Control Systems in Textile Machines

G. Nagarajan is Assistant Professor in Textile Engineering Department at Aksum University Axum, Ethiopia. He has worked in the spinning division of the South India Textile Research Organization (SITRA) and has also been associated with production, maintenance, and quality assurance departments of various spinning mills in North India and Bangladesh. G. Ramakrishnan is professor at the Department of Fashion Technology at Kumaraguru College of Technology, India. His experience exceeds 30 years and he has carried out several projects with various textile/apparel industries.

• 1. Basic concepts – units and standards2. Instrumentation3. Measuring devices in textile mills4. Instrumentation in textile testing equipments5. Control systems in ginning 6. Control systems in blow room line7. Foreign fibre detection in blow room8. Monitoring system in carding machines9. Control system in draw frames10. Monitoring in combers11. Monitoring in speed frames12. Monitoring systems in ring frames13. Online monitoring system in automatic cone winders14. Sensors in rotor spinning15. Sensors and their application in spinning machines16. Electronic controls in weaving preparatory and weaving machines17. Advancements in on-line monitoring and control of parameters in knitting and sewing processes18. Online control in wet processing19. Pneumatic and hydraulic control valves