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113 Series

With the development of high-performance yarns for industrial applications, there is an increasing need for making splices in yarns of very heavy count - typically glass fibre and carbon fibre rovings of up to 4800 tex.   Counts are expected to exceed 10000 in the near future.

The established Model 110 roving splicer has been in in production for some time.   Developed as an evolution of the Model 101 carpet yarns splicer, the 110 was designed with durability and simple servicing in mind, and has proved its reliability over several years of service.

Customer feedback demonstrated the need for another, even more compact splicer, for use in difficult and space-limited operating environments.   The result of a new programme of development has been the Model 113 - simple and light like the Model 110, but in its most compact form, barely half the size.   It is however just as capable as the Model 110 of making neat, strong joints in rovings.   The 113 will set a new standard as an ultra-compact, effective, and user-friendly tool for making splices in these very heavy yarns. 

The design brief for the Model 113 was to match the Model 110 performance, while allowing the customer to specify the overall size of the splicer, by choosing from a range of handle types.   So, although developed as a very compact splicer, the Model 113 can be supplied with a full-length handle, so that functionally it becomes identical to a Model 110. The 113 has comfortably achieved its design brief.   Series production started in November 2007.    Already splicing 4800 tex glass as routine, the Model 113 is being further developed to extend its range to 10000 tex. Model shown is 113 S.

• Some forms of the Model 113 splicers are remarkably compact, so that they can be used in confined spaces.
• They 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.