Technology

What is Direct Cabling ?

• Direct cabling is a one-stage process. Primarily, untwisted BCF yarn (Bulked Continuous Filament) is fed, with the single filaments lying parallel to each other.
• The parallel arrangement of the fibers offers excellent covering capacity and therefore material saving for larger surface floor cover constructions.
• Cabling assures that the yarn retains its volume.
• After cabling, tufting yarns are usually submitted to a heatsetting process. This, together with the yarn structure obtained through cabling, produces excellent tip definition, such crush resistant properties and recuperactive capacity after being weighted down.

The Direct Cabling Principle

• One of the two untwisted yarn packages is fed in an overhead creel, which is an integral part of the direct cabling machine.
• The second yarn package is located above the rotating spindle, in the cabler spindle pot.
• Both yarns are controlled by tension devices. This ensures that both yarns are cabled with uniform tension.
• During the cabling process the single ends do not receive any twist.