bigagli made in italy textile machinery for woolen carded yarns

www.bigagli.net - Made In Italy Textile Spinning Machinery since 1901

PROXIMA Srl – Via traversa di Maiano 34/36 – 59100 – Prato – Italy

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Textile machinery since 1901

http://www.bigagli.net/

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Italian textile machinery manufacturer since 1901

Bigagli has been producing textile machinery since 1901 and is one of the most recognized name in the history of the woolen yarn textile machinery. Our company is established near Florence in the Prato textile district.

Our awareness, that the quality of the yarn cannot ignore the quality of the equipment used to produce it, has led us to always seek the most advanced technologies to assist textile’s company all over the world to produce high quality woolen yarns.

We specialized over the years in manufacturing modern and advance woolen spinning frames, known as Bigagli self acting mules, specifically designed, developed and constantly improved to produce fine and extra fine woolen yarns; through processing natural, fine and delicate fibers such as cashmere, angora, vicuna, camel hair and their blends with fine wool.

Our dedicated effort and passion for quality, which has been inherited from long experience, are the fundamental driving force of our development to ensure, through our Made in Italy textile machinery, production of consistent and high quality yarn for our customers .

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Know-how : experience and expertise

As woolen yarn textile machinery specialists, our engineers team brings precision, passion and a significant technical expertise to our work.

We developed a great technological know-how over the past 110 years, installing more than 500 self-acting spinning mules worldwide, while improving their performance through permanent technical innovation.

The reliability and durability of our machinery, as well as the unparalleled experience we have acquired in this manufacturing sector, ensure that our company has internationally built up a solid leadership position having the main producers of high quality yarns currently work with our self acting mules (Cariaggi Lanificio Spa, Z. Hinchliffe & Sons Ltd, Todd & Duncan Ltd, Johnstons of Elgin, Biagioli Modesto SpA, and so on) as a guarantee for our specific competence.

Besides the ability to supply efficient and qualitative textile machinery on the international market, we offer our customers an extensive know-how coupled with a deep knowledge and wide experience of woolen yarn processing requirements so as to support them to meet high quality standards, flexibility and productivity.

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Quality, tradition and tecnological innovation

A passion for quality

A keen awareness of quality inherited from long experience, expert engineering and innovative products are at the heart of Bigagli- and this is what makes our customers all over the world trust us completely.

An outstanding tradition for textile machinery able to produce the highest possible quality of yarn

A continuous evolution that set its roots one century ago, evolved then through the years by taking as points of reference Research & Development, highest manufacturing flexibility and high quality standards inspired to the traditional hand-spinning technique.

Technological innovation

As a manufacturer of industrial machine for yarn spinning, we have been making improvements to our machinery and advancing the technology to create a modern and flexible mule spinning version, able to combine the benefits of automation with the production capacity and the high quality requirements in terms of fine and extra fine fiber count and yarn uniformity.

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Customer service oriented

Customer service is of the utmost importance to us and we show that to our

customers before, during and after the sale of our textile machinery.

Each machine is tailored in order to meet the specific needs of our customers.

We offer over 100 years of experience in the textile machinery industry.

This expertise enables us to offer a broad range of assistance in meeting our

customers’ demands in the shortest time possible, with a valuable technical

assistance and an early recognition of problems.

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Technical assistance

Our skilled technical specialists and engineers team are able to provide a

valid support, both for control of machines in operation, and advice on

technological and mechanical problems requests in order to meet all customer

demands in the shortest possible time.

A remote assistance service system combines all the possibilities offered by

modern communication technology, through intranet customer’s network and

internet access, with extensive expertise in prompt and efficient customer service.

A reliable spare parts department ensures a long operational lifetime of our

machines and spare parts can be delivered from stock on a timely basis ensuring

minimal downtime

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The Spinning cycle

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Spinning is the process by which wool fiber is turned into yarn.

Blending: the raw material ,fibres staple, has to be opened , cleaned, blended and treated with oils and antistatics. Carding: fibres have to be well lined up and divided into slivers (soft yarn, without mechanic firmness) Spinning: Slivers through operation of drafting and twisting , gain mechanical firmness and become yarns more or less fine. Finishing: obtained yarns can have other structural finishing as for example yarns coupling, or aesthetic finishing such as washing, steaming, dyeing and so on .... These steps can be not necessary. Packaging: obtained yarns can be packed on paper cones, balls or directly on plastic tubes, as frame output.

During spinning, wool fibres are drawn out and twisted together to form yarn. They can be twisted and wound in different ways.

There are two main spinning routes for wool: worsted and woollen systems.



The Spinning methods

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Worsted spinning converts “long fiber” length wool top into yarn.

Woolen yarn spinning converts “short fiber” length carded wool into yarn

Woolen spinning , in order to obtain resistant and well-blended yarn from sliver, consists of three main steps:- Drafting- Twist insertion- Winding onto the cop

There are two major types of woolen spinning machine: self-acting mule spinning ring spinning.

The main difference between them is that these three steps are performed differently by each machine.

On the mule they occur in a discontinuous way whereby the drafting and twist

insertion occur separately from winding onto the cop.

The ring-spinning machine combines them into a continuous sequence.



Products range and installations

Though we manufacture different types of textile machinery for carded fibres spinning, our strategy is mostly based on a specialization : we are one of the few manufacturers in the world able to supply modern advance spinning self acting mules that do represent our main range.

Self acting mules

Model B4

Model B5 300 installations

Model B6 e B7 260 installations

Ring spinning frames 220 installations

Fancy yarn machines 80 installations

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Why the self-acting mule(1)

The mule spinning frame guarantees the production of very high-quality woolen yarns offering the following main advantages

continuous draft on a 3 to 6 m- field, well above the ring spinning system.

Recent laboratory tests confirmed that draft is more natural (no fiber or yarn stress) and homogenous, because the tensile force is spread across a much wider path length

Continuous yarn twist (without the false twist of the ring spinning system)

The yarn is constantly twisted before and after being spooled, thus preventing the uneven fiber relief on the winding axis and keeping the Uster uniformity index extremely low. The risk of ends breakage during the drafting operation is reduced when short and/or fine fibers are present, such as cashmere and angora or fibers of different type, fineness and length.

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Why the self-acting mule (2)

The self acting mule enables to produce a vast range of yarn counts.

The ring frame can spin yarn counts only according to the ring diameter while the self acting mule can spin from yarn count Nm 4000 up to yarn count Nm 46000.

The self acting mule allows to produce higher quality yarns which cannot be made successfully by a ring spinning frame

This characteristic is easy to verify when comparing the trial canvas. When considering the spinning procedure based on the coordinated action of draft and twists; we must keep in mind that twists are more concentrated on the thinner yarn segments and drafts are more incisive on the thicker yarn segments in order to thinner them and obtain a uniform yarn.

This spinning operation is more effective on the self acting mule because draft and twists act at the same time on a length of 3-4 meters (yarn path length) while on the ring spinning system this length is reduced in about 20 centimeters only. Moreover in order to carry out this operation on the ring there is one more procedure - the false twist.This is due to the fact that, without false twist, draft and twists would be not contemporaneous on the ring.

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Why the self-acting mule (3)

The self acting mule offers a competitive pricing

Considering the same production quantity (matching with the carding set), the self-acting mule’s price is lower than the ring spinning frame’s price.

The modern self acting mule represents a cost energy saving textile machinery

The self-acting mule consumes less energy than the ring spinning frame because on the ring there is one more motor (for the false twist) and the winding of the yarn on spindle is obtained through the friction of slider on ring.

The only advantage of the ring spinning system lies in the fact that for the same production quantity the spinning ring frame requires a reduced space compared with the self-acting mule.

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The Green Label



What is the ACIMIT green label?


The ACIMIT green label is a document that aims to identify the energy and environmental performances of textile machinery and make them easily recognizable and comprehensible, using a process designated by the manufacturer as an evaluation parameter.

In the absence of an internationally recognized standard for the classification of energy and/or environmental performance levels for textile machinery, Italian machinery manufacturers are promoting an instrument whose goal is to demonstrate some key performance data for their machinery.

Specifically, the quantity of equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (Carbon Footprint - CFP) produced during the machine's operation, is the parameter that has been chosen to provide an environmental efficiency value to the machinery being labeled.

An international certification organism, RINA (www.rina.org), has validated the green label issuing process and the evaluations it contains. Based on a standardized and certified procedure, RINA verifies (for some manufacturers, drawn from those participating in the project every year and representing about 20% of the joined companies) both the evaluation criteria and operating conditions of the machinery being assessed for the labeling process.


Our products range includes the following available versions :

B7SD Selfacting mule with single drive (6 axis)

B7 DD Selfacting mule with double drive in line (12 axis)

B7 DF Selfacting mule with double drive opposite (12 axis)

B7 M10 Selfacting mule with double drive (10 axis)

We can either supply new and second hand spinning machinery.

In addition, we are able to modify second hand spinning mules and update them to the last and most recent model.

Self acting mules available versions

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Extensive experience in the woollen carded yarn textile machinery – Bigagli worldwide

Our self acting mules have been appreciated all over the world for their particular specialization in processing high quality fine fibers.

Europe

Italy 200.000 spindles (Self) 15.000 spindles (S/N)

United Kingdom 20.000 spindles (Self) 1.000 spindles (S/N)

Rest of Europe 10.000 spindles (Self) 2.000 spindles (S/N)

China and Mongolia 130.000 spindles (Self) 4.000 spindles (S/N)

Africa 6.000 spindles(Self) 3.000 spindles (S/N)

North America 2.000 spindles (Self) 2.000 spindles (N)

South America 1.000 spindles (N)

Rest of the world 2.000 spindles (Self) 2.000 spindles (S/N)

Self = Self acting S = Selespin N = Novafil

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P. R. China www.nxrcy.com

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Working mule spinning machine B7 DD video

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The new self acting mule version "Proxima B7 DD Double Drive" is composed by two sections completely independent.

click here to launch our You tube video and discover the Bigagli Self acting B7DD mule spinning process

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Self acting mule spinning cycle : outward stage and backing-off

A. Outward stage – draft and twists: during this first phase the bobbin¹ holder carriage moves away from the spindles rail. Whilst this is going on a certain quantity of yarn is fed and the spindles rotate simultaneously at high speed. Since the yarn feeding is less than the space covered by the bobbin holder carriage, the yarn is drafted of a certain percentage (set by the operator). During all this phase the spindles rotate while giving a certain number of twists per meter, programmed by the operator too. At the end of this first phase the bobbin holder carriage will be completely opened (in the farthest distance position away from the spindles). The yarn is processed.

B. Backing-off: preparation for winding stage (processed yarn is slowly unwounded on spindle). The faller² moves down to reach its winding position. The counter-faller³ moves up in order to tension the processed yarn.

Note: Bobbin1 = product coming from carding set - Faller2 = mechanical part relative to yarn placing on the spindle



Self acting mule spinning cycle : inward stage and fallers stroke

C. Inward stage – winding: the bobbin holder carriage comes back to the start position at high speed while the spindles turn so as to wind the yarn on the cop in the position determined by the faller and with tension imposed by counter-faller3.

D. Fallers stroke: when the bobbin holder carriage has reached the start position, the yarn has been completely winded on the cop, the faller springs up quickly to reach its parking position. In the meantime the counter-faller quickly springs down in order to reach its parking position, making free the yarn and preparing the machine for the next yarn path (starting process from phase A).

Note: Counter-faller3 = mechanical part relative to yarn tensioning on the cop



Self acting mule spinning cycle features

For each yarn path (phase A+B+C+D) the quantity of yarn produced is given by the length of yarn path multiplied for the number of spindles. In order to match the self-acting mule with a carding set, spindles have to be 2,5 times the number of good ends of carding set (with yarn path 4 mt. on the self-acting mule)

The self-acting mule spinning process can include additional phases as for example jacking-in and/or extra feeding that enable to reduce yarn brakes due to the high number of twists per meter.



Mule spinning frame mod. B7 DD :main advantages

Maximise production capacity reducing downtimes

The possibility of operating on a single section reduces the total spinning machine downtimes, related to cop replacement, bobbins replacement and generally speaking all the machine stops carried out through the switch bar. Indeed a section can be stopped meanwhile the other section can continue to work normally.

Increase of quality standard and performance

Mechanical, electronic and software improvements have permitted to produce very fine and delicate yarns like cashmere 100% up to count Nm 46.

More flexibility for an easier management of small lots and lot ends

The two independent sections of the spinning self acting mule recent model B7 DD allow to process two different yarns at the same time as if you would have two self acting mules operating simultaneously. The main advantages of such an improvement are related to the production flexibility achieved when it comes to small lots production and lot ends.



Mule spinning frame mod. B7 DD : technological innovation

The control system is placed in the central part of the self acting mule. It contains the push buttons to easily operate both sections of the machine and a computerized operator interface. The modern touch-screen monitor allows to interact with the program in a simple way.



Mule spinning frame mod. B7 DD




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The accurate tension control system of the spooling and yarn tension fallers guarantee a perfect cop formation, so as to maximise productivity and quality of the subsequent spinning process phases.



Siemens Simotion and Sinamics S120

The movement of the mule spinning machine B7 Double Drive model is granted by 12 Siemens brushless motors controlled by the Siemens "Sinamics" modules while Simotion is the system that handles the Motion Control tasks – from basic to highly complex tasks, focusing on flexible solutions.

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Operator interface

The interaction between the operator and the spinning mule happens through an interface with a guided menu that enables to command either the right and left side of the machine by a simple pressure on the touch-screen. The computerized system controls all the machine functions, including the carriages movement, the feed carriage speed, the adjustment of yarn feed speed and drafting percentages, the reverse speed, the spooling speed, the cops formation. The centralized computer can also store the working data, alarms, production and setting data modification history.

The machine can be fully controlled through intranet network and internet access.

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Mule spinning frame mod. B7SD (ex B6 model)

The Bigagli self acting mule B6 version, which ran out of production and is now replaced by the B7SD model, has always stand out as a reference for the woollen yarn spinners and is mainly used in plants producing wool, cashmere, angora, camel, silk, other natural and synthetic fibers and their blending.

By now our company have carried out around 300 installations of this spinning mule model all over the world

The B6 spinning frame has replaced the mechanical previous B5 model

This version is electronic and completely computerised

Additional optional devices are available, like ABR APD ATL

Optional device for inserting elastic yarn may also be added (Elaspin)



Mule spinning frame mod. B6



Proxima Warper 10 axis

The B6 version self acting mule functions are controlled through our Warper10AX digital module that allows to define the entire spinning cycle. Production specifications and settings can be inserted and will be displayed on the computer incorporated into the machine control panel.The main axes are predetermined and synchronized for a delicate andextremely precise control.All the Bigagli spinning mules models are prepared with a remote assistance function.



Siemens converter system Simodrive

A Simodrive Siemens converter system steps our spinning mule machine up to maximum productivity with a power electronics completely made by Siemens, that guarantees the quality and reliability of the entire system. The system individual drive assemblies can be combined thus enabling fast and flexible synchronization of the drive performance and number of machine axes.



Ring spinning frames

Our textile machinery range include ring spinning frames

Selespin DS

Selespin BGS

Optional devices APD ABR34



Fancy yarn machines

We also manufacture some fancy yarn machines

NOVAFIL BR400-T1 e T2

Fancy yarn twister NOVAFIL BR1 e BR2

NOVAFIL double hollow spindle DFC



State of the art : Cashmere 100% Count Nm 46.000

