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110 series

The splicers in the 110 series are very simple tools, designed principally for the market sector concerning industrial yarns.

Recently, our customers began to identify a need for a splicer for making joints in yarns of very heavy count - typically glass fibre and carbon fibre rovings of 4800 tex or more.   We were already making the hugely-successful Model 101 splicer for carpet yarns.   The 101 had been designed from the outset with durability and simple servicing in mind, and it has proved its reliability over several years of service.    It made good technical sense to develop the new Model 110 by modifying the Model 101.   The result was a splicer similar to the 101 - simple, small and light, but one which was capable of splicing ends-opposed joints in rovings.

The 110 has, since its introduction, set a standard as an effective and user-friendly tool for making extra-large splices in very heavy yarns.   Its performance, after only a short production life, is such that it has been widely accepted as an effective heavy-count splicer in countries across the world.  

The 110 is already splicing 4800 tex as routine, and a development programme is under way to extend its range towards 10000 tex.

  • Model 110 splicers have a simple straight-line string-up.  
  • They have an unusually simple and strong construction.   Simple construction leads to simple maintenance; the splicer in its basic form can be completely dismantled and re-assembled in about ten minutes.  
  • The splicers contain some new and patented technology, and need a smaller range of splicing chambers than splicers of earlier generations.
  • Splices of any length can be made, according to customer needs.
  • Because splice length can be varied according to the needs of the user, very long, weakly-intermingled splices are used to join yarns such as glass which cannot withstand sharp bending.
  • Because splice length can be varied according to the needs of the user, very long, strongly-intermingled splices are used to join yarns such as aramids, which are inherently very strong, and which need a correspondingly strong splice strength.


110 Series splicers are available in six forms:

 
MODEL
Description
Handle
1
110 H
Portable, hand held
Long
2
110 S
Fixed
Short
3
110 B
Moveable, rail mounted
Short
4
110 HW
Portable, hand held and with hanger
Long
5
110 SW
Semi-fixed, removable from hanger
Short
6
110 BW
Moveable, rail mounted, removable hanger
Short

 
 
Typical applications (all models)

Splice format
Ends-opposed, any length
 
 
Typical applications
Glass rovings
 
Carbon fibre precursors
 
Carbon fibre rovings
 
Aramid
 
 
Yarn types
Synthetic continuous filament
 
Synthetic staple
 
 
Yarn count, standard splicing chamber
Nm 1.0 to Nm 10       Tex 1000 to 100  
Yarn count, large splicing chamber
Nm 0.2 to Nm 1.0       Tex 5000 to 1000


The splice is made in three stages:

First stage Yarns (here glass fibre) being placed in the Model 110 splicer before being joined.

Second stage:
The yarn is then drawn by hand through the splicer

Third stage:
Splice tails are hand-trimmed if necessary.

Appearance of splice after being joined by the Model 110.