Comber Performance Monitoring and Quality Indices
topic
Comber performance monitoring tracks nip rate, production rate, noil percentage, combed sliver CV percent, and spectrogram periodicity for each comber head, using statistical process control charts to detect between-head variation, clothing wear, and mechanical defects that cause individual head quality differences visible in the combed sliver and ultimately in the finished yarn as count variation bands.
Role
Maintains consistent quality across all 8 comber heads that combine to form the post-comber drawing sliver by identifying individual heads producing deficient combing quality from clothing wear or mechanical defects, enabling targeted maintenance on specific heads before the between-head variability generates detectable quality defects in downstream yarn and fabric production.