The TC 30i delivers best quality from any raw material, thanks to an expanded cylinder diameter and higher number of active flats. This leads to a significantly increased carding length. In combination with the intelligent T-GO gap optimizer, which ensures the right carding gap setting precisely and automatically, the best possible yarn quality is achieved.
The TC 30i also includes a new suction system that cuts costs and boosts sustainability because it separates higher value card waste from the remaining waste. This valuable material can be turned into additional revenue.
How can you make the world’s best card even better? This was the challenge we faced when we further developed the proven intelligent card TC 19i. The result: Our TC30i. Thomas Schmitz, Head of R&D Fiber Preparation at Trützschler Spinning
Inventing the next-generation of card
To understand why the TC 30i is so special, it helps to take a look back at the previous generation. The intelligent card TC 19i revolutionized the way cards are set and operated.
Its self-adjusting gap optimizer T-GO set new standards for the market – and sales of the TC 19i outperformed every other card. What sounds like a fairytale, created a new headache for the development engineers at Trützschler: How can you make the world’s best card even better?
Trützschler’s answer involved bringing together a great team of experts to combine their insights and willpower – and develop the next generation of card. Our engineers devoted themselves to every aspect of the machine setup, made fundamental changes to the platform and placed a particular focus on the core carding process.
New setup for outstanding yarn quality
From a technological point of view, the most potential to take final yarn quality to the next level is found in the main carding zone between cylinder and flats – and in the carding length, which refers to the path a fiber takes through the machine. T-GO is the only proven and automatic gap optimizer that precisely adjusts the carding gap and keeps it constant.
In this way, T-GO really exploits the quality potential of a longer flat circuit and enlarged cylinder diameter. Now, the carding length has been extended by 14 % and the number of active flats has been increased by 35 %. All of this has been achieved without compromising any of the pre-carding or post-carding positions, and without making the card more difficult to service. The arrangement of all of the machine components has also been refined to optimize the carding process. This improved machine setup can also maximize production capacity by up to 15 % while maintaining the same level of quality!
T-GO now even more effective
Anyone who has ever set the carding gap of a conventional card will understand why the intelligent card TC 19i and its integrated T-GO gap optimizer was so revolutionary. Instead of needing highly qualified employees to perform a time-consuming process with high potential for errors, the T-GO automatically ensures the ideal carding gap at all times.
This makes it possible to set the carding gap very precisely and it can also be set much narrower than conventional cards – which enables better quality and higher productivity, even when there are changes to parameters such as raw materials, cylinder speed or temperature.
The outcome? Outstanding yarn quality and no risk of damaging the clothing or the card. Now, the T-GO gap optimizer is becoming even more effective because of the structural changes in the TC 30i card. Fibers stay in the carding gap for longer because the number of active flats is increased, and this leads to higher levels of performance and quality. And in combination with the enhanced T-CON system, it is now possible to predict and monitor the carding gap with increased precision.
Making the best use of raw materials
When creating the new machine setup for our TC 30i, our innovators also redesigned the suction system to tap into its full potential. Depending on the position, the card eliminates waste with different compositions – from dark and dirty waste through to clean, higher-value waste.
By collecting these types of waste separately, good fibers contained in the clean waste can re-enter the spinning process. This way more than 50 % of card waste can be reused. Alternatively, the high quality waste can be sold to significantly higher prices to third parties.
Either way, the new suction system delivers a measurable economic contribution for our customers and sets new stan- dards in the sustainable use of raw materials.
On top of this, the redesigned suction system also saves energy because it requires less pressure. The function of the new suction system is supplemented by the optimized PMS 2 knife at the licker-in. This makes it possible to use highly precise settings of up to 8/1000“. In combination with WASTECONTROL, customers can choose the ideal waste excretion setting from economic to intensive. This enables a further contribution to reducing waste.
Operation has never been so easy
Alongside intelligent features like T-GO and WASTECONTROL, our innovative TC 30i also comes with T-LED, SMART TOUCH and RFID. This makes the machine easy to adjust and operate.
The new design also places a strong focus on accessibility. As a result, all maintenance positions are still easily accessible – inclu- ding the licker-in, flats and doffer. This means the redesigned setup makes life easier for the technicians maintaining the machine.
Trützschler offers the perfect solution for spinning a wide range of materials. Our TC 30i is available for fine cotton (the TC 30 Fi), for man-made fibers (the TC 30 Si) and for recycling (the TC 30 Ri). Whatever your specific needs, the innovative TC 30i is the next-generation card with the power to help your company grab a competitive advantage by achieving outstan- ding levels of quality, productivity and sustainability.
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