Method for regulating the vacuum in a suction air installation of a textile machine
First Claim
1. A method for regulating the vacuum in a suction air installation comprising a suction unit at a textile machine with a plurality of work stations which make various demands on suction air, the method comprising the steps of regulating the vacuum output of the suction unit to prevent the vacuum output from dropping below a basic level which satisfies basic demands of the machine for the vacuum output and to increase the vacuum output by a predeterminable amount in response to work occurrences of the machine which impose additional work demands of the machine for the vacuum output, said regulating comprising optimizing the vacuum output for a new textile batch by starting the batch with a first predetermined vacuum setting selected to satisfy the basic demands and a second predetermined vacuum setting selected to satisfy the work demands, during a first predetermined time period in the course of the batch counting errors which cannot be rectified and the attempts to rectify errors caused by insufficient vacuum, subsequently increasing or decreasing at least one of the first and second vacuum settings, during a second subsequent predetermined time period in the course of the batch counting errors which cannot be rectified and the attempts to rectify errors caused by insufficient vacuum, comparing the number of errors counted during the second time period with the number of errors counted in the first time period to identify an increase or a decrease in the number of errors, if an increase or a decrease in the number of counted errors exceeds a maximum predetermined number of errors then subsequently selecting the greater vacuum setting utilized for the at least one vacuum setting during the first and second predetermined time periods, and if no change in the number of errors is identified or if an increase or a decrease in the number of counted errors is less than the maximum predetermined number of errors then subsequently selecting the lower vacuum setting utilized for the at least one vacuum setting during the first and second predetermined time periods.
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Abstract
For the optimization of the vacuum output of a suction air installation of a textile machine, the vacuum output is adjustably regulated by initially starting a batch with a predetermined vacuum for the vacuum demands under basic operating conditions and additional fluctuating working conditions, counting the errors which cannot be rectified and the attempts to rectify the errors caused by insufficient vacuum during a predetermined time period, subsequently changing the vacuum output of the suction unit during a subsequent time period, comparing the number of errors occurring under the changed vacuum conditions with the number which had occurred in the previous time period, and increasing the vacuum output when the number of errors exceeds a maximum predetermined amount of errors and decreasing the vacuum output when the number of errors is at or less than the maximum predetermined amount of errors.
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- 1. A method for regulating the vacuum in a suction air installation comprising a suction unit at a textile machine with a plurality of work stations which make various demands on suction air, the method comprising the steps of regulating the vacuum output of the suction unit to prevent the vacuum output from dropping below a basic level which satisfies basic demands of the machine for the vacuum output and to increase the vacuum output by a predeterminable amount in response to work occurrences of the machine which impose additional work demands of the machine for the vacuum output, said regulating comprising optimizing the vacuum output for a new textile batch by starting the batch with a first predetermined vacuum setting selected to satisfy the basic demands and a second predetermined vacuum setting selected to satisfy the work demands, during a first predetermined time period in the course of the batch counting errors which cannot be rectified and the attempts to rectify errors caused by insufficient vacuum, subsequently increasing or decreasing at least one of the first and second vacuum settings, during a second subsequent predetermined time period in the course of the batch counting errors which cannot be rectified and the attempts to rectify errors caused by insufficient vacuum, comparing the number of errors counted during the second time period with the number of errors counted in the first time period to identify an increase or a decrease in the number of errors, if an increase or a decrease in the number of counted errors exceeds a maximum predetermined number of errors then subsequently selecting the greater vacuum setting utilized for the at least one vacuum setting during the first and second predetermined time periods, and if no change in the number of errors is identified or if an increase or a decrease in the number of counted errors is less than the maximum predetermined number of errors then subsequently selecting the lower vacuum setting utilized for the at least one vacuum setting during the first and second predetermined time periods.
- 12. A method for regulating the vacuum in a suction air installation comprising a suction unit at a textile machine with a plurality of work stations which make various demands on suction air, the method comprising the steps of regulating the vacuum output of the suction unit to prevent the vacuum output from dropping below a basic level which satisfies basic demands of the machine for the vacuum output and to increase the vacuum output by a predeterminable amount in response to work occurrences of the machine which impose additional work demands of the machine for the vacuum output, said regulating comprising optimizing the vacuum output for a new textile batch by starting the batch with a first predetermined vacuum setting selected to satisfy the basic demands and a second predetermined vacuum setting selected to satisfy the work demands, during a first predetermined time period in the course of the batch counting errors which cannot be rectified and the attempts to rectify errors caused by insufficient vacuum, and during a second subsequent predetermined time period in the course of the batch, increasing at least one of the first and second vacuum settings if the number of counted errors exceeds a maximum predetermined number of errors and decreasing the at least one vacuum setting if the number of counted errors is less than the maximum predetermined number of errors.
- 23. A method for regulating the vacuum in a suction air installation comprising a suction unit at a textile machine with a plurality of work stations which make various demands on suction air, the method comprising the steps of regulating the vacuum output of the suction unit to prevent the vacuum output from dropping below a basic level which satisfies basic demands of the machine for the vacuum output and to increase the vacuum output by a predeterminable amount in response to work occurrences of the machine which impose additional work demands of the machine for the vacuum output, said regulating comprising optimizing the vacuum output for a new textile batch by starting the batch with a first predetermined vacuum setting selected to satisfy the basic demands and a second predetermined vacuum setting selected to satisfy the work demands, during a first predetermined time period in the course of the batch counting errors which cannot be rectified and the attempts to rectify errors caused by insufficient vacuum, subsequently increasing or decreasing at least one of the first and second vacuum settings during a second subsequent predetermined time period in the course of the batch counting errors which cannot be rectified and the attempts to rectify errors caused by insufficient vacuum, comparing the number of errors counted during the second time period with the number of errors counted in the first time period to identify an increase or a decrease in the number of errors, if an increase in the number of counted errors exceeds a maximum predetermined number of errors then subsequently selecting the greater vacuum setting utilized for the at least one vacuum setting during the first and second predetermined time periods, and if no change in the number of errors is identified or if an increase or a decrease in the number of counted errors is less than the maximum predetermined number of errors then subsequently selecting the lower vacuum setting utilized for the at least one vacuum setting during the first and second predetermined time periods.
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