The STARFISH Software
CONTENTS
1.
The STARFISH Software: Introduction & Overview
2.
The STARFISH Software: Getting Started
3.
The STARFISH Software: Special Features
4.
The STARFISH Software: Support & Training
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How to Contact CTI
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The STARFISH Software: Introduction & Overview
The STARFISH Software
Introduction & Overview
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STARFISH is a Simulator
It models the production and processing of certain
cotton circular knitted fabrics, and predicts their
expected dimensional properties
Simulation models comprise:
N Fabric Type
N Manufacturing System
N Working Environment
The Active Model - Schematic
Fabric Type
Quality
Values
Manufacturing
System
STARFISH Predictions
Yarn count
Stitch length
Run-in
Needles
Roll weight
Shift time
Target values
etc...
N Quality Values
Seek New
Quality
Yarn type
Machines
Wet process
Shade
Working
Environment
Units
Targets
Weight mode
save
print
open
export
Seek
Calibration
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Fabric Type
Manufacturing System
Models begin with the Fabric Type
N Plain Interlock
N Double Crosstuck
N Plain 1x1 Rib
N Single Crosstuck
N Plain 2x2 Rib
N Six-thread Crosstuck
N Plain Single Jersey
N Two-thread Fleece
Crosstuck fabrics are often called Piqué or Lacoste
Exact constructions are given in STARFISH Help
Materials, equipment and wet processing
Yarn Type
Ring, OE rotor
Single, Folded
Knitting Machines
Machine park
database
Wet Processing Type
Standard or
User-defined
Depth of Shade
High white to deep black
(process weight loss)
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Working Environment
Determines how calculated data are presented
N Units of calculation
Length: inch, yard - cm, mm, metre
Weight: oz, lb - g, kg
Count: cotton (Ne), metric (Nm), tex
N Calculation priorities
Performance targets (e.g. weight, shrinkages)
Weight mode (fixed or variable width)
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Quality Values
Data Values that define the specification
N Knitting Quality
e.g.
Yarn count
30.0
Ne
Stitch / course length
2.80
mm
Machine characteristics
2256
needles
N Finishing Quality
Performance target values
5.0
% shrinkage
Trimming allowance
4.0
cm
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Setting up the Active Model
Speedy Working
Current Model for the Active Fabric Type
N Manufacturing System
± select one yarn type, process, shade
± select up to 9 knitting machines
N Working Environment
± select working units (if necessary)
± select calculation priorities (if necessary)
N Quality Values
± enter up to 9 yarn count values
± enter required performance target values
A database containing all of your machines (and
others if you like) is maintained for rapid easy access.
Individual models can be saved to a file for later
recall or modification.
“Last Active” model is always saved, so you can
re-start exactly where you left off.
“Default” model profiles, which you customise, are
maintained for a rapid start to brand new projects.
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Permitted Data Ranges
A very wide range is allowed in data entry, so as to
permit experimentation.
N Yarn count (number): 5 to 100s cotton count
N Machine gauge: 5 to 40 npi
N Machine diameter: 5 to 65 inches
N Machine speed: 1 to 100 rpm
N Knitted tightness factor: 8 to 20 (dep. on fabric type)
Units of Measurement
For most data items, you can choose your preferred
units. For example ...
Yarn count N cotton count, metric count, tex
Stitch length N inch, cm, mm
Roll weight N lb, kg
Fabric weight, yield N oz/sq yd, gsm, yd/lb, m/kg, etc.
Fabric width N inch, cm (tubular or open)
Courses & wales N per inch, /cm, /3cm, /10cm, etc.
N Knitted tightness factor is defined in STARFISH Help
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Non-commercial Data Entry
STARFISH will issue a warning ...
If your data entries lead to possibly non-commercial
production conditions, or unacceptable performance
of the finished fabric.
Making Predictions
Every time you enter data or make a new selection,
STARFISH immediately re-calculates the expected
properties of the specified fabric qualities …
(courses, wales, weight, width, shrinkage, etc) ...
For example, you will get a tightness factor warning if
your knitting conditions will cause the tightness factor
of a plain jersey fabric to exceed 18.0.
Based on the selected Manufacturing System,
Working Environment, and Quality Values ...
And you will get a Shrinkage warning if your model
conditions result in a shrinkage prediction of more
than 15%.
Using the STARFISH Reference Equations
(see STARFISH Technology page)
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Viewing the Results
Seek New Quality
Four ways to look at the model output
View Predictions by Qualities
± all qualities, one machine at a time
View Predictions by Machines
± all machines, one quality at a time
View Production Data
± kg/hr, kg/shift, hr/roll, revs/roll, etc. - all machines
View Specification
If you are not sure what yarn or machine to choose ...
You enter the required weight and width, then click
on the “Test” button ...
STARFISH will suggest a yarn count and stitch length
and a number of machine needles that will deliver the
specified weight and width.
You can force STARFISH to use a particular yarn or
machine. You can specify maximum shrinkage levels
and a maximum range of tightness factor.
± knitting spec, finishing spec, etc. - per quality
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Seek Calibration
On-line Help System
Standard STARFISH predictions are based on average
conditions, as represented by the STARFISH database.
A comprehensive Help system is provided.
You can train STARFISH to take account of your own,
specific local conditions.
This is not just the normal type of Help - explaining
how the program works and how to operate the various
features (though these are included of course).
You do this simply by entering your own test data
for a representative yarn type, fabric quality, and
wet processing route.
There is also a comprehensive technical reference,
including detailed background know-how on circular
knitted fabric technology.
The resulting “User Defined Process” can be named
and saved to a special file. It then becomes a Standard
STARFISH processing option.
A lot of this stuff is unpublished material that you
can not find in text books.
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Outputs are Dynamic
One important difference between a STARFISH
simulation and a real-life fabric development is that
the STARFISH predictions are “alive”.
You can alter any Input (e.g. course length) and see
at once the effect on the Outputs (e.g. fabric weight
and width) as STARFISH re-calculates instantly.
You can do more fabric development simulations in
an hour with STARFISH than you could do real-life
developments in a year.
….. even supposing you could afford the time,
materials, and production resources.
Trial and Error Development
Using the STARFISH software is a lot faster, cheaper
and more reliable than making real fabrics with real
yarns, machines, people, and company resources.
For example:
2.830
mm
You can nudge the stitch length up
or down in small increments, whilst
holding the shrinkage constant.
STARFISH immediately updates the weight and width,
so you can quickly find out whether the required
performance targets can be achieved with the chosen
yarns and machines.
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Faster, Cheaper, More Reliable
STARFISH Version 6.5
Faster - because each simulation takes only a
few minutes of your time.
Cheaper - because you don’t have to buy
unnecessary yarns, or knit, dye and finish
unnecessary fabrics, or needlessly occupy
valuable production resources.
The faster, cheaper, more reliable
way of doing product development.
More Reliable - because STARFISH is not
affected by day to day variations in materials,
production and laboratory testing.
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The STARFISH Software: Getting Started
STARFISH Version 6.5
Getting Started
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Setting Up The Active Model
Setting Up The Active Model
STARFISH works by building a model of your
manufacturing environment.
You specify the manufacturing environment by:
N Entering your machines into a database.
N Making selections from option lists.
N Entering values for certain parameters.
Menu Bar
All program features are accessible from here.
Main Toolbar
Actions that are not specific to the Active Model.
Active Model Toolbar
Actions that change the Active Model.
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Setting Up The Active Model
You can specify
up to nine different (or the same) fabric qualities
You can also specify
up to nine different (or the same) knitting machines
Setting Up The Active Model
The knitting
specifications are
summarised here
The finished fabric
properties are
displayed here
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Entering Your Machines
To access your knitting
machines database,
select Edit > Machine
Files from the Menu bar.
Or click on the Machines icon
in the Main Toolbar.
Before you can select a knitting machine for use in a STARFISH
model, it has to be entered into your machines database.
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Knitting Machines Database
To enter a machine into the
database, you simply click on
“New” then enter your machine
details in the Edit Boxes.
To save time, STARFISH will suggest some of the values,
which you can accept or modify.
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Knitting Machine Properties
Select From Option Lists
Gauge (cut) from 5 to 40 npi
Diameter from 5 to 65 inches
Speed from 1 to 100 rpm
Feeders up to 4.5 per inch
STARFISH maintains strict compatibility between
gauge, diameter and needles.
Option Lists are accessible from the Change menu
or from the Active Model Toolbar
Default values minimise the labour of data entry.
Unreasonable combinations of data are prevented.
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Option Lists
Manufacturing System
The most important options are concerned with:
Type of fabric (interlock, rib, jersey, etc.)
Type of yarn (ring, OE, single, two-ply)
Knitting machine (gauge, diameter, needles, etc.)
Wet processing (preparation, dyeing)
Depth of shade (process weight loss)
Calculation units (grams, ounces, cm, inches)
Performance targets (weight, shrinkage, etc.)
These options specify your
manufacturing set-up.
Fabric Type
Knitting Machines
Yarn Type
Yarn Count Values
Wet Process Type
Depth of Shade
Performance Targets
Trimming Allowance
Weight Mode
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Select Fabric Type
Select Knitting Machines
Selecting a Fabric Type
is the first step in setting
up a new model
Select from your database
&
Place into your active model
Note: Crosstuck fabrics are often known as piqué or lacoste.
See STARFISH Help for proper fabric definitions.
Up to nine machines in any order.
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Select Yarn Type
Enter Yarn Count Values
All made from 100%
cotton, knitting twist
Other yarn constructions, including some blends can
be modelled by using the Calibration feature.
(see the “Special Features” presentation)
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This is the way that you
introduce a new fabric
quality into your model
Yarn number can be from 5 to 100s cotton count
or equivalent in metric or tex systems
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Wet Processing Options
Select Wet Process
The full range of commercial wet processing,
from old fashioned jets and winches through
modern jets and continuous processing, to openwidth and tubular mercerising can be modelled.
Ten standard wet process options cover the
typical range of process effects.
User-defined processes can be developed for
exact modelling of particular processes, via the
Calibration feature.
User Defined Process
You can model your own process by using the Calibration feature.
(see the “Special Features” presentation)
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Depth of Shade Options
Select Depth of Shade
The full range of dye shades is covered by eight
standard options from white to extra full.
Each depth of shade is associated with a
corresponding nominal process weight loss.
Actual net process weight loss can be adjusted via
the Calibration feature to match mill experience
(proper estimation methods are described - with
examples - in STARFISH Help).
Nominal process weight
loss can be calibrated if
one of the Standards is
not close enough.
Nominal process weight
loss = percent net loss due
to preparation and dyeing.
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Performance Targets
You can specify the required performance targets for
two of the finished fabric parameters.
For example:
Length and width shrinkages
Performance Target Values
You can then specify values for the chosen
performance targets.
For example, if you choose Length & Width
Shrinkage as performance targets, and you
allocate values of 5% and 5%, then ...
Area weight and width
Width and course density
Length shrinkage and fabric width
Whenever you alter the manufacturing specification
(yarn count, stitch length, wet process, etc.)
STARFISH re-calculates the weight, width, etc.
while shrinkages are held at 5% x 5%.
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Select / Enter Target Performance
These are the parameters
that STARFISH will attempt
to maintain at your
specified performance
target values
Note: To save time in data entry, shrinkage is entered as a
positive number. A negative indicates extension (growth).
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Enter Trimming Allowance
If you have selected
“Open Width - Trimmed”
for your width unit, then this is
the total amount that STARFISH
will subtract to allow for e.g.
trimming at the stenter.
You can utilise this feature to calculate the “useable width” for
garment lay planning.
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Select Weight Mode
Specification & Calculation Units
You can choose the units you like for nearly all
parameters (and change them at any time).
Whenever you alter an option
that will change the finished
fabric area weight.
STARFISH re-calculates the
weight according to your
Weight Mode selection.
For example:
Stitch length: mm, cm, inch
Area weight: gsm or oz/sq yd
Fabric width: cm or inch
Stitch density: Courses/cm or CPI
Either by maintaining a constant width or by adjusting both
length and width so as to maintain similar levels of shrinkage.
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Specification & Calculation Units
Select Yarn Count Units
These options allow you to specify
your preferred units.
You can change any units any time.
STARFISH will immediately recalculate the values for any
properties that are affected by the change.
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Select Stitch Length Units
The units applied to Course Length
are determined by those that you select for Stitch Length.
Select Tightness Factor Units
If you are not familiar with the Tightness Factor parameter it is
worth checking up on it in the STARFISH Help.
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Select Stitch Density Units
Cells are used for Crosstuck (piqué, lacoste) fabrics.
Check STARFISH Help for an explanation.
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Select Area Weight Units
The units applied to Roll Weight and Lot Weight
are determined by those that you select for Area Weight.
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Select Width Units
Select Yield Units
Yield is either weight per unit length or length per unit weight or
area per unit weight (but not weight per unit area).
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Output Displays
Types of Output Displays
It’s as though you have carried out a series of fabric
development trials ...
There are basically four types ...
… and you’ve just got the
complete set of test data back from the lab.
View By Qualities
View By Machines
View Production Data
The knitting and finishing conditions, and the
resulting fabric properties are displayed in several
different ways.
View Specification
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View by Qualities
You cycle
through the data
for the same
qualities knitted
on the other
machines simply
by clicking on
each machine in
turn.
This is the default window.
You use it to find the best
fabric quality to give the
required performance.
The knitting specs
and the finished
fabric properties
are displayed, side
by side, for each of
the (up to 9)
different fabric
QUALITIES that
you have specified,
based on one of
your selected
knitting machines.
View by Machines
You cycle
through the data
for the other
qualities knitted
on the same
machines simply
by clicking on
each quality in
turn.
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This is the window that
you would use to develop
a body-width range.
The knitting specs
and the finished
fabric properties
are displayed, side
by side, for each of
the (up to 9)
different knitting
MACHINES that
you have selected,
based on one of
your specified
fabric qualities.
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View Production Data
You cycle
through the
data for the
other qualities
knitted on the
same machines
simply by
clicking on each
quality in turn.
This is the window
where the knitting
productivity data
are displayed.
The production data
and the length and
weight of the
finished fabric rolls
are displayed, side
by side, for each of
the (up to 9)
different MACHINES
that you have
selected, based on
one of your
specified fabric
qualities.
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View Specification
You cycle
through the
data for the
other qualities
and machines
simply by
clicking on
each in turn.
This is the window
that summarises the
knitting and finishing
specifications for
each quality.
The knitting
specification, the
key production data,
the percentage
weight share of
each yarn (if
appropriate), and
the finished fabric
specification are
displayed for one
quality knitted on
one machine.
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Editing the Data
Editing the Data
Edit Boxes
You can change the value
of any fabric property
(except fabric yield)
simply by typing the
required value into the
corresponding edit box.
or by clicking on the
nudge buttons
STARFISH will calculate the
consequences of this change
and update the other fabric
properties.
If you change the value of one of
the knitting specifications.
STARFISH will re-calculate
the finished fabric properties
for the selected quality.
Whilst maintaining your
chosen Target Performance at
the required level.
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Trial and Error Development
Using the STARFISH software is a lot faster, cheaper and more
reliable than traditional methods of product development.
For example:
You can nudge the stitch
length up or down in small
increments, whilst holding
the shrinkage constant.
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STARFISH immediately
updates the weight and width.
Faster, Cheaper, More Reliable
Faster - because each simulation takes only a
few minutes of your time.
Cheaper - because you don’t have to buy
unnecessary yarns, or knit, dye and finish
unnecessary fabrics, or needlessly occupy
valuable production resources.
More Reliable - because STARFISH is not
affected by day to day variations in materials,
production and laboratory testing.
So you can quickly find out whether the required performance
targets can be achieved with the chosen yarns and machines.
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STARFISH Version 6.5
The faster, cheaper, more reliable
way of doing product development.
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The STARFISH Software: Special Features
STARFISH Version 6.5
Special Features
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Special Features
Seek New Quality
Two special features are provided to help you work
more quickly and more accurately.
Both are accessed from the Seek menu:
Seek New Quality
If you are not sure what yarn and machine to use,
you can quickly get an idea from the Seek facility.
N Seek New Quality.
N Seek Calibration.
Seek New Quality Window
Click on the Seek Quality icon.
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Seek Calibration
Seek New Quality
It will not always be possible to get a perfect match.
Practical test data are not perfect, so there will often be minor
incompatibilities between the different data items.
You type your Target weight and width in
the Edit Boxes
On the Left Side
You specify the weight and width that you
would like to achieve, with tolerances,
and the knitting machine that you would
like to use.
Standard Error
Definition is given in
STARFISH Help.
Nevertheless, you should always be able to match your test
data to within one standard error. If not, then your testing
methods need looking at urgently.
STARFISH supplies some starting values
which are simply those of the selected
quality in the Active Model but most likely
you will need to edit these.
To start, you would change only the
target weight and width
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Seek New Quality
Seek New Quality
Tightness factor
You would enter the range that you want STARFISH
to consider in the Start Values Edit boxes.
In the Centre
You specify some
limits and some
assumptions for
STARFISH to use
when seeking the
New Quality.
In the Centre
You specify some
limits and some
assumptions for
STARFISH to use
when seeking the
New Quality.
For Example
STARFISH allows a very wide range of Tightness Factor, but
you might want to exclude the extreme constructions.
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Seek New Quality
Seek New Quality
Click on Test
To tell STARFISH to make
the calculations.
On the Right Side
The results of the
search are displayed.
The first two columns of Test Results
show the maximum range of weight and width that you could
have with these starting values.
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Seek New Quality
Seek New Quality
When seeking a New Quality
STARFISH makes no assumptions about what yarns may be
commercially available (maybe you can spin your own yarns).
The third column
shows one way of achieving your target performance
You may need to specify
the nearest available yarn count, Fix it, and do another test
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Seek New Quality
Seek New Quality
Note that the suggested needles
are not necessarily the same as in the starting machine.
If the width is 150 cm from 1752 needles
then, with 1728 needles, the width will be
150 * 1728 / 1752 = 148 cm
You can easily calculate
the width that you will get from any other machine.
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Seek New Quality
Seek New Quality
If you have a machine
With a number of needles close to that which STARFISH
recommends, you just type the details for this machine into the
the Edit boxes and do another Test.
If you have no alternative
than to use the starting machine, then
you have to Fix the number of needles
and do a new Test.
If you have no alternative
than to use the starting machine, then you have to Fix the
number of needles and do a new Test.
Discovering what you CAN NOT do
with the available machines and resources
is one of the most important benefits of
working with STARFISH
Note that STARFISH
is still trying to get 150 cm for the width, but in order to achieve
this with 1728 needles, the width shrinkage has to increase.
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Seek New Quality
Seek New Quality
Fixing the maximum Width Shrinkage
will show what can be achieved with this machine.
Look at the counters
This shows the number of iterations that were needed to arrive
at the “Best Fit”. If there is an easy solution, only a few iterations
are needed. STARFISH stops searching after 1000 tries.
The result is about the same
as we calculated before, for a machine of 1728 needles.
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Seek New Quality
Seek New Quality
When you have found a suitable quality
you can introduce it into your Active Model.
Click on Include
To Include
the New Quality you can:
Create an additional
quality or Replace the
existing one.
Add a new Machine or
Modify the existing one.
Click on Execute
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Seek New Quality
… where you can modify
any of the data using the
Edit boxes or nudge
buttons.
The New Quality
Becomes part of your
Active Model ....
Seek Calibration
When STARFISH makes calculations and predictions
for the properties of finished fabrics ...
… it makes the assumption that your manufacturing
system can be adequately modelled by selecting
one or other of the standard options.
The standard options are based on averages
calculated from the thousands of samples in the
STARFISH database.
But what if your operation is not
close to the average?
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Seek Calibration
Seek Calibration
Seek Calibration
Allows you to fine-tune STARFISH, so that it can
take account of your particular circumstances.
Seek Calibration Window
Click on the Calibration icon.
Grey Fabric
The quality that is currently selected in the Active Model will be
used as the starting point for the Calibration.
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Seek Calibration
Seek Calibration
Two ways to make a Calibration
Your Calibration can be based on measurements made on
either As Delivered or Reference State samples.
Calibrated Finished Fabric
This is where you enter the results of your own measurements.
STARFISH uses these measurements to create the Calibration.
Reference State
Means the average
results obtained from
samples taken at the
end of the finishing
line - and then
subjected to five wash
and tumble-dry
laundering cycles
(or similar).
As Delivered
Means the average
results obtained from
samples taken at the
end of the finishing
line - just as you
would deliver them to
your customer.
Calibrated Finished Fabric
This is where you enter the results of your own measurements.
STARFISH uses these measurements to create the Calibration.
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Seek Calibration
Seek Calibration
Calibration Ratios
Show the influence of the Wet Process
on the Course and Wale densities.
Net Change %
Shows the effect of the Wet Process
on the yarn weight and length, which
results in the Process Weight Change.
Calibration Results
This is where STARFISH displays the results of the
Calibration calculations
Calibration Results
This is where STARFISH displays the results of the
Calibration calculations
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Seek Calibration
Seek Calibration
In order to make a Calibration, you need to have
reliable data ...
… measurements made on a single
sample are not sufficient.
As Delivered Calibration
Your Calibration is based on the average measured values
obtained from samples “As Delivered” - at the end of the
finishing line and ready for delivery to your customer.
You need averages based on at least five
separate deliveries ...
… and you need to be confident that your testing
is reliable and reproducible.
You already have As Delivered data in your routine Quality
Control records, so this is the method that gets you started.
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Seek Calibration
Seek Calibration
Suppose you have collected the following average
values from a sequence of deliveries.
Fabric type:
Yarn:
Machine:
Set-up:
Processing:
Plain single jersey
24/1 Single combed ring
24g, 30” diam, 2256 needles
Course length 722 cm
Jet prepare & bleach - high white
As Delivered
Reference State
Courses/cm
17.10
18.10
Wales/cm
12.35
13.00
Weight, gsm
155.2
172.0
Length Shr%
5.0
n.a.
Width Shr%
5.0
n.a.
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First create a new model for the Quality to be Calibrated
N Use actual knitted values for the Yarn Count
and Stitch Length
N Select the standard options for the Wet Process
and Depth of Shade that provide the closest
match for the measured values
N Select “Length and Width Shrinkage” as the
Finishing Targets
N Enter your measured values for shrinkage
Select the Quality and open the Seek Calibration Window
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Seek Calibration
As Delivered Calibration
First, make sure that the shrinkage values correspond
to those that you have measured.
Seek Calibration
As Delivered Calibration
Next, you would enter your average measured values for
Courses and Wales in the As Delivered Edit Boxes.
Click on Fix Shrinkage
To notify STARFISH that
you want to do an
As Delivered Calibration.
If necessary, you would enter your average measured
shrinkages in the As Delivered Edit Boxes.
Note that the Reference State Edit boxes are disabled, though
you can still see the calculated Reference State data.
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Seek Calibration
Wet Process Name
Also, the name of the Wet Process changes to UDP signalling
that a Calibration is underway.
Calibration Ratios
Entering new values for Courses and Wales results in a change
in the Calibration Ratios.
Seek Calibration
As Delivered Calibration
Courses and Wales now correspond to your measurements but
the Weight is different. This indicates that the Process Weight
Change is not the same as for the Standard Wet Process.
You can make the required adjustment directly, or by modifying
the As Delivered Yarn Count and Stitch Length.
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Seek Calibration
More likely, you will nudge the Process Weight Change % until
the calculated Weight corresponds to what you have measured.
Seek Calibration
More likely, you will nudge the Process Weight Change % until
the calculated Weight corresponds to what you have measured.
Calibration Ratios
Altering the Process Weight
Change causes a small
change in Courses and
Wales and hence in the
Calibration Ratios.
If you have measured the yarn count and stitch length in the
finished fabric, and / or the Process Weight Change, you can
enter them directly.
Note that, when you alter the Process Weight Change %, STARFISH
assumes that it is the yarn weight that is the source of any
discrepancy, rather than the yarn length. This is the normal situation.
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Seek Calibration
Seek Calibration
The differences between calculated and measured values are
now most likely within the precision of your data.
Courses and Wales
First re-enter the measured
values for Courses and
Wales.
However, it takes only a moment to go around the Calibration
cycle once more, to get an even better match.
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Then nudge the Process Weight Change % until the Weight
again corresponds to what you measured.
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Seek Calibration
It will not always be possible to get a perfect match.
Practical test data are not perfect, so there will often be minor
incompatibilities between the different data items.
Standard Error
Definition is given in
STARFISH Help.
Seek Calibration
Save Calibration
When you are satisfied with your calibration you can save it.
Click on the save button.
Nevertheless, you should always be able to match your test
data to within one standard error. If not, then your testing
methods need looking at urgently.
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Save Calibration
First you have to assign a name to your new Process and
Depth of Shade (Process Weight Loss).
Seek Calibration
Save Calibration
First you have to assign a name to your new Process and
Depth of Shade (Process Weight Loss).
Then click on the save button.
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Save Calibration
Your Calibration will now be available for selection in any
Active Model via the Change Wet Process option
Seek Calibration
Calibration using Reference State data
is very similar
A worked example is given
in STARFISH Help.
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STARFISH Version 6.5
The faster, cheaper, more reliable
way of doing product development.
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The STARFISH Software: Support & Training
The STARFISH Software
Support & Training
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Technical Support Options
The following services are available.
Free Software Support
Visit our office for half a day to get a comprehensive
run-down of STARFISH features and facilities.
N Free software support
N Advanced software training
N Technology workshops
N General consultancy
Get your development team up to speed rapidly
with tailored training
Bring your current product development project to
work with.
Contact us directly by fax or e-mail if there is anything
about the software that is not clear.
Consult the on-line Help for a comprehensive description
of all program features.
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On-line Help System
A comprehensive Help system is provided.
This is not just the normal type of Help - explaining
how the program works and how to operate the various
features (though these are included of course).
There is also a comprehensive technical reference,
including detailed background know-how on circular
knitted fabric technology.
A lot of this stuff is unpublished material that you
can not find in text books.
Advanced Software Training
The basic functions of STARFISH are easy to use if
you know a bit about fabric development.
However, there are a few advanced concepts and
features that take time and effort to absorb.
Two days with one of our consultants will get your
fabric development manager right up to speed.
Either in our office or in your factory.
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STARFISH Technology
Many manufacturers waste large amounts of time
and money because they are using product
development and quality control methods based on
an obsolete model of the way things work.
Technology Workshops
Two of our consultants visit your factory for up to five
days for an intensive workshop.
Topics include:
N Getting the best value out of STARFISH.
STARFISH Technology provides a rational theory of
the way things really work, plus a detailed system of
process control that will guarantee the routine
achievement of stated performance targets.
STARFISH Training Workshops are the route to
rationality in product development and process control.
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N Manufacturing and finishing technology.
N Fundamentals of shrinkage control.
N Basics of quality management.
Check the Documentation page for more details.
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General Consultancy
We have a thirty year background of experience in
research, development and consultancy with cotton
fibres, yarns and fabrics.
We have travelled the world and seen most of what
there is to see in the cotton manufacturing business.
STARFISH Version 6.5
The faster, cheaper, more reliable
way of doing product development.
If you have problems that concern cotton fibres or
circular knitted fabrics, we can probably help.
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How to Contact CTI
How to Contact CTI
If you have any comments on or questions about the information contained in these
presentations, please contact us.
Postal Address
Cotton Technology International
27 Winnington Road, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire SK6 6PD, UK
Telephone
National
International:
0161 449 5593
+ 44 161 449 5593
Fax:
National:
International
0161 449 5594
+ 44 161 449 5594
Email:
[email protected]
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