Ring Spinning

Ring Spinning Tension, End Breakage Rate & Efficiency Loss

Spinning tension goes with the square of spindle speed. Yarn strength does not go up at all.

Spinning Geometry What generates the tension
rpm
mm
mg
x

Amplification between traveller and yarn guide

Yarn & Breakage What resists it and what it costs
tex
cN/tex
1/1000 sph
min

Patrol wait plus piecing, not the piecing action alone

m/min
%

Spinning Tension as a Share of Yarn Strength

— %

The margin the yarn is running on

Tension, Traveller & Breakage Cost

Spinning Tension
— cN
Yarn Breaking Load
— cN
Traveller Speed
— m/s
Breaks on the Frame
— 1/h
Spindle Time Lost
— min/h
Efficiency Lost to Ends Down
— %
Production Lost
— kg/h
Piecings Required
— 1/h

The tension model is the standard centrifugal balance and gives the order and the trend correctly, but the friction coefficient and the balloon factor are lumped empirical terms that vary with traveller profile, ring condition, lubrication, yarn hairiness and humidity - so treat the absolute tension as indicative and the comparison between conditions as reliable. Tension also varies through the cop build as the balloon height and the winding geometry change, and this computes a single representative value rather than the peak. Breakage rate is an input here, not a prediction: no model reliably predicts it from tension alone, because it depends on the weak-place distribution of the yarn. Efficiency loss counts spindle time only and excludes doffing, cleaning and lot changes, so it is not the whole gap between this figure and the machine efficiency entered.

Ring Spinning Tension, End Breakage Rate & Efficiency Loss — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.