WORLD’S LONGEST SPEED FRAME LF4280

SPEED FRAME
LF4280 Series

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Speed frame LF4280 Series the world’s longest

Speed frame with 280 spindles is incorporated
with cutting edge technologies for high
production and with automation of Auto doffer
and provision for Roving transport system.

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SPEED FRAME
LF4280 Series
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Salient Features of Speed Frame LF4280 Series

Smart Speedframe with Complete World’s Longest Speed frame

Electronic Drives
· Speed frame with 280 spindle
· Four Segment Drive System
· Servo drive for Drafting · Dual drive arrangement for
· No Change Gears for Draft & Twist consistent quality
· Efficient handling of torsion load

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Consistent Quality

· Automatic Roving Tension

Controller (ATC)
· Minimun roving Stretch
· Equal exhaust of sliver in cans

User friendliness

· Automatic and Semi-Automatic doffer

versions
· Bobbin tilting arrangement for
SemiAutodoffer
· Detachable Flyer
· Option of 5/6/8 row creel arrangement
· Provision to run a section of 40 Spindles

Power Saving

· “CQ” Constant Air discharge DUCT for

longer machine performance

Automation

· Provision for roving transportation

system (RTS)
· 50% Manpower saving
· Enhanced roving quality due to
elimination of manual handling
of bobbins.

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280 Spindles with Dual

Drive Mechanism
A unique dual-drive mechanism with split drive setup in 48mm dia bobbin and unique 224mm pitch helps in achieving
middle of the machine enables all the 280 spindles to maintain more bobbin content which extends the bobbin exhaust
uniform and consistent quality by eliminating the torsional frequency.
effect on drafting rollers.
This set-up of up to 280 Spindles helps in less manpower,
280 spindles eliminate the requirement of more number of lower maintenance time and also helps in bringing down the
machines in the mills, which reduces the capital investment operating costs considerably.
on machines and H-Plant. Thus the operation cost will be
competitively lower.

High tenacity
Cotton,
Fibre Polyester & PC
fibres like Viscose,
Modal, PV

Max Spindles 280 280

Dual drive
with split drive >200 spindles >140 spindles
system

Split drive

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Four Segment Drive

System
• Drafting is driven by Servo motors
• Bobbin, Bobbin trough and flyer are driven by Inverter
controlled Induction motors
• All the drives of bobbin, bobbin trough, flyer and drafting
are well synchronized to enhance machine functionality.
• Each section has 40 spindles and any of the sections can be
by-passed on need basis to save power.
• All the bobbin drive motors have common drive and the
same system is engineered in case of flyer drive motors
also, this helps in less maintenance and lower inventory.

Flyer Drive
• Driven by inverter controlled motor
• A set of 40 flyers are driven by one motor through
timing belt
• Precise control of speed throughout the bobbin
build through adjustable speed curve
• Easy adjustment of timing belt tension – Maintenance Free
• Option available to switch off the last section
in power saving mode
• Fully sealed top covers to prevent fluff entry

Bobbin Drive
• Driven by inverter controlled motor
• A set of 40 bobbins are driven by one motor through
timing belt
• Precise adjustment of speed with respect to
bobbin building
• Simple drive with less number of components
• Easy adjustment of timing belt tension
• Totally enclosed drive system

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Bobbin Trough Drive

• The bobbin trough is driven by an inverter controlled motor
with gear box through a rack and pinion arrangement
• Precise winding of bobbin ensures better package
• Smooth motion is ensured by guided bearing
• Adjustment of all bobbin building parameters through
display – Bobbin angle, lift, coils per inch, etc.,

Drafting Drive
Well established and proven 3 over 3 or 4 over 4 double apron
drafting system with Servo drive ensures reliable drafting.

The drafting system is designed to process various types of

fibres like cotton, MMF, Blends, Linen Cotton blends, Modal,
Lyocell, Acrylic etc., and ensures uniform nipping and better
sliver guidance. Cradles are short, Medium and long available
to suit different fibre lengths.

The drive to drafting is totally electronic with

• One servo driving the front roller
• Second servo driving the rest of the fluted rollers, creel and
positive cleaning device

Main draft and twist change through display

No change gears except Break draft

Bobbin/Flyer Safety
System
The sensor senses the bobbin. If a bobbin lifts from its original
position while running, the machine will be stopped. This
prevents damage to Spindles and Flyers

Bobbin Safety System

We can check whether all the bobbins are positioned properly
by activating this system after putting the empty bobbins.

This can be done by visually checking the bobbin rotation at

defined slow speed and time.

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Creel Arrangement
The machine is equipped with lightweight aluminium
hexagonal creel which will assist in gentle handling of sliver

• Optimal creel height and sliver path

• No sliver stretch and sliver wastage
• Optimal can layout and two creel sensors
• Easy creeling
• Improved efficiency
• Versatile creel options - 5/6/8 creel rollers

• Easy removal and fixing of cans makes ease of operation for operators

Benefits • Sliver travelling distance is lesser which ensures gentle handling of slivers
• Sliver slagging or stretching are lesser which further reduces the generation of
thin materials and enhances the betterment of fabric apperance after dyeing.

“CQ” Constant Air

Discharge DUCT
This innovative duct is for maintaining uniform and effective
suction throughout the machine.
Adjusting
Intermediate flaps between bottom and top duct to adjust Flap
the required suction - to ensure uniform suction for nearest
and farthest spindle

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Automatic Roving
Tension Controller
Roving tension is maintained at an optimal level by means of two
Automatic roving tension controllers operated on CCD principle
and through the individual inverter controlled motors.

CCD Principle
Whenever the roving tension changes from set tension, the • Constant roving tension
sensor senses and corrects the roving tension. • Length of roving in each bobbin between doffs is uniform
(Less roving waste in ring frame)
• Equal exhaust of sliver in cans (Less sliver waste)
• Roving stretch 0.3 to 0.5 % (better fabric appearance)

Tight Tension Set Tension Loose Tension

Detachable Flyer
To remove individual bobbins, either for sample testing or due
to bobbin breakage

• The flyer center spindle can be removed individually

• After removing the bobbin the spindle can be refitted

Avoids fluff liberation, damage to bobbin

or yarn faults

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Semi Automatic Doffing

System - Bobbin Tilting
Mechanism
The machine is equipped with a simple individual bobbin
tilting mechanism. When the trough moves down after doffing,
a lifting mechanism makes individual bobbins to tilt forward.
This tilting enables operator to take out the full bobbins easily.

Simple mechanism for easy doffing and Provision

of Empty Bobbin Storage leads to Lesser
Downtime during manual doffing

Power Saving Suction

System
The suction motor can be run in two modes:
• Continuous running mode
• Power saving mode

This helps the user to run suction motor continuously only

when there is a requirement, i.e. while running carded
material or any coarse count process the fly generation will be
more where as while running combed finer counts or synthetic
materials, there will be lesser fibre generations. In such cases
Saving of Approx. 4 to 5%
we can run power saving mode by fixing regular interval
timings for ON/OFF of the suction motor.

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Autodoffer
• Doffing time ≤ 4 minutes (including bobbin
preparation time)
• Restarting breaks ≤ 2%
• Savings in labour
• Enhanced yarn quality due to elimination of manual handling of bobbins.
• Top or Bottom Bunching of Roving
• Automatic roving cutting for all materials
• No movement of heavy parts & Wear out
• Simple & Compact Doffing system with provision for RTS

Autodoffing Sequence
Full Bobbin reserve bunching Full Bobbin doffing

On the top or bottom of the full bobbins, reserve bunching The doffing platform will go above the bobbin trough and take
will be prepared to overcome unwinding of rovings while out all the bobbins which are inserted on the spindles
transporting bobbins especially through RTS

Full Bobbin transfer to Spindle Full Bobbin transfer to Autodoffer

The bobbins will be transferred to the The doffing platform with full bobbin will move upwards and
spindles to ease the bobbin loading on the transfer the bobbin to the auto transporter
auto doffing platform

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Empty Bobbin moving downwards and Machine restarting

loading on the spindles

The doffing platform will move inside over the bobbin trough The bobbin trough will move upwards and the empty bobbins
and insert the empty bobbin on spindles will get seated on their positions and the machine gets restarted

Roving Transportation • Automatic Movement of Speed frame Bobbins to Ring

frame through overhead rails enabling full and empty
System (RTS) bobbin transfer without human interference
• Any Speed frame bobbin can be transferred to any Ring
frame by a push of the button or Trains can be assigned to
Specific Ring frame
• The Speed frame bobbin layers are removed automatically
• Manual handling of bobbins are eliminated
• Reduction in Man Power

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Stripper Arrangement
• The remnant in bobbin from ring frame will be
cleaned automatically
• Bobbins are checked for the presence of remnant
roving using sensor
• Stripping is done for the bobbins with
remnant roving
• Velcro is cleaned in all bobbins

Effective Cleaning - Saves Manpower

Exchanger Arrangement
• Accuracy in positioning of bobbin
• Compact design

Integration of Speed
Frame through
SPINCONNECT
Speed Frame LF4280 Series can be integrated with
Spinconnect, a web based central monitoring and control
application. The HMI details are transferred through Wi-Fi /
LAN Connection

� Editing of process parameters from a central location for

better process control and parameter changes
across machines.
� Remote viewing of Machine PLC status from any location
for trouble shooting and for software upgradation.
� User defined reports and charts for analysing the
Speed Frame performance can be generated for
further improvement.
� Predefined daily, weekly, monthly reports can be sent
through mail.

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Technical Data

Material : Cotton, Man-made Fibres and Blends

Fibre length (mm) : Short staple up to 60

No. of spindles : 120, 140, 160, 180, 200, 240, 280 – LF4280/A;

120, 160, 200, 240, 280 – LF4280/AX

Cage : Short / Medium / Long

Drafting : 3/3 and 4/4 PK1500 (spring loaded); Texparts (optional)

Creel : 5 row

Spindle Gauge (mm) : 224

Packing size (mm) : 400 X 152

Flyer speed (mech) : 1,500 rpm (max)

Roving count range (ne) : 0.5 – 3.0

Break draft : 1.07 – 1.54

Total draft : 3 – 40

Max. delivery rate (mpm) : 40

Compressed air requirement : 0.07 Nm3/doff @ 6 bar (280 spindles doffer)

Air exhaust from suction system : 1.25m3/s

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LAKSHMI MACHINE WORKS LIMITED
Perianaickenpalayam, Coimbatore - 641 020 India.
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Issue No.1, Mar 2018
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