The integration of the Autoconer X6 winding machine in ESSENTIAL opens up the potential for enhanced transparency and optimization across all process steps. The winding machine is the last process step in the production of ring or compact yarn. It reliably detects foreign fibers, impurities, and unevenness in the yarn and removes these faults. Connection of the winding machine to ESSENTIAL helps make detection of quality deviations during production even more effective. On top of this, it also makes it possible to trace the causes back to upstream process steps and to rectify them.

For example: A combed cotton yarn of yarn count Ne 40 deviates from the quality standard. For a yarn with these criteria, the winding machine normally makes 75 quality cuts per 100 km of yarn. The number of cuts increases with unsatisfactory yarn quality, with an increase in this example to 90 per 100 km of yarn. More cuts translates to more waste, corresponding to an increase from 0.4% to 0.5%. This seemingly small difference correlates to a considerable amount of yarn over the course of a year. For a spinning mill that produces 5 000 tons of yarn per year, this totals five tons of additional waste.