DIRECT TUFT APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

An apparatus for processing yarn, including a yarn extruder for supplying a plurality of extruded synthetic multifilament yarns (Y), a plurality of feed rolls (80) for receiving the extruded yarns and feeding the yarns downstream at a controlled rate. A texturizer (82) receives the yarns from the feed rolls and bulks the yarns. A yarn tacking apparatus (90) is positioned downstream from the texturizerfor inserting short, spaced-apart entangled segments into the yarns as the yarns move past the yarn tacking apparatus at a predetermined speed.