Method for quality control of textured yarn

A method for quality control of yarn for false twisters having a plurality of take-up motions, consisting of conducting quality measurement of yarn upon doffing by the take-up motions at a first point where the yarn is being twisted and at a second point where the yarn is being untwisted to provide readings of quality measurement by means of a quality measuring device.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a method for quality control of textured 
yarn in false twisters. 
RELATED ART STATEMENT 
In a false twister as shown in FIG. 13, the filaments Y pulled from the 
feed package P1 in the creel stand a are passed sequentially through the 
first heater b, the cooling blade c, the false twister d and the second 
heater e while being twisted before they are taken up by the take-up 
packages P2 in the take-up motions f. 
Conventionally, quality measurements of yarn on false twisters as to 
twisting conditions such as tension, yarn diameter, number of twists, and 
twisting temperature are conducted at different intervals of time and at 
different points of process. Such measurements may be carried out at a 
time interval altogether irrespective of or far much longer than the cycle 
of bobbin change or, as generally referred to as "doffing" when fully 
loaded packages in a take-up motion are replaced by unloaded bobbins. The 
points of process where measurement is taken may be the twisting zone 58 
where the yarn Y is just about to pass a false twister d and the 
untwisting zone 59 where twisting by the false twister d is just 
completed. 
However, because of the general design of false twisters d that they stand 
too large for the average height of the operator engaged in such quality 
measurement, the conventional methods have been found to demand very 
cumbursome labor and attention, requiring the use of a platform stand h. 
In addition, simultaneous measurement of twisting conditions at the 
twisting zone 58 and at the untwisting zone 59 of process have been proved 
very difficult. Furthermore, analysis of measured values on the spot or 
immediately upon measurement would be impossible for quick qualification. 
In addition, because of the possible undesirable effects that measurement 
might have on the twisting process of yarn, as when the measurement is 
carried out on yarn as it is being wound by the take-up package P2, it has 
been usual practice to discard that package at the end of the measurement 
to obviate such effects. Moreover, in the case of measurement by a human 
quality auditor, the time periods between rounds of measurement have 
tended to be too lengthened for proper prevention of potential abnormality 
to the point that, because of trouble that has developed before the next 
round, all the yarn wound on every take-up package so far replaced since 
the last round of measurement might be defective. 
OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
It is an object of the present invention to propose a method for achieving 
real time quality control in false twister without causing an undesirable 
effect on the textured yarn. 
The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned 
problems. An embodiment of the present invention, which sets forth a 
method for quality control of yarn for false twisters having a plurality 
of take-up motions, consisting of the steps of conducting quality 
measurement of yarn upon doffing by the take-up motions at a first point 
where the yarn is being twisted and at a second point where the yarn is 
being untwisted to provide readings of quality measurement by means of a 
quality measuring device; and of analyzing a combination of the readings 
thus obtained at the first and second points in the quality control unit.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
The method for quality audit of textured yarn according to the present 
invention will be described in its most preferred embodiment in 
conjunction with the attached drawings. Prior to going in detail in the 
description of the invention, a false twister having a plurality of 
take-up motions, along with the doffing apparatus for false twisters 
proposed in former disclosure in Japanese patent provisional publication 
No. 62-90341 titled as "Method and Apparatus for doffing a Package for 
False Twisters" by the same applicant of the present invention, will first 
be explained with respect to FIG. 1. 
FIG. 1 is a side view of a false twister. Along one side of the working 
space 1 of the twister is installed an elongate first heater 2. Opposite 
the first heater across the working space 1 is mounted a plurality of 
take-up motions 3. A creel 4 is located behind the first heater 2, which 
carries therein a plurality of feeding packages P1. A second heater 5 is 
located behind the take-up motions 3. A cooling plate 6, and a yarn guide 
7, and a false twister 8 are mounted at a top portion of the working space 
1. Also, a feed roller 9 is mounted below the first heater 2 while feed 
rollers 10 and 11 are mounted on upper and lower sides of the second 
heater 5. 
The yarn Y pulled from the feed package P1, after leaving the first feed 
roller 9, is driven up through the first heater 2. The yarn is then caused 
to turn over around guide pins 12 and 13 to follow a downwardly inclined 
path along the cooling guide plate 6 into the false twister 8 via the yarn 
guide 7. 
After leaving the false twister 8, the yarn Y is allowed to bend around a 
guide pin 14 to go downward, and then is passed around the second feed 
roller 10 before it is moved through the second heater 5. The yarn is then 
passed around the third feed roller 11 and then a yarn guide 15 before it 
is collected by the take-up motion 3 where the yarn is formed into a coil 
on a take-up package P2. 
There may be 12 take-up packages P2 in a take-up motion 3, arranged in 
three vertical tiers each consisting of four units arrayed in the 
direction of view of the drawing. Each take-up package is supported by a 
cradle arm 16 which comprises of a rotatably driven friction roller 17, a 
yarn guide 18 adapted to guide the passage of yarn Y onto the package, and 
other components. A suction pipe 19 is provided at a lower end of the 
take-up motion 3 and is connected in air-flow communication to a blower, 
not shown. 
A peg stand 20 is provided which is situated opposite the first heater 2 in 
the working space 1. The peg stand 20 is mounted on wheels 21 which rolls 
on rails 22 that are laid on ground such that the peg stand moves back and 
forth in the direction of view of FIG. 1. Stopper means, not shown, is 
provided to lock the peg stand 20 in fixed position opposite the take-up 
motion 3 for normal operation. In the side of the peg stand 20 facing the 
take-up motion 3 are provided 12 equally spaced pegs in three vertical 
tiers each consisting of four units arranged in horizontal direction. An 
empty bobbin B is mounted on each peg 23. A second set of rails 24 are 
installed on ground between the peg stand 20 and the take-up motion 3. A 
doffer 25 is provided which run back and forth on wheels 26 along the 
rails 24. 
The doffer 25 has means, not shown, which, when the current take-up 
packages P2 are loaded in the take-up motion 3, cuts the yarn Y, dislodges 
the loaded take-up packages P2 from their respective cradle arms 16, pulls 
bobbins B from the peg stand 20 to fit onto the cradle arms 16, and sets 
the take-up packages P2 on the pegs 23. 
A preferred embodiment of the method of quality audit employing quality 
measuring instruments will be described in accordance with the present 
invention with respect to FIGS. 4 through 7. The quality measuring 
instruments may comprise a yarn tension gauge 36, a yarn diameter gauge 
37, a yarn twist gauge 38 for measuring the number of twists, and a yarn 
temperature gauge 39. These gauges 36, 37, 38, 39 employed may be any 
conventionally known types. Examples of measurement using them will be 
described. 
For measuring the tension of yarn Y, the tension gauge 36 may be of a type 
carrying at a forward end thereof three probes 41 which are gently 
inserted into the yarn Y to determine its tension by measurement of 
inductance developed in the yarn. The thickness gauge 37 may measure the 
thickness of yarn Y by means of a denier sensor 42 that is mounted at a 
forward end of the gauge. To measure the number of twists in a yarn Y, the 
twist gauge 38 may use the action of a main disk 43, which is held in 
contact with the yarn Y, in relation to an auxiliary disk operatively 
connected to the main disk and mounted inside the gauge. The temperature 
gauge 39 may be designed to determine the temperature of yarn Y by means 
of a heat convection sensor that is installed in a measuring head 45 at a 
forward end of the gauge. Each of the gauges is supported on a mounting 
base 71 at one end thereof. 
Gauges 36, 37, 38 and 39 may be properly removably installed at a forward 
end of a first arm portion 47 of a quality measurement unit 46 by means of 
their respective mounting bases 71 at a top portion of the doffer 25. 
Also, a second tension gauge 36 may be installed at a forward end of a 
second arm portion 61 of the quality measurement unit. The quality 
measurement unit 46 may also include a slidably disposed frame 48 to which 
the first and second arm portions are secured. The slidable frame 48 is 
supported on a drive arrangement of a slide bar 49 and a threaded rod 51 
which moves the first and second arm portions 47 and 61 back and forth in 
a direction across the rails between the take-up motion 3 and the peg 
stand 20 through the frame. For this action, the frame 48 comprises a 
guide, not shown, slidably mounted on the slide bar 49 and a nut 50 
thread-engaged around the threaded rod 51. The threaded rod 51 is 
rotatably supported by bearings 52, 52 mounted at both ends thereof for 
free rotation about its own axis. A pulley 53 is secured to one end of the 
threaded rod 51. A motor M is provided which carries on a output shaft 
thereof a pulley 55 that is drivingly connected to the pulley 53 by means 
of an endless drive belt 56 which transmits the torque from the motor to 
the threaded rod thereby moving the frame. Also, sensors S, S may be 
provided to detect the location of the frame 48 relative to the yarn so as 
to situate the first and second arm portions 47 and 61 in correct 
positions for measurements at the twisting zone 58 and untwisting zone 59, 
respectively. 
Referring then to FIGS. 1 through 3, the preferred embodiment of the 
present invention will be described. A yarn guide device 27 as shown in 
FIG. 2 is first operated to bring unloaded bobbins B to take up the yarn Y 
as they are mounted on their cradle arms 16 following the previous round 
of doffing. The yarn guide device 27 is movably disposed in the doffer 25 
for vertical movement so that it can engage yarns in the three tiers of 
the take-up motion 3. Also, the yarn guide device 27 consists of a yarn 
handler 28 to handle the yarn Y at the end of the previous round of 
take-up, a cutter 29 to cut the yarn Y as it is handled by the yarn 
handler 28, a suction nozzle 30 which sucks in the cut end of the yarn, a 
distributor guide 31 to distribute the yarn Y between the three tiers, and 
a hooker 32 which moves the yarn from the suction nozzle 30 to the take-up 
motion 3 and hooks the yarn. In operation, the yarn guide device 27 has 
its yarn handler 28 to move the yarn Y toward the doffer 25 at the moment 
when a take-up package P2 is loaded with wound yarn. Whereupon the cutter 
29 is activated to cut the yarn Y and the cut end of the yarn Y is caught 
by the suction nozzle 30. Then, yarn guide device 27 is moved vertical to 
the tier where an empty bobbin B is newly installed. The hooker arm 32 
moves as shown in the drawing to hook the yarn Y at the take-up motion 3 
after releasing it from the suction nozzle 30. 
Referring to FIG. 3, quality measurement of the yarn is carried out when 
the yarn is being sucked by the suction nozzle 30, as illustrated in FIG. 
3. Thus, any undesirable effect of measurement that might otherwise occur 
to a take-up passage would be limited to the yarn since it is being wound 
around an unloaded bobbin during the measurement. Means are provided to 
move a first quality measuring instrument 60, which is mounted at a 
forward end of the first arm portion 47 in the quality measurement unit 
46, and a second quality measuring instrument 60, which is mounted at a 
forward end of the second arm portion of the unit, respectively to proper 
measuring position for determining the quality of the yarn Y either by 
contact or without contact at its points of measurement 58 and 59. This 
controlled movement of the quality measuring instruments 60 at the first 
and second arm portions 47 and 61 is achieved by moving the slide frame 48 
to which the first and second arm portions are secured. The slide frame 48 
is slided along the slide bar 49 toward the aforesaid points of 
measurement by the nut 50 which is advanced by rotation of the screw rod 
51. The screw rod 51 is rotated by the pulley 53 secured thereto through 
the endless belt 56 which is driven by the motor M through the pulley 55 
secured to the drive shaft of the motor. Also, the slide frame 48 may 
include a mechanism, not shown, to move the arm portions 47 and 61 to move 
from a first point of measurement where a first yarn Y2 is measured to the 
right in FIG. 3, at the end of the measurement, to a second point of 
measurement where a second yarn Y1 is measured, then to a third point for 
a third yarn Y3. 
Then, how the measured data from the quality measuring instruments 60, 60 
are sent to a quality control unit 66. In this particular embodiment, a 
power supply line comprised of a power supply line 63 and a power 
receiving arm 64 to supply electricity to the drive of the doffer 25. The 
measured data from the measuring instruments are sent to the quality 
control unit 66 through this power supply line, and are processed by 
analysis of readings of tension and frequency level for each take-up 
package and for each round of doffing. Data transmission may be done in 
any practical alternate manner such as wireless or use of a cable from a 
reel. Alternatively, the doffer may be equipped with a memory unit to 
store the data until they are processed at the end of each operation. 
Referring now to FIGS. 8 through 12, the analytical processing of measured 
data 65 by the quality control unit 66 will be described. In this 
particular embodiment, one or more readings of the tension, thickness, 
number of twists, and temperature of the yarn measured at the twisting 
zone 58 are analyzed in combination of readings of the tension of the yarn 
measured at the untwisting zone 59. For example, when the yarn is measured 
with respect to tension at the twisting zone 58 and at the untwisting zone 
59, respectively, the readings representing twisting tension T1 and 
untwisting tension T2 are obtained as transfer functions of input and 
output, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. Thus, transfer function G(s) is give by 
formula 
EQU G(s)=X(s)/F(s) 
where 
F(s) is laplace transform for input f(t), and 
X(s) is laplace transform for output X(t). 
Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 showing diagrams in which 
frequency (f) is taken on abscissa while strength (PW) is represented by 
ordinate, the curve in FIG. 10 runs to show low strength during normal 
condition. When something abnormal occurs in the twisting zone, the curve 
as shown in FIG. 11, shows high strength. In this manner, detection of 
abnormality is achieved. 
FIG. 12 shows plotting through a different combination of parameters in 
which the yarn is measured for tension both at the twisting zone 58 and at 
the untwisting zone 59. In the diagram shown, in which abscissa represents 
twisting tension (TW) while ordinate scaling untwisting tension (T2), the 
curve plotted is substantially direct line indicating that TW is inversely 
proportional to T2. Assuming this curve as indicating standard, for 
example, plottings of data are compared with this curve and how they 
deviate therefrom may be measured to determine abnormality. Alternatively, 
the number of twists in a yarn at the twisting zone 58 may be determined 
by measuring its tension at the untwisting zone 59 so that quality control 
data can be obtained as to abnormality of a yarn. In addition, more 
comprehensive quality control is possible through assessment and 
comparison of different combinations of plural parameters at given 
measurement points so as to insure high product quality at stable level 
during the twisting process. 
Also, means are provided to cut a yarn during the twisting when any 
abnormality is detected according to the preferred embodiment of the 
present invention. This means consists of an actuator 67 mounted on the 
doffer 25 which is activated when the quality control unit 66 detects an 
abnormality in the results of its data analysis. Also, a button 70 is 
installed in a frame 68, which is mounted in the doffer on the side of the 
take-up motion 3, and is designed to send a signal to a cutter 69. When an 
abnormality is detected, the actuator 67 is activated to press the button 
70 which in turn causes the cutter 69 to cut the yarn. Thus, take-up of a 
defective yarn is prevented, so that occurrences of defective packages are 
minimized. Moreover, as suspension of take-up action because of a 
defective yarn is prevented, machine efficiency is increased. 
In this particular embodiment, the quality measuring instruments 60 are 
removably equipped on the forward ends of the arm portions 47 and 61 of 
the quality measurement unit 46 as they are required. However, this is a 
matter of choice and the measuring instruments 36, 37, 38 and 39 may be 
permanently mounted for measurement of the tension, diameter, number of 
twists, and temperature of yarn. In addition, they may be mounted on a 
single arm of the measurement unit for measurement either at the twisting 
zone or at the untwisting zone. Furthermore, it is to be noted that 
measurement should not be limited to the above-mentioned four parameters, 
but can be extended to other characteristics such as twisting speed and 
other operating conditions considered necessary for improved quality 
control of a yarn. 
In the above-mentioned embodiment, the quality measuring instruments are 
mounted on the doffer. While, the quality measuring instruments may be 
provided on a travelling truck which travels along the side of the take-up 
motion of each spindle and the another embodiment will be described 
hereinafter. In FIGS. 14 and 15, a whole construction of a false twister 
is same as that of the above embodiment. At a top portion of the take-up 
motion 3 is provided a guide bracket 140 that extends in the direction of 
the horizontal arrangement of the motion (or in the direction of view to 
the drawing). A quality measurement unit 146 is mounted in the guide 
bracket 140 in such a manner that the quality measurement is freely 
movable therein along the side of the take-up motion. 
Referring then to FIG. 15, the quality measurement unit 146 will be 
described in full detail. The quality measurement unit 146 is provided 
with a drive arrangement of a slide bar 149 and a screw rod 151 in which a 
slide frame 148 is freely reciprocally disposed for moving an arm 147 
vertically. At a forward end of the arm is mounted a quality measuring 
instrument 60 for yarn quality measurement. The slide frame 148 comprises 
a guide member 154 that is slidably movably mounted around the slide bar 
149 for movement therealong. Also, the slide frame has a nut member 150 
mated with the screw rod 151 for movement therealong. The screw rod 151 is 
freely rotatably supported by bearings 152 at both ends thereof for 
rotation about its own axis. A pulley 153 is secured to one end of the 
screw rod 151 and is drivingly connected to another pulley 135 through an 
endless drive belt 156 that is passed around both pulleys. The pulley 153 
is coupled to an encoder 162 which detects the rotational angle of the 
pulley. The pulley 135 is mounted on a shaft through which the pulley is 
connected via a reducer 134 and an electromagnetic clutch 133 to a bevel 
gear 132 secured to one end of the shaft. The bevel gear 132 is engaged in 
mesh with a second bevel gear 131 that is secured to one end of the drive 
shaft of a motor M for driving the pulley and belt arrangement. It is so 
designed that, when the electromagnetic clutch 133 is on, the rotation of 
the motor M is transmitted through the pulley and belt arrangement to the 
screw rod thereby driving the slide frame 148 up and forth. With the 
electromagnetic clutch 133 turned off, no rotation of the motor M is 
transmitted to turn the screw rod 151. 
On the drive shaft of the motor M adjacent to the bevel gear 131 is mounted 
a pulley 128 adapted for driving the quality measurement unit 146. The 
pulley 128 is drivingly connected through an endless drive belt 127 to a 
forth pulley 124 that is mounted on a wheeled shaft 126. An 
electromagnetic clutch 125 is connected to this forth pulley. The shaft 
126 is freely rotatably supported by bearings 129, 129 that are mounted at 
the rear bottom of the quality measurement unit 146. Also, the shaft 126 
is carried by a pair of wheels 130, 130 secured to both ends thereof. At a 
front bottom of the quality control unit 146 is also provided with a 
similar shaft, not shown, carried by a pair of auxiliary wheels secured to 
both ends of the shaft and freely rotatably disposed. With this 
arrangement of the four wheels comprising the paired driving wheels 130, 
130 and the paired driven wheels, the measurement unit 146 can be freely 
moved back and forth in the guide bracket 140. The electromagnetic clutch 
125 is so designed that the rotation of the motor M is transmitted to the 
wheels 130, 130 through the shaft 126 thereby causing the measurement unit 
146 to move, only when the electromagnetic clutch 125 is in the ON or 
closed position. When the electromagnetic clutch 125 is in the OFF or open 
position, no rotation of the motor M is transmitted and the measurement 
unit 146 remains standing still. Thus, selective operation of the two 
electromagnetic clutches 125 and 133 thus connected enables movement of 
the quality measurement unit by the incorporation of a single motor alone. 
In this particular embodiment, the quality measurement unit 146 is 
connected to a power supply line 163 that runs in the guide bracket 140 in 
the direction of travel of the measurement unit 146 and provided to supply 
electricity to its drive system. In the bottom of the measurement unit 146 
extends an elongate electricity receiving arm 164 that is built to keep 
sliding contact with the power line 163 as the measurement unit moves. It 
is to be noted that the supply of electricity to the drive system should 
not be limited to the above illustrated method, but various other known 
methods can be applied such as the use of a cable which can be unwound 
from or rewound onto a reel as the measurement unit moves. In an 
alternative way, the measurement unit 146 may be fed with electricity from 
a battery mounted thereon. 
Also, sensor means S is provided in the bottom of the measurement unit 146 
for detecting the location of the unit 146 in travel. An array of mark 
points T may be lined to scale distance in the surface of the guide 
bracket 140 for the sensor means S to determine the location of the 
measurement unit 146 when it moves over the mark points T. At a top 
portion of the measurement unit 146 is provided a transmitter/receiver 
157. 171 designates a mounting member for each sensor 60. 
The operation of this embodiment will be described. 
Quality measurement of yarn may be carried out at any desired point of 
location or process time. When measurement is taken of yarn at the 
twisting zone 58 and at the untwisting zone 59 of twisting process, doing 
so during take-up of the yarn onto the take-up package tends to have an 
undesirable impact on the process of twisting particularly more likely at 
the twisting zone 58. Therefore, in this particular embodiment, 
measurement is taken at the time of doffing when the loaded packages P2 in 
the take-up motion 3 are replaced with empty bobbins B from the peg stand 
20. When the quality measurement unit 146 receives a signal from the 
quality control unit 66 via the transmitter/ receiver 157, the motor M in 
the drive system transmits its rotation to the pulley 124 on the shaft 126 
from the pulley 128 on the motor drive shaft via the endless drive belt 
127, with the electromagnetic clutch 133 turned on. At this point, the 
electromagnetic clutch 133 for the arm section 147 is in its off position, 
the arm section is not connected to the motor for rotation. The wheels 
130, 130 are thus driven by the shaft 126 moving the measurement unit 146 
in the guide bracket 140. When the sensor S detects the particular mark 
point T for locating the measurement unit 146, the motor M is caused to 
stop, and hence the measurement unit 146. Whereupon the electromagnetic 
clutch 125 for the wheel shaft 126 is turned off, and the electromagnetic 
clutch 133 for the arm section 147 is subsequently turned on. 
The motor M is then restarted driving the bevel gear 132 via the bevel gear 
131 mounted on the motor shaft, causing the pulley 135 to rotate through 
the intermediary of the electromagnetic clutch 133 and the reducer 134. 
The rotation of the pulley 135 is translated to the pulley 135 mounted on 
the screw rod 151, causing the nut member 150 engaged around the screw rod 
151 to drive the slide frame 148 along the slide bar 149. In this way, the 
arm section 147 mounted on the slide frame 148 is moved. 
The measuring instrument 60 now must be pushed into a position where it can 
take measurement of the yarn Y, with which it may or may not be made to 
contact, at its twisting zone 58 or at its untwisting zone 59. To this 
aim, the encoder 162 is provided connected to the screw rod 151 at its one 
end to monitor the rotation of the motor M for control of the measuring 
instrument in conjunction with control means, not shown. The arm section 
147, at whose forward end is removably mounted the measuring instrument 
through the mounting base 171, is rotated about a pivot 165 at which the 
base section is rotatably disposed in the measurement unit 146. 
The measured values from the quality measurement unit 60 are transmitted to 
the quality control unit 66 via the transmitter/receiver 157 which in turn 
analizes signalized values in strength or frequency to return quality 
control information on each of take-up packages. The power supply line 
connected to the drive system of the measurement unit 146 may be employed 
as signal transmission means for the quality control unit. 
When an abnormality is detected in the results of analysis by the quality 
control unit 66, a cutter 69 is actuated by a signal from the quality 
control unit 66 to cut the yarn. Thus, no take-up of yarn onto a take-up 
would not be started and rejects as defective packages are reduced to a 
minimum. 
The transmission of measured data by wireless from the quality measurement 
unit will be described referring to FIGS. 16 to 19. FIG. 16 is a block 
diagram showing how the measured data is transmitted. The measured data 
(readings) by a quality measuring instrument 60, which may be equipped on 
the quality measurement unit for a given purpose, is passed as a voltage 
signal by an amplifier 281 to a transmitter/ receiver 157. The voltage 
signal indicative of the measured data input to the transmitter/receiver 
157 is converted to a frequency signal by a voltage-frequency converter 
282 which is modulated to a high frequency signal by the 
transmitter/receiver section 283 and then is sent out by wireless through 
an antenna 284. 
The high frequency signal thus sent out is received by a second 
transmitter/receiver 253 through a second antenna 285 at a receiver and 
demodulated by the transmitter/receiver section 286 to a lower frequency 
signal which is then converted to a voltage signal by a frequency-voltage 
converter 287. The converted signal is then input to the quality control 
unit 66 and converted to a digital signal by an analog-digital converter 
288 to be fed into a computer 289 for analytical processing. 
Since measured data are transmitted by wireless, as described above, the 
method of this invention can dispense with cables so that the travelling 
truck or the doffer 25 carrying thereon a quality measurement unit 46, 146 
is given greater freedom of movement. When a plurality of doffers 25 are 
operated, the number of quality measurement units 46, 146 and transmitter/ 
receiver units 157 installed on them would also be correspondingly plural. 
Even in such a case, a single quality control unit is used for centralized 
control, with each transmitter/receiver unit 157 being assigned with a 
different frequency range for wireless signal transmission so as to avoid 
confusion between the signals from different transmitter/receiver units 
157. 
Processing of the measurements sent by wireless by the quality measurement 
unit 46, 146 to the quality control unit will be described in conjunction 
with FIGS. 17 and 18. 
When the measuring instrument 60 is not in contact with the yarn Y, as 
shown in FIG. 19a, the instrument must indicate that tension is 0 v. 
However, there may be a case where the measuring instrument is not set to 
0 v when it should. Therefore, to avoid this problem, provision is made so 
that the value indicated by the instrument when in no operation is 
memorized as an initial set value (ZS), and the differential between this 
ZS and a value read by the measuring instrument 60 in measurement is 
recorded as a reading, as shown in FIG. 17. According to this method, it 
would be unnecessary to reset the measuring instrument 60 to indicate 0 v 
each time it is used for measurement. Thus, measurements can be completed 
in shorter periods of time. 
In more detail, when the control unit receives at the outset of measurement 
a signal reflecting the measuring instrument in a position as shown in 
FIG. 19a, the signal is memorized as initial set value ZS. When 
measurement is in progress, with the instrument in a position as shown in 
FIG. 19b, the values indicated by the pointer of the instrument 60 might 
not represent real magnitude because of the vibratory motion of the 
pointer by inertia. Thus, the initial stages of measurement is regarded 
delay time DT while the later stages where the pointer gets stabilized 
being taken as sample time ST. Preferably, provision may be made to make 
delay time DT and sample time ST adjustable depending on the condition of 
measurement. 
A computer 289 computes the average of the signal wave sampled out during 
sample time ST using the following formular: 
EQU x=.SIGMA.xi/n 
where 
x: average value 
xi: measured values 
n: number of measured values 
Unless ZS is 0 v, ZS must be subtracted from the result (x) by the above 
formula to give the true value of average. 
Next, the average (x) is converted from voltage (v) to tension (g). 
Then, the following formula is employed to compute this converted value 
(CV) in percentage. 
##EQU1## 
where .sigma.: standard deviation 
s: sum of squares of deviation 
EQU s=.SIGMA.xi.sup.2 -(.SIGMA.xi).sup.2 /n 
An example of output of average tention x (g) and CV by the above formulas 
on a display 290 or on a printer 291 is illustrated in FIG. 18. As shown, 
quality control data can be obtained for each individual take-up package 
in the spindles each time doffing is completed. In the table of the 
drawing, T1 presents values for the twisting zone 58 while T2 showing 
values for the untwisting zone 59. Values thus obtained are stored in the 
memory 292. 
It will be clear from the above detailed descriptions that the quality 
control method according to an embodiment of the present invention permits 
quality measurement simultaneously at the twisting zone and at the 
untwisting zone of a yarn in a false twister, making it possible to 
achieve real time quality control through analysis of a combination of 
readings measured. 
In addition, measurement is started immediately after the previous round of 
doffing is completed, without causing an undesirable effect on the 
finished yarn by measurement. Also, quality control data are obtained for 
each take-up package so that quality of take-up packages can be enhanced.