Design of an Ovine Fiber Carding and Spinning Machine to Enhance Yarn Quality and Production in High Andean Areas of Peru

The objective of this paper was to design a carding and spinning machine for ovine fiber to enhance the quality in the production of yarns according to the demand of the textile market at a family level. For the development of this research work, the analysis of the state of technology of the machine was developed, then the tasks were classified by means of a list of requirements of the families dedicated to the textile industry in the high Andean zones of Peru, in order to determine the functions of the machine and to arrive at a viable solution both technically and economically. The results of the machine design were determined for yarn production at a family level of 6.12 kg/day increasing by 4.2% with respect to the artisanal production, which is 5.87 kg/day. Regarding the carding process a single-phase electric motor of 0.4 hp with 1745 RPM at a transmission ratio of 3.1/1 and for the spinning process a single-phase electric motor of 0.3 hp with 1500 RPM at a transmission ratio of 2.3/1 in order to maintain the properties of the ovine fiber so as to obtain yarn with a tensile strength between 30 to 50 Newton per Kilotex.