UROP Project

Design of a closed loop control system for a Tufting machine to control the Yarn Tension Force.

Contact

Name

Jan Müller

Program Director UROP

Telephone

workPhone
+49 241 80-90299

E-Mail

Key Info

Basic Information

Project Offer-Number:
850
Category:
UROP International, RWTH UROP
Field:
Control Engineering Science
Faculty:
4
Organisation unit:
Institute for Textile Engineering
Language Skills:
English
Computer Skills:
Matlab / Simulink
Professor:
Prof. T. Gries

MoveOn

Tufting is the most productive process to manufacture textiles with pile structure in textile engineering. The yarn Tension is proved to be an important factor affecting the quality of tufted textiles. In order to increase the quality, the yarn tension force should be actively controled.

Task

Developement of a closed loop control system for the yarn Tension; Implementation of the system into the tufting machine; Field tests and verfication of methods.

Requirements

Automatic Control; General understanding of Industrial Automation systems