SWICOFIL - Yarn and fiber expert.
SWICOFIL - Yarn and fiber expert.

YARN CARRIER DESCRIPTION

What are bobbins? How do they look like? What kind of different cylinders are there and what differentiates them? Answers to the basic yarn carrier questions.
When it comes to yarn, there are different types to put up the yarn in order for it to work on machines. The suitable put up type depends therefore mostly on what machine you are working with rather than the yarn or the material itself. 

Roughly, there are seven different kinds of yarn carriers:
 

COPS

Parameter Description Cops

  • D1-D4: various diameters according to drawing

 

  • L: overall length of cops
Cops, yarn carrier put up type     Cops, yarn carrier put up type 

CONES

Cones are mostly used for knitting.
 

Parameter Description Cones

  • Di: interior diameter at bottom of cones
     
  • L: overall length of cones
     
  • α: angle of cone
Cones, yarn carrier put up type     Cones, yarn carrier put up type 

CYLINDERS Y

Parameter Description Cylinders Y

  • Di: interior diameter at bottom of cylinders
     
  • L: overall length of cylinder
Cylinder Y, yarn carrier put up type     Cylinder Y, yarn carrier put up type 

CYLINDERS ZH

This cylinders has a rounded off top to facilitate easy unwinding.
 

Parameter Description Cylinders ZH

  • Di: interior diameter at bottom of cylinders
     
  • L: overall length of cylinder
Cylinder ZH, yarn carrier put up type     Cylinder ZH, yarn carrier put up type 

FLANGED BOBBINS DIN

Parameter Description Flanged Bobbins

  • A-E: various diameters according to drawing
Flanged bobbin, yarn carrier put up type 

BALES

Bales are mostly used for fibers (not yarn). There are no standardized bale dimensions.
Bales, yarn carrier put up type (only for fibers) 

LOOMS

Swicofil does not handle weaving beams WKB or warpknitting beams TKB any longer. Nevertheless, more basic information on looms such as what different kinds of looms exist can be found here.
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