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Yarn analysis ensures that final products meet desired quality standards. Furthermore, the quality of the yarn directly affects the characteristics of the fabric, such as strength, durability, texture, and appearance. Therefore, the textile industry uses yarn quality monitoring and control methods throughout the entire production process, from the selection of raw materials to the manufacture of finished products. This helps to prevent defects, minimize waste, and ensure customer satisfaction. There is currently a commercial equipment, USTER TESTER 6, that measures yarn quality in an industrial environment, which is made up of intelligent sensors of different types. This equipment, characterized by its high cost and size, collects some yarn parameters, such as mass, hairiness, spectrogram, and twist. 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