Patent ID: 6381511
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B65H,D01H

Abstract:
A textile machine comprising a central processor for the textile machine, a plurality of identical work stations, a measuring head of a yarn cleaner arranged at each of the work stations, a work station control and information system having a respective processor at each work station for controlling the work station, the processor of each respective work station comprising means for evaluating signals from the measuring head and for controlling the yarn cleaner, and a bus system comprising a common data bus connecting the processors of the work stations with the central processor of the textile machine for data interrogation or data exchange communication therebetween of data regarding control of the work stations and the yarn cleaner during the operation of the textile machine, the data interrogation or data exchange communication occurring both in a direction from the processors of the work stations to the central processor of the textile machine and in an opposite direction from the central processor of the textile machine to the processors of the work stations.