Autocoro 360 - Ahead by many lengths

· Up to 360 spinning units
· Take-up speeds of up to 300 m/min

Up to 360 spinning units and take-up speeds of up to 300 m/min offer extra productivity potential, for example for soft knitting yarns or coarse yarns. Manmade fibre yarns can now also be spun at higher rotor speeds, while productivity increases of up to 40 % are achieved in the case of high-speed yarns.

New horizons with upto 4 Coromats
· 4 Coromats - guaranteeing productivity and quality for both new and established applications
The optimized automation concept of the Autocoro 360 yields greater productivity and flexibility. 3 or 4 Coromats per machine are equal to the most extreme demands, guaranteeing machine efficiency ratings of 97 % or more for most counts and applications. Higher yarn break rates, a significant obstacle to productivity in the past, are no longer something to be feared. 3 or 4 Coromats are particularly economical for knitting yarns, raw materials with a low spinning stability, high-speed yarns requiring high rotor speeds and small rotors and yarns necessitating frequent package doffs and clearer and foreign fibre cuts. Lot-changing is also much faster with 4 Coromats, taking only 40 minutes or so even on long machines with 360 spinning units.

The narrow section design is also advantageous, as 360 Autocoro spinning units take up less space than machines from other manufacturers. This means up to 13 % more production in the same space, especially when using space-saving rectangular cans.

The uniform piecings on the Autocoro 360, which are indistinguishable from the yarn itself, are entirely in keeping with the philosophy of the perfectionist. A piecing strength of over 90% is achieved even at high rotor speeds. Highly dynamic drives for the sliver intake and yarn take-up, sensors and a laser light barrier increase the accuracy of the piecing process. The fibres are also combed out and parallelized prior to each piecing cycle. An electronic piecing tester ensures that only perfect piecings are wound onto the package.

Autocoro 360 yields greater productivity and flexibility with 4 Coromats per machine

Corobox SE 12 spinbox
The universal Corobox SE 12 spinbox - now more accurate with SDSI and more economical thanks to new spinning components

· Flexibility with the intelligent SDSI Single Drive Sliver Intake
· 20- to 450-fold drafts

No matter whether the yarns spun are from natural or manmade fibres or blends of these, or are smooth or structured yarns, the Corobox SE 12 is capable of handling all applications. This new spinbox gives the Autocoro 360 a level of flexibility and a yarn quality never previously achieved. The SDSI Single Drive Sliver Intake guarantees a precisely defined fibre feed by means of stepping motors in each spinbox. This is crucial for the manufacture of reproducible fancy yarns. With the Corobox SE 12, only one feed is required for all yarn counts, a major flexibility advantage. Even coarse slivers of up to 7ktex are spun into fine yarns due to the wide draft range of 20- to 450-fold.

Schlafhorst has developed new Belcoro spinning components for the Corobox SE 12, such as the Stream Line SL adapters. These optimize the fibre feed, reduce yarn breaks by up to 60 % and increase yarn strength. The advantages are manifold: productivity advantages thanks to higher speeds for cotton and manmade fibres and potential savings due to the use of cheaper raw materials. To enable Autocoro spinning mills with several spinbox generations to benefit from the advantages of Belcoro spinning components, most of these can be used on different models ranging from the SE 8 spinbox to the new Corobox SE 12. Schlafhorst is the only rotor spinning machine manufacturer to offer a system that is so customer-friendly and economical on capital expenditure.

Fancynation - a new route to Fancy yarn production
· Unique drive and control concept that results in higher productivity
· Modular structure that is user-friendly and flexible

Fancynation is the modular hardware and software integrated into the Autocoro 360 to facilitate the production of fancy yarns. Fancy yarn manufacture is more productive and reproducible than ever before with Fancynation, as the mechanical constraints commonly encountered in the past have been eliminated by the Corobox SE 12 with Single Drive Sliver Intake SDSI.

The central platform for all effects is the FancyPilot. A variety of tools such as the QuickDesigner, 2D-interactive GraphicDesigner and 3D-Simulations are used to generate and modify effects easily, quickly and with little effort on the screen. Report changes, the simulation of effects on yarn panels and in knits and wovens on the screen make product development easier. Machine setting parameters are linked automatically to effect data in the software and setting recommendations are stored with spinning components, also enhancing the reproducibility of fancy yarn production. Other notable system modules are FancyControl for monitoring the quality of the yarn spun online, FancyProfile for displaying the yarn diameter and progression of effects, Fancy0asis Gold with extended simulation functions such as stonewash finishes and FancyLink for measuring and entering yarn patterns.

Other fundamental elements of fancy yarn production on the Autocoro 360 include new spinning components developed specially for fancy yarns, such as GT rotors and a compact feed tray, along with the precise, electronically controlled spinning vacuum achieved with the Electronic Vacuum Adjustment system EVA.

Coropack - Autocoro packages set
new standards

· Coro Value Package CVP: compact, optimum unwinding properties.
· Heavy Weight Package HWP: economical, thanks to a 5 kg weight.

The new CoroPack generation of packages is synonymous with greater efficiency and quality. The Coro Value Package CVP guarantees a low, homogeneous winding tension that will not have a detrimental effect on the yarn. The yarn elongation is thus up to 1 % higher than on conventional packages. As a result, the new packages are distinguished in weaving and knitting mills by up to 70% fewer yarn breaks.

The new features of the winding unit on the Autocoro 360 are particularly advantageous for manufacturing compact packages. A weight of up to 5 kilograms can be achieved with the Heavy Weight Package HWP, cutting production costs in the spinning mill thanks to less frequent package doffing and lower tube costs. A 10% increase in package weight for the same package diameters guarantees an optimum packing density and reduces the cost of transporting packages by several thousand euro per year and machine, even in the case of fine yarns.

Polypropylene clearing system for Autocoro yarns
· Exclusive to the Autocoro.
· For all cotton and blended cotton yarns.

The Autocoro 360 equipped with the new Corolab 8 and Corolab 8PP yarn monitoring system is the only rotor spinning machine in the world on which even foreign fibres of materials such as polypropylene or nylon used in bale packaging can be cleared along with film residues. The new Corolab 8PP yarn clearer was developed exclusively for the Autocoro and is only obtainable for the Autocoro, giving Autocoro spinning mills worldwide a unique competitive advantage.
Corolab 8PP is based on the triboelectric effect. Polypropylene fibres trigger a clearer intervention, both in the case of cotton yarns and blended cotton yarns. Every basic clearer in the Corolab 8 system is already configured in readiness for retrofitting the polypropylene sensor, so that this can be installed at any time subsequently.

Increased productivity, flexibility and savings thanks to EVA and IDS
· Energy savings thanks to a constant, electronically controlled vacuum.
· Greater productivity with critical raw materials.

The Autocoro 360 is the only automatic rotor spinning machine on which variations in the raw material have as little effect on efficiency ratings as setting a low spinning vacuum. The suction system of the Autocoro 360 with Electronic Vacuum Adjustment EVA guarantees a constant, automatically controlled spinning vacuum at every spinning unit. The number of yarn breaks can be reduced and productivity significantly increased by optimizing the setting. Monitoring of the filling level ensures that EVA always operates in the optimum range. EVA thus lowers energy costs by up to 30% compared with systems that have no adjustment facility.

Autocoro 360 - The most productive automatic rotor spinning machine worldwide

Greater flexibility is offered by the new Intelligent Drive System (IDS) concept: the yarn twist, draft, spinning vacuum, opening roller speed and rotor speed and even the sliver intake speed are all set smoothly and effortlessly at the Informator. Lot-changing and product and process optimizations are simpler and more reproducible than ever before with this new drive concept.
No matter what objectives rotor spinning mills pursue, the Autocoro 360 with its revolutionary innovations will prove a profitable solution for the future. And the technical advances benefit not only those mills that have the new Autocoro 360; many of the innovative new features can also be retrofitted to existing machines.

Boom in PSF imports from China

Brussels based organisation CIRFS (Comité International de la Rayonne et des Fibres Synthétiques). has provided the information that PSF imports from the People Republic of China and Saudi Arabia have increased overall in absolute terms and in terms of market share.
Imports from Saudi Arabia rose from 4.3 million euros in 1997 up to 15.3 million euros in 2002. After increasing by 64% in 2000, they were up 21% and 25% in 2001 and 2002, respectively.
Imports from China boomed in 2002, rising 2,623% from 796,000 euros up to 21.7 million euros.

An interim review of PSF imports from Taiwan and Korea was also decided at the same time. Taiwan and Korea are the two most important PSF exporters in the world. "Existing measures are no longer sufficient to counter-act the injurious dumping," the CIRFS argued.
EU imports of PSF from Taiwan reached 56.8 million euros in 2002, up 16% from 2001. Imports from South Korea fell from 101 million euros in 2001 down to 95 million euros in 2002.

Importers to oppose new duties

EU importers are expected strongly opposing future duties on shipments from China and South Korea. "When fibre prices increase, European textile jobs move to Asia," said in a leaflet UK-based importer Eurochem GB Ltd. The PSF importer denounces the timing imposed by EU Commission, in addition.

Anti-dumping notices were officially published on December 19th on the eve of a two-week break while time limits imposed to importers and exporters for requesting questionnaires do not exceed 15 days of publication of the notice, Eurochem said.

In addition to duties imposed on PSF imports from Taiwan and Korea, fibers from Australia, Belarus, India and Thailand are also subject to a similar treatment while anti-subsidy duties are imposed on PSF from Australia and Indonesia.

Anti-dumping duties

The European Union could impose anti-dumping duties on polyester staple fibers from China and Saudi Arabia while possibly prolonging similar duties on PSF from Korea and Taiwan. Polyester staple fibers are among favorite products of EU anti-dumping authorities.
Following a new complaint by the European producers of man-made fibers, EU Commission decided launching an investigation over PSF imports from China and Saudi Arabia.

Polyester fibers (HS 55032000) from both countries were not subject to EU anti-dumping duties until now.

Courtesy: Egytex.com