Pneumatic and Mechanical Splicer Technology
topic
Pneumatic splicers untwist and intermingle two yarn ends in a splice chamber using compressed air pulses to create an air-spliced joint of 80 to 100 percent of parent yarn strength with near-invisible appearance, while mechanical splicers use friction or adhesion bonding for yarns that cannot be pneumatically spliced including highly twisted, plied, or chemically sensitive specialty yarns.
Role
Replaces yarn knot joins that cause weaving stop events and fabric defects with splice joints of near-parent-yarn appearance and strength, enabling continuous high-speed weaving and knitting from wound packages without the stop-and-restart delays and fabric defects that knot joins cause when passing through weaving machine heddles, reeds, and knitting needles at production speeds.