Construcción de un desfibrador de pabilo a base de aire comprimido

Abstract

The following research aims to analyze how to optimize those resources that are used within a ring thread production process through designing and manufacturing a yarn shredder based on a compressed air system. The operation of such a machine evokes Bernoulli’s theorem, according to which, a fluid in motion inside of a closed conduit, decreases its pressure whenever speed increases by passing through a minor section. Applied to the yarn shredder, compressed air is pushed through a cylinder. When it passes by a narrower section, its speed rises up producing negative pressures and generating a suction effect. The yarn is then moved closer to the conduit’s edge and its material is absorbed to the interior. Due to air pressure, the yarn dissevers itself, eliminating its torsion. As a result, it gets back to its original cotton or polyester state, which is raw material suitable to be recycled in the thread production process. Setting up a yarn shredder, in a textile spinning company, will allow raw material to be reused and production costs to be reduced, without lowering the final product quality. In addition, it will help improve the cost – benefit relationship, boosting profits as well as productivity indicators.