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Mar202020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Production Monitoring and Optimization with GRAFiT 4.0

GRAFiT 4.0 is an elaborate system that was perfected in cooperation with customers of Starlinger. Detecting machine downtimes before they happen: sounds like science-fiction. But this has long been possible with GRAFiT 4.0, a complete software solution for central production monitoring and digital process optimization. The software is used on Starlinger machinery and allows the operator to centrally monitor the complete machine park in real time – be it on a computer, via the smartView app, or on a monitor in the production hall. Digitization, product tracking, iOT, artificial intelligence: in production, this involves using machine data to optimize and automate processes. Modern software solutions such as GRAFiT 4.0 present the data of all connected machines in a clear, accessible f

Mar182020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Aramid Fiber Yarns Reduces Weight

Technical Textiles

KARL MAYER set up a far-reaching development project, entitled “COP MAX 5 Aramid”, for processing high-performance fibres on multiaxial warp knitting machines. Aramid fibre yarns are now widely used in technical applications. They are used in composites, for example, in hard ballistic systems, lightweight transport containers and laminated, high-performance sails, but they are also used in protective textiles – usually in woven textiles – for clothing. Compared to glass and carbon fibres that are also used, the specific characteristics of aramid yarns give them advantages that can be used in a wide variety of applications – but these come at a price. In particular, they have an exceptional impact resistance and energy absorption capacity. Unlike the versions made from carbon or glas

Mar152020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

USTER® QUALITY EXPERT Reduces The Workload

Spinning - Yarn

Esquel benefits from integrated data analysis with USTER® QUALITY EXPERT It takes a special kind of focus for a company to achieve the status of a recognized ‘industry leader’. Maintaining that position is even more challenging, with a constant drive for maximum efficiency, optimized quality and total customer satisfaction. The Chinese company Esquel has exactly those attributes. Its commitment to innovative processes and business methods makes it an ideal partner for Uster Technologies, which helps Esquel deliver great quality and productivity through world-class data analysis and transparency. “During the numerous years of cooperation between Esquel and USTER, we have learned that both companies have much in common: We share the pursuit of quality,” says Li Guanghai, General Manage

Mar132020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Digitalize in Minutes with Truetzschler

Genel

Truetzschler's My Wires app, after the introduction of at ITMA 2019, got over 400 users from 22 countries. At Truetzschler, digital transformation is not only a buzzword. From intelligent machinery to digital mill monitoring and service offers, Truetzschler has developed a range of solutions that make processes easier and more efficient. One case in point is the new app My Wires, which facilitates to manage all tasks related to clothing management digitally. Within the first weeks after the introduction at ITMA 2019 in Barcelona, more than 400 users from 22 countries started to use the application actively. When it comes to track the wearing of their carding wires, many mills still rely on pen and paper. Employees manually note down every day how many days each carding machine has ru...

Mar92020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Swiss Innovation for A Sustainable Finishing Industry

Dyeing – Finishing

How Swiss Textile Machinery members can minimize the environmental footprint of the finishing industry? Since antiquity, humans have been exploiting color to enhance both our personal appearance and the world we live in. Dyed and printed textiles are a prime example, with a huge global coloration industry developing over the centuries. However, the massive consumption of water and energy required by many finishing processes, as well as the toxicity of some chemicals, has increasingly caused grave concern to environmentalists and the wider public. Conversely, responding to these worries has been the catalyst for innovation among eco-responsible companies in the Swiss Textile Machinery Association. Green-tech denim dyeing Washing processes, solvents and dyes in manufacturing account...

Mar52020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

New Orders for Rieter from Egypt

Spinning - Yarn

The Cotton & Textiles Holding Company and Rieter signed additional contracts related to the modernization program for the Egyptian textile industry. The total volume of the contracts sums up to around 210 million Swiss Francs, including the contracts which had been signed at ITMA 2019 in Barcelona and which represent a volume of around 180 million Swiss Francs. Rieter expects the full amount of orders to be booked as order intake in the first half year of 2020. So far, 165 million Swiss Francs have been booked. Order volume is around 30 million Swiss francs Chief Executive Officer of Rieter, Dr. Norbert Klapper was very pleased at the signing ceremony: “The next step of the program we agreed upon today underlines the strong partnership between the Cotton & Textiles Holding

Mar22020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Ease of Color Separation with BCF S8

Nonwoven, Spinning - Yarn

Oerlikon Neumag promised more flexibility in the color pattern design of carpets with the latest carpet yarn system BCF S8 at DOMOTEX 2020 in Hanover. Multi-colored carpets are becoming increasingly popular and the desire for significantly more flexible color mixing variants for product differentiation is increasing. Oerlikon Neumag has focused on this and developed the BCF S8, a platform that leaves nothing to be desired when it comes to the color separation of tricolor yarns. Over 200,000 different shades out of three colors The core component in this process is the new, patent-pending Color Pop Compacting Unit (CPC-T) for an even more flexible and even color separation. Individually controllable air pressures per color in the CPC-T provide a pre-tangling, which results in an a...

Feb292020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Loepfe At ITME Afrıca 2020 with Quality Control Solutions

Spinning - Yarn

ITME Africa took place for the very first time in Ethiopia on February 2020. Loepfe displayed its newest products in the Swiss Pavilion. Africa’s continuously growing textile industry offers exciting possibilities. Especially Ethiopia is not only farming its own cotton, but has also made major investments in the development of the entire textile value chain. Textiles meeting the corresponding quality requirements are manufactured for the local market and for international trade. Another example is South Africa which has entered the technical textiles sector and manufactures a wide range of textiles with different requirements on technologies and quality assurance. YarnMaster PRISMA Just the right moment to present Loepfe’s comprehensive portfolio of quality control solutions to th

Feb262020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Kornit Offers New Solutions to The Changing Needs of Digital Printing

Printing & Digital Printing

Textil del Valle South America selects Kornit Digital for direct-to-garment printing. Kornit Digital, a worldwide market leader in digital textile printing technology, today announced that Textil del Valle South America, a vertically integrated garment manufacturing company based in Peru, has chosen to implement Kornit’s digital direct-to-garment (DTG) printing technology at its 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Lima, Peru. Textil del Valle services many of the world’s most prominent apparel brands, including global leaders in sports and athleisurewear. “Kornit’s sustainable print technology provides the last piece of the puzzle, so we have the ‘full package’ for manufacturing the garment itself, imprinting it on demand based on the customer need, and shipping it ourselves, all

Feb252020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Lenzing AG and ONE-A Engineering Austria GmbH have settled their Lyocell patent disputes

Genel

Lenzing AG and ONE-A Engineering Austria GmbH have settled their Lyocell patent disputes. They have committed each other to NOT disclose any further details.