ASCOTEX has one of the world's largest ranges of yarn guides and tension devices -over 6,000 different patterns.

In any textile process, the point at which the yarn makes contact with any surface is of particular importance - whether spinning, texturising, winding, weaving or knitting and whether natural or man-made. Not only must the guide material be hard enough to resist the abrasion and wear of the running yarn, but the texture of the surface is particularly important from the point of view of yarn tension; in fact, guides can often affect the characteristics of the yarn itself. Besides stationary guides and eyelets, earing rollers, twist-stops and feed-wheels, which turn with the yarn itself, are particularly important for many applications.

CERAMIC MATERIALS
(i) Alumina - various grades from 90% to 99.9%

(ii) Polycrystalline Sapphire

(iii) Titania - conductive & non-conductive

CERAMIC SURFACE FINISHES

(i) Normal

(ii) Matt

(iii) Diamond Polished

METAL GUIDES Hard Chrome Plated with the following surface finishes:

(i) Satin Finish

(ii) Matt Finish

(iii) Mirror Finish

TENSION DEVICES

Ascotex offer over 230 different types of yarn brakes, disc tensions and gate tensions, many of which utilize ceramic working surfaces.

Ascotex will be happy to answer any queries relating to yarn guide and tension device applications on textile machinery. kindly contact them for their comprehensive brochures on yarn guides and textile machine accessories.

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