The new STATIMAT DS from Textechno combines testing of tensile properties, unevenness and count of yarn and thread in one tester. The three tests on each package presented by the package changer are performed in succession. Optionally it is possible to test unevenness and yarn count in one test run, which enables to relate the results of both measurements to the same tested yarn length.
A further optional accessory is an optical entanglement sensor to measure interlaces in a multifilament yarn.
With regard to testing technology and technical realization the STATIMAT DS offers numerous technical and technological novelties. For example, a patented new capacitor design for measurement of unevenness, united with a new design philosophy.
The main advantages of the STATIMAT DS are:
- Common use of all peripheral components of the tester like package changer, threading mechanism for introducing the yarn sample into the test sections, yarn feeding device, waste yarn disposal, instrument housing with protective front panel, as well as control electronics, including the PC-based Textechno TESTCONTROL system for the different test modules built in, which leads to a very economic price of the STATIMAT DS compared to three separate testing appliances.
- The operator has to present the test samples (yarn packages) only to one instead of several different testers. This results in considerable time and labour savings. All measured data are presented in one test protocol, so that the data can be easily interrelated, for example, to calculate tenacity from the measured strength- and yarn count values.