Like the Airbond Model 110, the 113 splicer is used for making “ends-opposed” splices in heavy count yarns, or other “difficult” yarns such as aramids. A Model 113 H splicer is shown below, as used by a right-handed operator. The splicer is held in the right hand, with the thumb on the trigger button.

Take the first yarn into the splicer, leaving a small length of yarn projecting at the left. Overlap the two yarns to be joined. Normally, 100 – 150 mm of overlap will be OK for 4800 tex yarn.

Press the trigger lightly, so that the pad closes, but no air blast emerges from the chamber. Check that the position of the yarn in the chamber is correct, and that the yarn can move freely through the chamber.

Press the trigger fully, so that the air blast emerges from the chamber. Make splice 1. This shows the yarns after splice 1 (they have been removed from the splicer for the photo to be taken).

Move the splicer sideways about 3 cm. Press the trigger fully, so that the air blast emerges from the chamber. Make splice 2

Move the splicer sideways about 3 cm. Make splice 3

Cut off the waste ends by hand, the cut ends, to leave the splice appearance as neat as possible. The splice length, and the number of intermingled points, is determined by the technical requirements of the operator. This illustration shows a splice of about 100 mm, made with three intermingled points.

This is the result – in glass, carbon, and aramid. And the 110 can do this all the way to about 9000 – 10000 tex. No-one else gets near. (well, only some other Airbond products)

And that’s not all.
The operator has a number of operating parameters which can be changed at will, to optimise performance. The following variations are possible:

• Change the splicing chamber.
• Change the air pressure. (A built-in flow controller is an optional extra for the splicer)
• Change the length of overlap.
• Change the number of individual splices (three shown above).

As a general rule, the more prone to damage the fibre, the lower the air pressure should be. Clearly, parameters will depend on the requirements of the user, but we recommend as starting point the following air pressures: