Steel Travelers

HORIZONTAL STEEL TRAVELERS

There's no formula for choosing the right traveler . . .
. . . But there is an organized method for selection, based on knowledge of traveler characteristics of yarn to be processed and experience in traveler application. Traveler selection has no hard and fast rules, but the choice of traveler is very important in producing good yarn number, a certain specific weight of traveler is required. But that weight is distributed on travelers of many shapes and styles designed to correspond with the type of ring used and the yarn to be processed.

What the traveler does - What influences selection . . .
. . . The basic functions of the ring traveler are to lay yarn on the bobbin under the proper tension, control the balloon of the yarns, work together with their rotating bobbin and front roller delivery to insert twist into the yarn, and to act as a differential for the surface speed of the yarn as it varies during formation of the package.

Many variations influence proper traveler selection - the spinning and twisting equipment used, different rings, different yarns and fibers, count, twist, yarn appearance required and production speeds. Only experience and experimentation - aided by a stroboscope with a good bright light to observe some of the points to be considered - will lead to the most suitable traveler.

Common Circles of Carter Horizontal Steel Travelers
Flange	Tras	Circle	Carter #	ISO #	Application Recommended
F 1/2		RM - 3/8 EL HRW	25/0 - 10/0	6.5 - 31	Fine Combed Cotton
2.6 mm		KD - 3/8 EL REG	25/0 - 20/0	6.5 - 14	Very Fine Combed Cotton
		KD - 1/2 EL REG	19/0 - 7/0	16 - 36	Fine Combed Cotton
F 1		PC - 5/8 EL HR	25/0 - 1/0	6.5 - 58	Fine Cotton & T/C Blended
3.2 mm		PC - 7/8 EL HR	14/0 - 9	24 - 149	Medium Cotton & T/C Blended
		TE - 3/8 EL HR	5/0 - 25/0	6.5 - 42	Fine Cotton & T/C Blended
		TE - 5/8 EL HR	17/0 - 1/0	19 - 58	Fine Cotton & T/C Blended
		TE - 7/8 EL HR	5/0 - 6	42 - 104	Medium Rayon Viscose & T/C Blended
		TE - 1 EL HR	5 - 14	91 - 253	Coarse Rayon Viscose & T/C Blended
		CD - 5/8 EL REG	18/0 - 4/0	18 - 45	Fine Combed Cotton
		CD - 3/4 EL REG	15/0 - 8	22 - 130	Fine & Medium Cotton
		FT - 5/8 EL HRW	21/0 - 10	13 - 168	Fine & Medium Cotton, & T/C Blended
		FT - 3/4 EL HRW	17/0 - 15	19 - 272	Medium Cotton & T/C Blended
		FT - 1 EL HRW	1 - 19	65 - 324	Medium & Coarse Cotton & T/C Blended
		M - 3/8 EL HR	7/0 - 9	36 - 149	Fine & Medium Synthetic
		M - 3/8 El HR IMP	7/0 - 9	36 - 149	Fine & Medium Polyester & T/R Blended
		M - 5/8 EL HRW	19/0 - 10	16 - 168	Fine & Medium Cotton & T/C Blended
		RM - 7/8 EL HRW	11/0 - 14	29 - 253	Medium Cotton & T/C Blended
		RM - 7/8 EL WIDE	7/0 - 6	36 - 104	Medium Combed Cotton
		RM - 7/8 EL HR IMP	7/0 - 14	36 - 253	Medium Polyester & T/R Blended
		MA - 1 EL DOFF	7/0 - 7	36 - 117	Fine & Medium Polyester & Acrylic
		GS - 3/4 EL HRW	23/0 - 5/0	9.7 - 42	Fine Combed Cotton
		G - 1 EL REG	10/0 - 9	31 - 149	Medium Cotton
		GM - 1-1/2 EL REG	7/0 - 9	36 - 149	Medium & Coarse Cotton
		BL - 1 EL REG	3/0 - 6	49 - 104	Medium Rayon Viscose & Cotton
		BL - 2 EL HRW	1 - 13	65 - 233	Medium & Coarse Cotton & Core Yarn
		BL - 2 EL REG IMP	1 - 7	65 - 117	Medium Rayon Viscose
		G - 3 EL DOFF	3 - 9	78 - 149	Medium Acrylic
F - 1		CIR 3 REG IMP	1 - 7	65 - 117	Medium Cotton
3.2 mm		CIR 3 DOFF	1 - 9	65 - 149	Medium Acrylic & Core Yarn
F - 2		CIR 3 HRW	1 - 30	65 - 467	Coarse Cotton & Ply Yarn
4.0 mm		CIR 3 DOFF	1 - 30	65 - 467	Coarse Acrylic & Core Yarn
		CIR 4 HRW	10 - 40	168 - 598	Coarse Cotton & Ply Yarn
		CIR 5 HRW	30 - 70	467 - 988	Very Coarse Cotton & Ply Yarn
F 2		FT - 1 EL HRW	1 - 20	65 - 337	Medium & Coarse Cotton & Blended
4.0 mm		FT - 1 EL HR IMP	7/0 - 20	36 - 337	Medium Polyester, T/C or T/R Blended
		FT 1 - 1/2 EL HR IMP	1 - 15	65 - 272	Medium Polyester, T/C or T/R Blended
		FT - 3 EL HR IMP	4 - 30	84 - 467	Coarse Polyester, TC or T/R Blended
		BL - 2 EL REG	2/0 - 10	52 - 168	Medium & Coarse Cotton & Viscose
		TE 1 - 1/2 EL HR	2/0 - 18	52 - 311	Medium & Coarse Cotton & Blends
		BL - 2 EL HRW	5/0 - 30	42 - 467	Medium to Coarse Cotton & Core Yarn
		CT 1 - 1/2 EL HR	7/0 - 15	36 - 272	Medium T/C & T/R Blended
		G - 3 EL DOFF	1/0 - 15	58 - 272	Medium & Coarse Acrylic, Core Yarn
		SH - 2 EL HR	4/0 - 14	45 - 253	Medium Cotton, T/C & T/R Blended
		SM - 2 EL HR	6/0 - 5	39 - 91	Medium Cotton, T/C & T/R Blended
		TE - 2 EL HR	1 -25	65 - 402	Medium & Coarse Cotton & Blends

Travelers of any size (No.) will be available by special order except it is subjected to restriction of minimum quantity per order.

- Our travelers are designed to fullfil all types of traveler applications. For a recommendation as to which traveler better suits your specific needs, please fill out our Traveler Recommendation Questionnaire.