Autocoro 8 developed by Saurer Schlafhorst being one of the leading companies in the World in the field of short fiber Technologies takes spinning mill automation to a new dimension thanks to its single engine technology. Thanks to its independent and smart spinning units, Autocoro 8 can be easily integrated to enterprise processes compared to traditional rotor spinning machineries. Automatic processes that are stiff and inflexible on beltdriven machines suddenly become adaptable and can be optimised better, enabling companies to attain their goal of maximum efficiency with much less effort.
The Autocoro comprises 552 intelligent production units, which are productive round the clock without exception, even when piecing is required especially frequently at some spinning positions. On start-up the individual automation of the Autocoro also results in an unassailable leap in productivity up to 20 %. The QuickStarter facilitates twelve synchronous piecing processes, meaning that the Autocoro 8 runs up 6 times faster than a comparable machine with a belt drive.
Flowing Lot Change
Autocoro 8 being the first rotor spinning machine that can realize flowing lot change 100% automatically and as soon as a spinning position has completed the last package of the first lot, it automatically begins with the next lot - with no manual intervention required. The individual spinning position supports reliable lot separation even when changing cans or spinning components; there is no need to wait for all spinning positions to run out, as on conventional belt-driven machines. Once the last package in the old lot is full, the spinning position automatically adopts a waiting position, indicated by a light signal.
Thanks to the automatic, intelligent lot separation, Autocoro 8 opens up new possibilities for economical, quality oriented raw material utilisation in spinning mills, as configuration of the individual spinning position can be adapted automatically according to batch. This makes it possible to achieve a constant yarn quality for each lot at full production capacity with varying raw material quality. Thanks to its smart production units, Autocoro can detect mis-placed tubes and with MultiLot System, it can manufacture several lots at the same time.
Trial Production Packages
Although the production of trial packages is an expensive business on belt-driven machines, because it always blocks the entire machine length, the Autocoro 8, the individual spinning position is intelligent and is consequently able to rethink if required and produce trial packages automatically in parallel to production with the aid of PilotSpin. Only a fraction of the machine's productivity is sacrificed in this process. Spinning and winding tests are easy and cost-effective thanks to the intelligent automation of the Autocoro 8 - the testing of new raw materials and the development of new or customised products can be integrated smoothly into spinning mill operation.
Decentralised automation of the individual spinning positions also prevents pointless work spikes in cleaning processes. The Corolab sensor monitors the yarn quality at each spinning position continuously and so it recognises whether the rotor needs cleaning. Companies can take advantage of this to optimise the length of the cleaning intervals for the rotors, replacing fixed intervals with process-optimised cleaning as required.
