Speed control apparatus and method for braiding machine

Details Speed control apparatus and method for braiding machine Speed control apparatus and method for braiding machine

1986-12-17

1988-01-05

Petrakes, John

Textiles: braiding, netting, and lace making

Apparatus

With automatic control

87 15, 87 29, 87 33, 87 44, 87 50, D04C 306, D04C 100, D04C 312, D04C 340

Patent

active

047168072

ABSTRACT:
The present speed control apparatus and method operates to progressively increase the speed of travel of the strand supply carrier shuttles of the braiding machine as the amount of strand material wound on the supply carriers is decreased and to thereby increase the efficiency of the braiding machine. The speed control includes an ultrasonic sensor supported adjacent the path of travel of the strand supply carrier shuttles and being operable to detect the amount of strand material remaining on the strand supply carriers during each serpentine path of travel of the strand supply carriers past the sensor. Computers are provided for progressively increasing the speed of travel of the strand supply carrier shuttles in response to detected decreases in the amount of strand material on the strand supply carriers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3408894 (1968-11-01), Kaufmann et al.
patent: 3642016 (1972-02-01), Budzich et al.
patent: 3783736 (1974-01-01), Richardson
patent: 4266461 (1981-05-01), Moliton

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