Textile machine having a plurality of workstations and a method for monitoring a textile machine having a plurality of workstations

Abstract

Method for monitoring a textile machine having a plurality of workstations and a textile machine having a plurality of workstations, more particularly spinning positions, the textile machine having: a textile machine control unit, which is designed to capture different production figures of the individual workstations and to check whether the production figures exceed specified limit values; an input unit for inputting the limit values and selecting at least one production figure to be checked out of the set of production figures to be checked; and an indicating unit, which is connected to the textile machine control unit in order to optically output the result of the check of the at least one selected production figure to be checked for exceeding the allocated, specified limit value. In order to provide a method for monitoring a textile machine having a plurality of workstations and a textile machine having a plurality of workstations, said method and said textile machine enabling quick detection and identification of workstations whose production figures exceed specified limit values, the indicating unit has a plurality of signal units, which are arranged on the textile machine control unit and/or the workstations in question, are associated with the individual workstations and are designed in such a way that the result of the check of the at least one selected production figure to be checked for exceeding the allocated, specified limit value is indicated by means of different light signals.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A textile machine having a plurality of workstations, the textile machine comprising: a textile machine control unit, which is designed to capture different production figures of the individual workstations and to check whether the production figures exceed specified limit values; an input unit for inputting the limit values and selecting at least one production figure to be checked from the set of production figures to be checked; and an indicating unit which is connected to the textile machine control unit for the optical output of the result of the check of the at least one selected production figure to be checked for exceeding the assigned predetermined limit value,
 characterised in that   the indicating unit has a plurality of signal units, which are arranged on the textile machine control unit and/or the workstations in question, are associated with the individual workstations and are designed in such a way that the result of the check of the at least one selected production figure to be checked for exceeding the allocated, specified limit value is indicated by different light signals.   
     
     
         2 . The textile machine according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the textile machine has a plurality of spinning positions. 
     
     
         3 . The textile machine according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the signal units are designed to indicate the result of the check by light signals of different brightness and/or colour. 
     
     
         4 . The textile machine according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the signal units are designed to indicate the result of the check by continuous light and flashing light. 
     
     
         5 . The textile machine according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the signal units are arranged on the workstations in such a way and the light signals are produced at the signal units in such a way that the signal units are used for automatic identification and/or alignment of a service unit relative to the workstations, the service unit comprising an optical sensing device. 
     
     
         6 . The textile machine according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the signal units have an LED indicator. 
     
     
         7 . A method for monitoring a textile machine having one workstation or a plurality of workstations in which method different production figures of the individual workstations are captured, at least one selectable production figure is checked for exceeding an assigned, specified limit value and subsequently the result of the check is optically indicated via an indicating unit,
 characterised in that   the indicating unit comprises a plurality of signal units, which are associated with the individual workstations and are arranged on the textile machine control unit and/or the workstation and at which the result of the check of the at least one selected production figure to be checked for exceeding the allocated, specified limit value is indicated by different light signals.   
     
     
         8 . The method for monitoring according to  claim 7 , characterised in that the result of the check is indicated by light signals of different brightness and/or colour. 
     
     
         9 . The method for monitoring according to  claim 7 , characterised in that workstations having identical product groups are indicated by the light signals. 
     
     
         10 . The method for monitoring according to  claim 7 , characterised in that the production figures to be checked are determined from a mean value of a plurality of production figures determined at selectable intervals over a selectable time period, the mean value in particular being an arithmetic, geometric or harmonic mean value or a mean value combined from at least two of these mean values. 
     
     
         11 . The method for monitoring according to  claim 7 , characterised in that the textile machine has a plurality of spinning positions.