At the half-day event the attendees received first comprehensive information on trends of the textile industry and today’s challenges. USTER^® specialists explained in further sessions how the new yarn clearer USTER^® QUANTUM 3 addresses the needs of the spinners by giving technical and practical insights.

“The new USTER^®QUANTUM 3 recommends after some minutes clearing limits of statistical relevance. This is an undisputable benefit as experts for this complex job are rare”, said Mr Thomas Nasiou, Vice President Textile Technology, Uster Technologies.

The definition of a clearing limit is the basic and most important challenge for all spinning mills. Simply because of a variety of factors which have to be considered. Until now yarn manufacturers had to carry out their own fault analysis and to work out the most effective and profitable quality control regime for their yarn clearers. With the new USTER^® QUANTUM 3 this expertise is at their disposal – like having an expert on hand at any time.

Innovative technology

The attendees were fascinated when of USTER^® explained the powerful capacitive, optical and foreign matter sensors which are at the core of the USTER^® QUANTUM 3. These sensors can see everything, in greater detail than any previous yarn clearer. In combination with powerful processing electronics, for the first time ever, the system shows the full yarn body. (The yarn body is the normal yarn with its set of expected tolerable natural variations). The new foreign matter sensor has multiple light sources, to detect new colored foreign fibers and to help separation of colored foreign fibers from mostly non-disturbing vegetable matter. The powerful contamination package of the USTER^® QUANTUM 3 is completed by a brand new Polypropylene clearing option.

Tough clearers

The USTER^® QUANTUM 3 is both larger and more robust than any previous clearer. Tough on the outside, its new design will stand up to the most demanding mill environments and provide a long service life. Improvements include a better sealed clearer core to keep out dirt and dust, as well as reinforced sensors to cope with vibration. Another improvement is the Foreign Fiber sensor, which is wider than before. Along with new air blowing arrangements, this reduces dirt build-up at the sensor from both the yarn and the air supply. Many visitors said that they could feel the robustness and quality holding a USTER^®  QUANTUM 3. Everyone had the chance to inspecting the yarn clearer, an instrument just big enough to fit in one’s palm, in the exhibition area at the event.

About Uster Technologies Ltd.

The Uster Group is the leading high technology instrument manufacturer of products for quality measurement and certification for the textile industry. The Group provides testing and monitoring instruments, systems and services that allow optimization of quality through each individual stage of textile production. This includes raw textile fibers, such as cotton or wool, all staple fiber and filament yarns, as well as downstream services to the final finished fabric. The Uster Group provides benchmarks that are a basis for the trading of textile products at assured levels of quality across global markets. The Group’s aim is to forward know-how on quality, productivity and cost to the textile industry.

The Group is headquartered in Uster, Switzerland and operates through a worldwide Market Organization complemented by Technology Centers. It has sales and service subsidiaries in the major textile markets and Technology Centers in Uster (Switzerland), Knoxville (USA) and Suzhou (China).

Click to see the event: New Uster Quantum 3 from Uster Technologies in Bangkok.