Texprocess shows trends in textile assembly technology
Machinery is being developed to be more environment and operator friendly, to conserve energy, reduce noise levels, heat, vibration and the amount of lubrication oil required, whilst being more flexible, efficient and produce improved quality.
With industrial sewing machines, the noise, for example, generated by one or two units is not so significant, but when 1,000 or 2,000 machines are used together, a small reduction in the noise level of each machine will have a significant effect on the health and long term hearing of the sewing operators.
The new trends in textile assembly technologies are shown at Texprocess, the new leading trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials from May 24 to 27, 2011 in Frankfurt.
Improvements in electronic controls reduces power consumption whilst increasing productivity and flexibility and enables ever finer adjustments, whether in cutting with automatic pocket and buttonhole machines, for example, or in sewing parameters. Electronics are also used for reducing machine set up times when changing design and styling during production.
Direct drive motors are becoming common place. With fewer parts to vibrate, machines fitted with direct drive motors tend to be quieter and with less moving parts there are fewer parts prone to failure. Power is not wasted in friction from a belt chain or gearbox. High torque can be produced at a low rpm (revolutions per minute); high torque and low inertia enable faster positioning times on permanent magnet synchronous servo drives…. Read More
‘Campus style’ at FESPA Fabric 2011
FESPA Fabric (24-26 May 2011, Messe Hamburg, Germany) is shaping up as 2011’s leading European product showcase and educational event for garment printers and decorators.
Co-located with FESPA Digital 2011, FESPA Fabric 2011 has drawn leading industry names such as Brother, Chemica /Sefar, Karl Groener, Kornit, Marcodie, Melco, Polyprint and Stahl, with Kornit Digital confirmed as FESPA Fabric sponsor. Covering approximately 3000m2, FESPA Fabric 2011 will fill Hall B1 of the Messe Hamburg exhibition centre, linked by a short walkway to the halls of the FESPA Digital 2011 wide-format print event.
The launch FESPA Fabric event in 2010 – which ran within the flagship FESPA exhibition in Munich – attracted over 10,000 visitors from 113 countries over five days. FESPA Sales & Marketing Director Marcus Timson comments, “The success of FESPA Fabric 2010 in Munich showed that the European garment printing community valued a different style of event, one that reflects the energy and visual creativity of the garment printing world.”
He continues: “Our vision for FESPA Fabric 2011 is to create a rich ‘campus-style’ event. Through a packed programme of live demonstrations, hands-on workshops, side shows, seminars and of course the show floor exhibits, visitors will experience the broadest mix of garment printing and decorating products, technologies and techniques. Great fashion engages many senses, and FESPA Fabric will aim to do the same, giving participants the opportunity to see, touch and try everything from screen printed special effects to digital direct-to-garment printing, embroidery to embellishment, high fashion to promo wear.”
In addition to the exhibits, visitors to FESPA Fabric will find some of the most popular live interactive features from the 2010 event, such as Charlie’s Corner, a creative screen printing workshop, Fresener’s Fabric, a comprehensive theatre-based programme of tailored educational content, and the crowd-pulling Fabric Live! fashion show.
The Apparel Store is a new FESPA Fabric event feature, re-creating the visual appeal of a fashion retail environment in the form of a walk-in store where manufacturers of pre-print garments can showcase their collections to prospective customers.
Timson continues, “Garment printing is a dynamic industry which is propelled forward year on year by the exacting creative and production requirements of designers, retailers and fashion brand owners. The pointers are that 2011 should be a year of growth, and FESPA Fabric is the only pan-European event for this community in 2011. We are working energetically to make it an unmissable learning experience for every European garment printer looking for products, technologies and ideas to improve their business performance in the coming year.” Read More…
WINGS now also for Polyamide POY
WINGS, the Oerlikon Barmag winding system with integrated drawing zone, can now also be used for Polyamide Spinning Plants.
Initially, WINGS was launched exclusively for deployment in manufacturing Polyester. Now that the novel concept has replaced virtually all conventional system configurations, the machine can today also be used for polyamide processes with an operation window of between 20 and 150 den final.
WINGS integrates godets and tangle unit into the winder. In addition to increasing productivity and efficiency, this plug & play machine unit, which premiered ar the ITMA 2007 in Munich, guarantees POY producers constantly excellent and even yarn quality.
And less space requirements and savings potentials with regards to operating staff make a valuable contribution towards increasing efficiency. The optimized yarn path ensures even gentler yarn treatment and hence first-class yarn quality.
| WINGS, the Oerlikon Barmag winding system with integrated drawing zone, can now also be used for polyamide spinning plants.
Initially, WINGS was launched exclusively for deployment in manufacturing polyester. Now that the novel concept has replaced virtually all conventional system configurations, the machine can today also be used for polyamide processes with an operation window of between 20 and 150 den final. WINGS integrates godets and tangle unit into the winder. In addition to increasing productivity and efficiency, this plug & play machine unit, which premiered at the ITMA 2007 in Munich, guarantees POY producers constantly excellent and even yarn quality. And less space requirements and savings potentials with regards to operating staff make a valuable contribution towards increasing efficiency. The optimized yarn path ensures even gentler yarn treatment and hence first-class yarn quality. |
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