First WinTrax take-up machine delivered to Russia

The 40 winding positions have been equipped with the WinTrax carbon fiber winder. This manual winder – launched in 2010 – has sparked huge interest in particular from Asia and Russia. Wintrax fulfils the special requirements of carbon fiber production. Carbon fibers are wound at very low speeds - between 0.3 m/min and 20 m/min. As the sensitive fibers must not be guided over any edges, yarn-guiding element rollers have extremely large diameters. The traversing thread-guide comprises two parallel conical rollers. This achieves a very short yarn trailing length. WinTrax offers a positive cost advantage for yarn producers as the winding ratio between the traverse unit and the chuck (precision winding) is electronically-adjustable and can be altered without interrupting the process. This proves to be a huge advantage when it comes to changing the titer. The traversing motion of the traversing thread-guides is achieved by a threaded spindle driven by a reversing motor. Carbon fibers are traditionally deployed within the aerospace sector, but are also being used increasingly in the automobile industry.