Autoconer X5, type V fully reflects the trend towards automation

With its performance features like PreciFX, the new X-Change doffer, a new, easily comprehensible design for reduced handling, energy-optimised cooling concept and increased flexibility in terms of equipment and application range, the Autoconer X5 has already a lot of advantages to be successful in the market. But also even in those regions where labour costs are still low, many spinning mills are turning increasingly to modern automated systems. And especially for these requirements the Autoconer X5 convinces by intelligent automated material flow, show special advantages of intelligent automation.
Arguments in favour of automation - operator-independent, high-quality, efficient

• Clearly structured process sequences, a reduction in the outlay on logistics.
• Less dependence on the availability of operators.
• Potential for improved product quality, especially in linked installations.
• Reduction in handling and process stages (smaller number of fault sources).
• Reduction in logistics and material costs (smaller number of tubes in the spinning mill cycle, fewer transport containers,…).
• Employees are relieved of heavy physical work.

Selecting the right level of automation
Make a conscious decision in favour of the right level of automation on the basis of your requirements and Oerlikon will supply the most suitable machine from the Autoconer X5 product family. The Autoconer X5 offers various approaches to process automation. Some criteria that may help to decide which level of automation to choose are listed in the summary.
The new package doffer X-Change - the best doffer in winding machinery market
On all Autoconer X5 winding machines, the doffer plays a key role as an automation unit. Manual intervention is no longer necessary when changing the package type, or when winding on a new lot including feed change. The doffer can operate entirely independently and can process different types of tube without any mechanical settings being required. The doffing capacity is considerably higher compared with the preceding model (doffing time 10 seconds, travel speed 43 m/min). But capacity alone is not the crucial factor, on the contrary, it also offers unique flexibility thanks to many cleverly designed functional sequences:

• Multifunctional tube handling for processing different package formats (conical, cylindrical) without mechanical adjustments.
• Automatic lot change without manual winding on onto the empty.
• Empty tube strategy (if there is no empty tube for the package doff about to take place, the doffer itself procures a suitable tube from the neighbouring winding unit).
• Easy operation and diagnostics by the new doffer display using symbols, pictograms and number codes.
• Central settings for the doffer parameters at the Informator.

Thus the X-Change doffer is a reliable, independently operating assistant to your staff, automating your production sequences with a host of interesting details.
Intelligent material flow for high efficiency, high quality and low energy consumption
In the new Autoconer X5 material flow system the bobbins are supplied to the central readying station once they have been transferred to the Caddies of the Autoconer transport system either by the flat circular conveyor (type D stand-alone machines) or by the CTS transfer station in linked systems (type V machines). The number of readying stations and the equipping of these with suitable yarn detachment device types are freely configurable according to the required cycle rates, materials and bobbin structures. The yarn end is deposited securely on the tube tip as a tip bunch, so that it does not get lost during transporting and the winding unit can fall back on it securely when winding on. To ensure the optimum reliability of supply, 3 reserve bobbins are always available for each winding unit.
The transport system has been designed to be extremely thrifty with power (compared with the preceding model, up to 5% of energy costs can be saved). Long sections (bobbin feed, tube return) are managed using a conveyor belt system. Within the winding units and in the central processing centre, mechanical, positive conveying by means of driver plate is used. After the winding process, final treatment is carried out in the processing centre. The tube inspector takes charge of distribution: empty tubes are transferred either to the ring spinning machine (type V) or removed and put into boxes (type D), tubes with cut-off pieces of yarn are optionally fed to the tube cleaning unit, tubes with yarn remains that can be unwound are fed back into the material flow. The new Autoconer X5 material flow is quick, clearly structured and can be configured flexibly.
Autoconer X5, type V - the shortest route from the bobbin to the package:
The direct link between the ring spinning machine and the package winder already saves around 30 - 40% on staff costs (compared with RM) in practice, and this trend is rising. The efficiency and safety of the material flow and process sequence no longer depend on the operators. But apart from economic efficiency, automation offers another convincing argument - quality. The bobbins are transported contact-free, and therefore with the minimum impact on the yarn, from the ring spinning machine to the package winder. In addition, in an installation linked to the Autoconer X5 V, the yarn quality of each individual spinning unit on the ring spinning machine can be checked and safeguarded at the optimum level by the optional online spindle identification system SPID. The production capacities of the spinning and winding machine are coordinated to one another in the optimum manner for greater efficiency, ie, for more kilograms of yarn each day. To complement the energy-saving transport concept, the opportunity exists to utilise further energy-saving potential. If the Autoconer X5, type V machine has wound all its bobbins and the ring spinning machine is still engaged in production of the new take-up, the winding machine can switch to energy saving mode. This means that all belts and units that are not required enter "sleep" mode (eg, reduction in the power take-up of the suction system). Everything is then reactivated in good time for the transfer of the new bobbins.
Plus points for the installation of a linked system with the Autoconer X5, type V:

• Independence from the availability of trained staff and from labour cost increases.
• Safeguarding of yarn quality due to gentle supply to winding machine.
• No mixing-up of lots.
• Optimum capacity coordination between spinning and winding machine.
• Higher efficiency rating of the ring spinning machine (with SPID).
• Flexible configuration of the material flow units to satisfy the requirement.
• High cycle rates, reliable process sequences.
• Transparency of operation, Informator as central operating terminal close to the spinning machine.
• Energy-saving mode.
• Online quality monitoring with SPID (optional).
• PreciFX (option) - unique yarn traversing facility for individual package quality.