MANCHESTER – German textile technology firm Saurer Zinser is set to equip a brand new cotton spinning mill in Manchester, UK, with its '351 2 Impact FX' compact spinning machines. The surprise move marks a welcome return for cotton spinning to Lancashire – the birthplace of the cotton spinning industry in way back in the 18th Century.
UK company Culimeta-Saveguard is about to open one of the most modern cotton spinning plants in the world, for the production of the ‘English Fine Cottons’ brand in the historic buildings of the former Tower Mill in Greater Manchester – which was once the beating heart of the global cotton spinning and weaving industry.
The company has chosen to compact spinning machines from Saurer Zinser to produce ultra-fine combed compact cotton yarns in counts up to Ne 60, with cotton imported from Barbados, India, Egypt and the USA.
Roving will be done on the Zinser 670 frame with Saurer’s Schlafhorst Autoconer 6 being used as the winding machine.
The '351 2 Impact FX' is said to guarantee full compacting power at all times, even with 1680 spindles and is fitted with an Impact FX self-cleaning compact unit to ensure process reliability.
This self-cleaning unit is important in order to maintain yarn quality by ensuring yarns remain compact and have low hairiness where fibres are bound tightly into the yarn. Only if the compact power is constant is it possible to continuously bind in the fibres.
If the compact power drops, the spun yarn slowly and imperceptibly loses its compact characteristics, which impacts on cotton yarn quality. This in turn can impact on fabric uniformity.
At the heart of the '2 Impact FX' is a flexible compact apron with inclined slots that has been precisely perforated using laser technology, which means dirt particles and fibre fragments cannot accumulate due to the precision engineering.
Overfeed setting
In addition, setting the spinning unit to overfeed allows users to specify the yarn character precisely. This raises the spinning limit for each fibre raw material and allows for better utilization. It’s also possible to achieve higher spindle speeds or reduce the yarn twist in comparison to ring spinning to improve productivity.
“Even cotton qualities with reduced noil component and higher short-fibre content give good yarn values – with significant raw material savings,” said Saurer.
“We are proud that ring spinning machines from Zinser are being installed in the first new cotton spinning plant to be erected in England,” says Burcu Sevinis, Product Manager at Saurer Zinser. “The cotton spinning mill is coming home and Zinser will be there.”
