Basic Information : Slub Yarn
In general Slub is the defect , which is due to un even thickness of the yarn at perticular place. It may be on high thickness or Low thickness . High thickness is known as slub , And low thickness is known as negative slub.
If the same defect is created purposely it is known as efect Because know it is in produced in a controlled manner , which gives a pattern, And pattern is a fashion.
Affect the visual effect of slub yarn:
There are four factors are affect the visual effect of slub yarn. They are:-
- Number of slubs per kilometer (NSm)
- Diameter (dia) of slub
- Length of slub
- Distance between slub.
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| Fig: Parameters of slub yarn |
All these parameters are selected by computer. Slub vision software is used for this purpose.
Types of slub yarn on the basis of visual effect:
- Pattern/regular slub yarn
- Non-pattern/irregular slub yarn
- Multicount slub yarn
- Both are pattern and non-pattern slub yarn.
Suppliers of slub yarn attachment m/c:
- Amsler – Germany
- Jiangyin CF Tex Tech Co Ltd – China
- Caipo – Italy
- Pinter – Spain
- Slub-O-Generator of Fancytex – Gwalior, India, etc.
Some ring frame machine manufacturer are supplying the ring frame with inbuilt mechanisms for slub and multicount yarns. Some popular machine manufacturers are-
- Marzoli – Italy
- Zinser – Germany
- Toyota – Japan, etc.