USTER® QUANTUM 3

Improved yarn quality.

Higher efficiency.
 prepare to be amazed – and delighted.
The USTER® QUANTUM 3 is your introduction
to Smart clearing Technology and your
passport to a new world of yarn quality.
This is a world where the USTER® QUANTUM 3 does the
job for you – measuring, analyzing and proposing how
the yarn on your winding machine can best be tailored to
your quality and productivity needs.
The USTER® QUANTUM 3 is USTER®’s most advanced
clearer. Packed with future oriented technology it is big
enough and tough enough for today’s needs and tomor-
row’s further breakthroughs.
SmaRT and SImpLE To USE
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The definition of a clearing limit is the basic and most impor-
tant challenge for all spinning mills. Simply because it has
to consider a variety of factors – the USTER® CLASSIMAT
results, the final fabric, the knitting or weaving performance,
the affordable cut level, among other things. Until now, yarn
manufacturers had to carry out their own fault analysis and
try to work out the most effective and profitable quality con-
trol regime for their yarn clearers. Not all spinners have that
kind of expertise at their disposal, or have the time to focus
on a so complicated and difficult task.
The smart technology in USTER ® QUANTUM 3 is focused
on solving this challenge. It is practically equivalent to
having an USTER ® specialist always on hand to help
achieve the optimum results for any yarn application.
And the USTER ® QUANTUM EXPERT 3 constantly mon-
itors changes to any single article. It then asks if the
changes should be implemented across all winders run-
ning the same article, ensuring consistent quality for the
entire yarn lot to your final customer.
The new USTER® QUANTUM 3 will also amaze you with
its speed and ease of use. In just two minutes, it will
Comparison of
clearing limits.
learn everything it needs to know about your yarn. Then,
drawing on its built-in USTER ® know-how, it will suggest the
best way to achieve the quality requirements you specify, by
proposing suitable clearing limits. If you approve, simply hit
the start button. That’s it!
Smart technology enables the USTER® QUANTUM 3 to forecast
exactly how many cuts will need to be made to hit the quality
goals you set. That gives you the information you need to define
the clearing limit for the perfect balance of quality and productiv-
ity, removing only the most troublesome defects from your yarn
USTER® QUANTUM 3 basic clearing
during the winding operation and allowing you to create the • New sensor technology
optimal yarn quality profile for you and your customers. – Detection of shorter and finer defects
• Full yarn body display
• Classifi cation of defects within
The ease of use and effectiveness of the system also flows +75% and -30%
logically across into the USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3 • One button clearing limit proposal
• Forecast of expected cuts for the selected
– the new generation Expert System for yarn clearing.
clearing limit
Within sixty minutes, a new user of the USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3 • Count clearing – Expand detection of all
will be able to navigate through reports, modify and configure the wrong counts
• Continuous count of multiple lengths
system, handle articles and their clearing limits, define and report ex-
from 2 to 12 m
ception limits and optimize the synchronization of articles. • Splice clearing and graphic splice
classification
q data
• New periodic fault channel
– Detection of multiple periodicities
• On-line CV, imperfections,
class alarm monitoring
• Setting hints
Smart splice
clearing.

Multi colored light sources.
With the USTER® QUANTUM 3 the future is here today.
It is an astoundingly innovative piece of technology that
will repay your investment many times and it will keep on
rewarding you by connecting with an exciting series of
potential further advancements for several years to come.
Everything is newly designed and utilizing the latest state
of the art digital technology: the housing, core sensing
technologies, intelligent processing circuitry, cutter as-
Latest technology – sembly, central control unit, user interfaces and more. All
designed and shaped by USTER® specialists with years of
for future progress know-how and practical industry experience.
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Powerful new capacitive, optical and foreign matter sen-
sors are at the heart of the USTER® QUANTUM 3. They
can see it all, in greater detail than ever before. In com-
bination with the powerful processing electronics, for the
first time ever, the system shows the full yarn body – a
massive breakthrough. (The yarn body is simply the nor-
mal yarn with its set of expected tolerable natural vari-
ations). The outstanding new foreign matter sensor has
multiple light sources, so it detects new colored foreign
fibers and helps separation of colored foreign fibers from
mostly non-disturbing vegetable material. Polypropylene
detection improves enormously using this new sensor
Technology of today has no limits to connect, analyze and
technology. distribute the information.
It’s not only the sensor technology that has progressed to
the next level. The USTER® QUANTUM 3 also has a new
USTER® QUANTUM 3
central clearing unit – the sixth generation – which is con- Foreign matter
trolled via a 14-inch touch screen with a bigger and faster • Powerful new sensor with multicolored
memory than ever. This unit can communicate in real-time light sources
– Detection of all colored defects
with the new-generation USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3 – – Detection of shorter defects
allowing, for example, comparisons of changed clearing • Separate classification and clearing of
settings at any winder, and synchronization across similar – Foreign fibers and
yarn lots if required. – Vegetable matter
• One button clearing limit proposal
• Forecast of expected cuts for the selected
clearing limit
• Foreign matter clearing during
splicing process
State of the art control unit with
ergonomic user interface.
 keep out dirt and dust, reinforced sensors to cope with
vibration. The foreign fiber sensor, for example, is wider
than before. Along with the new air blowing arrange-
ments, this reduces dirt build-up at the sensor from both
the yarn and the air supply. Your business will benefit,
directly, from these innovations. USTER® QUANTUM 3
will work better, last longer and need less cleaning and
maintenance.
As a result of all this, the all-important ‘Total Cost of
Ownership’ will be significantly lower. And of course,
USTER® QUANTUM 3 is Swiss made by USTER® – so
you can be sure it is manufactured to the most exacting
and precise standards.

Another new design feature which has a major influence

in maximizing the service life of the USTER® QUANTUM 3
is better separation of the cutter mechanism from the main
housing – a simple but effective change, which means
less vibration from the cut is transferred to the clearer
housing.

USTER® QUANTUM 3 has a comprehensive system of

The USTER® QUANTUM 3 is both larger and more ro-
bust than any previous clearer. Tough on the outside,
its completely new design will stand up to the most de-
manding mill environments and provide a long service
life. Improvements include a better sealed clearer core to
Tough clearers for tough
alerts to let you know instantly if something is wrong. Cut-
USTER® QUANTUM 3
ter problems, excessive dirt ingress – whatever the rea- Polypropylene clearing
son, an alarm will signal the fault. If it is serious enough,
USTER® QUANTUM 3 will automatically halt the affected • Backed by new capacitive
sensor technology
winding position, safeguarding your quality and protect-
• Multifold increase in PP defects detected
ing your assets.
• Detection of smaller and shorter PP
• One button clearing limit proposal

environments – for long life • Forecast of expected cuts for the

selected clearing limit

and lower costs

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Better sealing against dust,

dirt and effective cleaning.
 Quality is when your customer comes back – not the
product. With a range of features that improve fabric ap-
pearance and the productivity of downstream processes,
you can be sure customers will want more of your yarn
cleared with USTER® QUANTUM 3.
For starters, the technological advancements in
USTER® QUANTUM 3 make all disturbing faults vis-
ible. Of these faults, long thick and thin places have
a decisive impact on fabric appearance. Smart tech-
niques, based on intensive USTER® textile research,
detects these defects and correlates them to disturb-
ing fabric effects. A further powerful enhancement, to
prevent cloudiness or disturbing uneven fabric effects,
is the simultaneous monitoring of medium term mass/
diameter variations from 2 to 12 m and periodic faults
of multiple wavelengths.
When it comes to quality, you can be confident –
USTER ® QUANTUM 3’s smart clearing proposals
will deliver the results you specify, with assured
USTER® CLASSIMAT results, improved yarn performance in
downstream processing and superior fabric appearance.
The highest yarn
quality ever
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How about problems with
contamination?
The USTER® QUANTUM 3 is the ultimate tool to control
contamination. Its new and advanced FM sensor tech-
nology uses multiple light sources to pinpoint all colored
defects. And smart technology classifies foreign matter
separately into colored foreign fibers and mostly non dis-
turbing vegetable material. Your benefit – removal of the
really disturbing foreign fibers with the lowest number of
cuts.
The powerful contamination package of the
USTER® QUANTUM 3 is completed by brand new
PP clearing. Thanks to technological improvements,
USTER® QUANTUM 3 has proven in several trials a multi-
fold increase in PP detection rate. No matter if the fabric USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3
is dyed or bleached, USTER® QUANTUM 3 will deliver • Modern architecture
the lowest foreign matter level per meter. • New, simple and easy to use
man-machine interface
• Smart article synchronization
• Yarn body tracking
• One page article overview
• Access control unit screen from
the USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3
• Remote support
• Intelligent help system
With USTER® QUANTUM 3 all
disturbing defects become visible.
 Your spun yarn is valuable, and your productivity is vital USTER® QUANTUM 3 Product Configuration
to overall profitability. So it makes sense to avoid hamper-
OPTIONS
ing production, by cutting only when it’s really necessary. Basic with Q Data with Foreign with Polypro-
That’s exactly what USTER® QUANTUM 3 does – it cuts Matter Clearing pylene Clearing USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3 PRO
only what needs to be cut. Firstly, the system uniquely iden- • Data storage in a database
tifies and displays the yarn body – using this as the basis • Polypropylene Clearing • Set of predefined role oriented reports
POLYPRO- • Polypropylene Alarms • Exceptions handling and reporting
for the limits proposed by the system. Of course, using
PYLENE
smart limits based on the yarn body ensures quality. But USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3 ULTIMATE
• Report wizard
it also means that no cuts are made in the ‘normal’ yarn • Remote handling of CCUs
body, and this has been proved in extensive mill trials to • Foreign Matter (Dark) • Classification FD • Article synchronization and management
• Illustrate, store and compare yarn bodies
save a significant number of unnecessary cuts. In fact, in FF FF • Foreign Matter (Light) • Classification FL
• Alert management
many cases it has shown to offer better quality at lower • Vegetable Matter • Classification
cuts than today! And saving cuts means saving costs. Clearing Vegetables Hairiness Monitoring (only with FM clearers)
• Online monitoring of Hairiness
• Unevenness (CV) • Classification NSLT Advanced Classification
The new foreign matter clearing concept, separating for- Q DATA Q DATA Q DATA • Imperfections (IP) • Splice Classification (including tailored classes)
eign fibers and vegetable matter, takes this productivity (Software option) (Software option) (Software option)
• Periodic Faults • Classimat Alarms • Extended classes NSLT, tailored classes
focus a stage further, reducing cuts for the running quality Clearing LAB Online
or alternatively producing better quality for the same cuts. • Package of QUANTUM EXPERT 3 ULTIMATE

And USTER® QUANTUM 3’s higher-efficiency polypropyl- • Capacitive or Optical • Slub Yarn Clearing Online Hairiness and Advanced Classification

ene clearing is yet another means of reducing the number BASIC BASIC BASIC BASIC • Yarn Body Clearing NSLT • Splice Clearing Portable Printer
• Count Variations (C) • Scatter Plot NSLT
of cuts for the same quality level. • Advanced Count (CC) • Utility Functions

…and aLL THIS wITH fEwER

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USTER® USTER® PEYER P551,
SPECTOMATIC, the pioneer in
the world’s first USTER® optical clearing.
electronic yarn clearer. AUTOMATIC, USTER® PEYER 200F,
the first yarn clearer first optical foreign
for automatic USTER QUANTUM,
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fiber clearer.
winding machines. featuring optical and
capacitive clearing
technology.

Right technology for all applications

– capacitive or optical
With a choice of the most advanced capacitive and
optical sensor technologies, USTER® QUANTUM 3 is
ready for any application and environment. While
the advantages of the capacitive technology are well
known, the optical sensor of USTER® QUANTUM 3 has
been redesigned and has been substantially enhanced.
Both the capacitive and the optical basic clearer see
the full yarn body and provide all smart clearing fea-
tures, which include proposing clearing limits based on
the yarn body and providing cut forecasts. Whether it
is a carded yarn or compact-spun, air-spliced or water-
spliced, USTER® QUANTUM 3 sets a new benchmark
for clearing performance for years to come. USTER® QUANTUM 3.
Smart yarn clearing.

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