Air-Jet Spinning

Vortex (Air-Jet) Spinning Delivery Speed & Draft Modeler

Vortex economics live in the air bill. Specific air per kilogram, not the headline delivery speed, is what decides whether a faster setting actually pays.

Material & Speed Per position
ktex
Ne
m/min
%
no.
Nozzle Air Compressed air
MPa
MPa
Nm³/h

Machine Production

— kg/h

All positions at the stated delivery speed and efficiency

Draft, Output & Air

Total Draft (sliver → yarn)
— ×
Yarn Linear Density
— tex
Production per Position
— kg/h
Air Consumption
— Nm³/h
Specific Air per kg Yarn
— Nm³/kg

Rated air figures are quoted at a specific nozzle pressure; comparing two machines at different pressures without normalising is how vortex air budgets get missed.

Vortex (Air-Jet) Spinning Delivery Speed & Draft Modeler — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.