Twisting

Two-for-One Twister Production & Power Calculator

Two turns per revolution is the whole machine. Raise twist and delivery falls in exact proportion — the energy per kilogram is what actually changes.

Twisting Machine setting
rpm
TPM
tex
no.
%
h
Energy Tariff
W
/kWh

Machine Production

— kg/shift

All spindles at the stated twist and efficiency

Output & Energy

Delivery Speed
— m/min
Production per Spindle
— kg/shift
Energy per Shift
— kWh
Specific Energy
— kWh/kg
Energy Cost per kg
— /kg

Connected spindle power is not constant across the doff: balloon tension rises as the package builds, so treat the specific energy as a shift average.

Two-for-One Twister Production & Power Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.