, cotton type, source, supplier etc. Users can compare up to ive dierent yarns at the push o a button.
USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 incorporates a valuable yarn body and oreign matter dense areas comparison tool. Users can match their yarn against integrated sample mean values to spotlight quality issues, compare raw material types or assess oreign matter levels in dierent cotton origins.
The comprehensive USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 analysis presents results as color codings, to identiy the best (dark green) and the next best (orange) quality levels, with detailed igures available at a click. In the examples here, results rom ive dierent suppliers were compared using the tool. Clearly, the supplier with the test sample number 150078 seems to be the best overall.
Visual image o all the elements that make up a yarn − Helps identiy quality problems and suggest improvements − Valuable tool compares yarn body and oreign matter dense areas − Users can benchmark yarns against integrated samples or mean values
Top: Quality comparison overview
Top: Yarn body comparison Middle top: Example o yarn body: Slub yarn
Middle top: Quality comparison details: Yarn body comparison
Middle bottom: Example o dense area or a highly contaminated cotton
Middle bottom: Quality comparison table: NSLT outlier details
Bottom: Example o dense area or a less contaminated cotton
Bottom: Quality comparison details: Foreign matter outliers
Benchmarking – USTER
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STATISTICS and
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USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 integrates powerul benchmarking possibilities via the globally-recognized USTER® STATISTICS or with users’ own internal data.
Most o the key quality parameters rom USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 are covered by USTER® STATISTICS , and this benchmark data is displayed alongside the CLASSIMAT® test results. This allows mills to set targeted improvements to reach benchmarked levels. A urther useul benchmarking tool with USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 matches actual test values against best results achieved or that parameter during the past year. This ‘ 52-week best’ eature is automatically displayed against each current result, so that users can judge progress and initiate changes i necessary.
Comparisons with the globallyrecognized USTER® STATISTICS and with users’ own data − USTER ® STATISTICS data automatically displayed alongside CLASSIMAT ® values − Allows mills to set improvement goals against world-class standards − Special ‘52 -week best’ eature instantly measures the mill’s results against the past year’s best perormance
PP Parameter
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52 week best
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Comprehensive tool allows rapid analysis o classiications − Helps match yarn with end-use − Color-coded display or ast overview − Full details at a mouse-click
Top: USTER ® STATISTICS graphic Bottom: Comparison to USTER ® STATISTICS and internal benchmarks
Key eatures and benefts
Features – Simultaneous classiication o thick and thin places according to three standards – USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 – the new standard including yarn body a nd oreig n matte r dense ar eas – USTER® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM – USTER® CLASSIMAT 3 – CLASSIMAT® sums – Create new customized classes using tailored classes eature – Periodic aults classiication – Outliers or – Thick and thin places – NSLT – Colored oreign ibers – FD – Vegetable matter – VEG – Polypropylene – PP – Unevenness – Imperections standard classes – Imperections sensitive classes – Hairiness – Powerul analysis – Yarn body comparison – Foreign matter dense area (FD) comparison – Analysis o clearing limits – Clearing Index – Quality comparison o multiple yarns – Automatic comparison to USTER® STATISTICS – Automatic comparison to internal benchmarks – ‘52-week best’ – Temperature and humidity measurement
Key beneits – Yarn quality certiication according to three classiication standards – Tool or yarn sourcing control – Comparison o yarn qualities – Raw material and process control – Analysis and optimization o yarn clearing limits – A reerence instrument or process trials and analysis, due to high accuracy and stable results
Benchmarking – USTER
®
STATISTICS and
more
USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 integrates powerul benchmarking possibilities via the globally-recognized USTER® STATISTICS or with users’ own internal data.
Most o the key quality parameters rom USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 are covered by USTER® STATISTICS , and this benchmark data is displayed alongside the CLASSIMAT® test results. This allows mills to set targeted improvements to reach benchmarked levels. A urther useul benchmarking tool with USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 matches actual test values against best results achieved or that parameter during the past year. This ‘ 52-week best’ eature is automatically displayed against each current result, so that users can judge progress and initiate changes i necessary.
Comparisons with the globallyrecognized USTER® STATISTICS and with users’ own data − USTER ® STATISTICS data automatically displayed alongside CLASSIMAT ® values − Allows mills to set improvement goals against world-class standards − Special ‘52 -week best’ eature instantly measures the mill’s results against the past year’s best perormance
Key eatures and benefts
Features – Simultaneous classiication o thick and thin places according to three standards – USTER® CLASSIMAT 5 – the new standard including yarn body a nd oreig n matte r dense ar eas – USTER® CLASSIMAT QUANTUM – USTER® CLASSIMAT 3 – CLASSIMAT® sums – Create new customized classes using tailored classes eature – Periodic aults classiication – Outliers or – Thick and thin places – NSLT – Colored oreign ibers – FD – Vegetable matter – VEG – Polypropylene – PP – Unevenness – Imperections standard classes – Imperections sensitive classes – Hairiness – Powerul analysis – Yarn body comparison – Foreign matter dense area (FD) comparison – Analysis o clearing limits – Clearing Index – Quality comparison o multiple yarns – Automatic comparison to USTER® STATISTICS – Automatic comparison to internal benchmarks – ‘52-week best’ – Temperature and humidity measurement
Key beneits – Yarn quality certiication according to three classiication standards – Tool or yarn sourcing control – Comparison o yarn qualities – Raw material and process control – Analysis and optimization o yarn clearing limits – A reerence instrument or process trials and analysis, due to high accuracy and stable results
PP Parameter
Absolute
Relative (per 100 km)
USP
52 week best
PP < 10 mm
0
0.0/100 km
5%
0
PP > = 10 mm
2
1.0/100 km
9%
0.5
PP Total
2
1.0/100 km
8%
0.5
Top: USTER ® STATISTICS graphic Bottom: Comparison to USTER ® STATISTICS and internal benchmarks
The standard rom iber to abric USTER is the world’s leading supplier of total quality solutions from fiber to fabric. USTER standards and precise measurement provide unparalleled advantages or producing best quality at minimum cost.
USTER ® STATISTICS – the textile industry standards We set the standards or quality contro l in the global textile industry. With USTER® STATISTICS , we provide the benchmarks that are the basis for the trading of textile p roducts at assured levels of quality across global markets.
Think quality Our commitment to state - o - the - art technology ensures the comort and eel o the inished product – satisying the demands o a sophisticated market. We help our customers to beneit rom our applied knowledge and experience – to think quality, think USTER.
USTERIZED ® – brand your products with quality USTERIZED ® stands or ‘deined quality assured’ within the textile chain. We invite selected customers to join the USTERIZED ® Member Program. More information at www.usterized.com.
Broad range o products USTER occupies a unique position in the textile industry. With our broad range o products, we have a wid e reach across the textile chain that is unmatched by any other supplier in the market. Optimal service Know - how transer and instant help – we are where our customers are. A total o 200 certiied service engineers worldwide grants fast and reliable technical support. Benefit from local know -how transfer in your specific markets and enjoy our service à la carte.
USTER worldwide With three technology centers, six regional service centers and 50 representative oices around the world, USTER is always sure o delivering only the best to its customers. USTER – committed to excellence, committed to quality. And that will never change.
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The standard rom iber to abric USTER is the world’s leading supplier of total quality solutions from fiber to fabric. USTER standards and precise measurement provide unparalleled advantages or producing best quality at minimum cost.
USTER ® STATISTICS – the textile industry standards We set the standards or quality contro l in the global textile industry. With USTER® STATISTICS , we provide the benchmarks that are the basis for the trading of textile p roducts at assured levels of quality across global markets.
Think quality Our commitment to state - o - the - art technology ensures the comort and eel o the inished product – satisying the demands o a sophisticated market. We help our customers to beneit rom our applied knowledge and experience – to think quality, think USTER.
USTERIZED ® – brand your products with quality USTERIZED ® stands or ‘deined quality assured’ within the textile chain. We invite selected customers to join the USTERIZED ® Member Program. More information at www.usterized.com.
Broad range o products USTER occupies a unique position in the textile industry. With our broad range o products, we have a wid e reach across the textile chain that is unmatched by any other supplier in the market.
USTER worldwide With three technology centers, six regional service centers and 50 representative oices around the world, USTER is always sure o delivering only the best to its customers. USTER – committed to excellence, committed to quality. And that will never change.
Optimal service Know - how transer and instant help – we are where our customers are. A total o 200 certiied service engineers worldwide grants fast and reliable technical support. Benefit from local know -how transfer in your specific markets and enjoy our service à la carte.
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