Editor's notes: Following are summaries of companies that will be exhibiting at the International Exhibition of Textile Machinery (ITMA), scheduled for Oct. 22-20 in Birmingham, England. Included only are companies that responded to repeated inquiries for information. These product descriptions were collected through a partnership between STN and the American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA). To be included in extended coverage, or to change your company's listing, please send information to Devin Steele at editor@textilenews.com or fax to 001-704-527-5114.
A.B. Carter
Hall: 3
Stand: SP3-4E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact persons: Diego Romero, Fred Rankin, Richard Craig
Web site: www.abcarter.com
A.B. Carter, Inc. of Gastonia, NC, is universally recognized as a quality
supplier of spinning accessories and other products used throughout the yarn
manufacturing and fabric forming sectors of the textile industry. Primary
textile products include:
•travelers: steel and nylon travelers to suit the varied spinning and twisting
requirements of its textile industry customers around the world;
•rings: spinning rings are offered in a range of Carter styles and finishes
to fit any spinning frame and yarn production specifications;
•tapes, belts and straps: Spindle tapes and drive belts, lightweight conveyor
belts and pulling straps for almost any textile machine applications;
•paper and plastic bobbins: paper and plastic bobbins provided to customer
specifications in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, surface colors and other
options to meet varying machine requirements;
•knotters and splicers: complete line of air splicing, wrap splicing and
mechanical knotting products designed specifically to join filament yarns,
spun textile yarns and composite fiber tows; and
•laboratory testing equipment: complete line of textile laboratory products
for virtually all fiber, yarn and fabric testing applications.
ABM International, Inc.
Hall: 5
Stand: MU5-36B
Country: U.S.
Sector: Making Up
Contact person: Neal Schwarzberger
Web site: www.abminternational.com
Show focus: ABM, of Elk Grove Village, IL, will display quilting and mattress
machinery.
Albany International
Hall: 19
Stand: DF19-1B
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Alberto Brunello
Web site: www.albint.com
Show focus: Conveyor belts for dryers, blankets for printing and finishing,
felt or fabric accessories.
Aletti Giovannni & Figli
Hall: 7
Stand: DF7-6J
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Marco Aletti, Ezio Aletti, Oscar Limonta, Rino D'Amato
Web site: www.sueding.com
Show focus: Special suede finishing line, including endless band buffing (sueding)
machine and air jets dust-removing machine. The sueding machine can be used
either for plain buffing or for exclusive pattern buffing on a wide range
of materials, including fabric, denim, cotton, micro-fibers, synthetic leather,
nonwoven, etc.
The heart of the line is the buffing machine, the only one using the endless
band buffing system, according to the company. Thanks to its special features,
the buffing machine can be used for traditional suede finish with many different
types of finishes. The operator can easily change the buffing paper and can
use any grit or type of abrasive paper, hence getting different sueding effects,
Aletti said. It can be used also for the special "pattern buffing."
This last type of finish is something completely new because it allows the
transfer of many types of design on the buffed product only by means of the
abrasion of the surface of the product. The product is held by a special pattern
roller that pulls the product towards the buffing paper.
The air jets dust-removing is among the most advanced cleaning tools available
to remove the dirt and the dust from the buffed product, Aletti said. It can
be used either on greige products or on finished products.
Americhem
Hall: 8
Stand: DF8-6F
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Sharon Horning
Web site: www.americhem.com
Show focus: Based in Cuyahoga Falls, Americhem manufactures color and additive
concentrates for synthetic fibers. It produces custom color concentrates and
single pigment dispersions to precise color specifications, and additive concentrates
to affect specific properties to finished fiber.
Amitech
Hall: 8
Stand: DC8-1J
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyestuffs & Chemicals
Contact person: William H. Nadal
Web site: www.amitech-usa.com
Show focus: Amitech (American Manufacturing International, Inc.), Oxford,
NJ, will exhibit its line of Pyrozyl flame retardants for natural and synthetic
fibers.
Andar Holdings Ltd.
Hall: 1
Stand: SP1-19A
Country: New Zealand
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Dan Batchelor
Web site: www.andar.co.nz
Show focus: Andar and major shareholder The Woolmark Company will be showing
wool scouring technology, carpet and yarn treatments, textile effluent treatment
systems, total easy care wool apparel, Basolan pad applicator.
Andar and Woolmark have combined capabilities, technologies and collective
expertise in wool processing to provide innovative solutions to the industry.
Already well established in early-stage wool processing, Andar has extended
its expertise within the woollen and worsted systems to include aspects of
downstream processing; including sliver, yarn, fabric and carpet production.
Apparel fibers are a key focus of ANDAR's developments.
Total Easy Care shrink-resist treatment is a key component of the Andar portfolio
of systems. Supported by 30 years of experience in wool shrink resist from
Woolmark, wool garments can be created that stand up to the rigorous demands
required from consumers who want easy-care garments that are machine washable
and able to be tumble dried.
Also driven by consumer demand is the Basolan 88 treatment, developed by The
Woolmark Company, to enable spinners to produce yarns with improved handle,
which offer greater color intensity and luster.
Andar's Optim process reduces the diameter of wool fibers by 3 microns,
providing fibers that meet the increasing demand for quality, lightweight
multi-seasonal wear. The process enhances the natural properties of wool to
create a luxury, lustrous fiber that is soft, yet strong, the company said.
The company also is developing processes within the woollen route that allow
upholstery and carpets to be manufactured with superior performance. Advanced
fiber treatments, including chemically modified fibers and fire retardant
applications, are also areas of development undertaken by Andar and their
industry partner Wool Research Organization Of New Zealand (WRONZ).
The launch of Tru-Trac, a patented technology invented by WRONZ to eliminate
shading (or pile reversal in wool carpets), has generated a lot of interest.
The company's third focus, effluent treatment for textile applications,
is not a new one, but one where significant advances are being made. Andar
has taken technology from effluent treatments towards a zero discharge process,
which includes solids recovery and composting processes.
Appalachian Electronic
Instruments, Inc.
Hall: 5
Stand: K5-16E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Knitting
Contact person: M.L. "Moe" Bessette
Web site: aei-wv.com
For 50 years Appalachian, of Fairlea, WV, has developed equipment to detect
the yarn break, broken filament, tight end and fabric defect, and control
yarn tension and warp let-off in the warp preparation, warp knitting and tufting
segments of the textile industry.
New products for ITMA 2003 include the M-600 yarn Inspector for close inspection
at high warper speeds without false stops. The new YTC-2000 electronic tension
with integrated yarn motion-sensor system includes precise end/end tension
control effective yarn break stop motion for V-type and non V-type creels,
the company said.
A cost-effective stop motion for warping/beaming, the WarpScanner camera-based
stop motion also counts ends and confirms the end-count. The M-501 static
control system is custom sized for each application.
For warp knitting applications, Appalachian will exhibit the new ASM-12 defect
scanner for tricot, raschel and weft-insertion machinery. The new Scannair
20mp Laser yarn break stop motion is fully programmable for optimal performance.
The CEPA let-off control maintains precise runners in gear-box style let-offs
and includes a full complement of rack counters. The new M-3000 portable runner
checker is ideal to check and re-check the electronic let-offs supplied by
the OEMs.
For tufting machinery, Appalachian will exhibit the TuftScan end-out detector,
which mounts at the pressure foot in graphics, enhanced graphics, loop and
scroll machinery.
The Scannair yarn break stop motion and Tuftight tight end detector have become
standard equipment in tufting machinery worldwide for reduction on mend length
and elimination of low lines in tufted fabrics.
Arahne
Hall: 8
Stand: S8-2M
Country: Slovenia
Sector: Software
Contact persons: Anton Gregorcic, Dusan Peterc
Web site: www.arahne.si
Show focus: CAD/CAM systems for weaving, dobby and jacquard, texture mapping.
Products include ArahWeave ‹ integrated dobby and jacquard CAD/CAM system;
ArahPaint ‹ jacquard oriented paint program; ArahDrape ‹ use texture
mapping to present fabric on a final product.
Argus Fire Control
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-12B
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Mike Viniconis
Web site: www.argusfirecontrol.com
Show focus: Argus Fire Control, Charlotte, NC, will provide information about
its special hazard fire protection systems.
Automation Partners
Hall: 7
Stand: DF7-9F
Country: U.S.
Contact person: Larry Tausch
Web site: www.automationpartners.com
Show focus: The Sunnyvale, CA, company will display textile testing and measuring
equipment and software systems for data monitoring and processing in the dyeing,
printing and finishing industry.
Barco
Halls: 9/1/8
Stand: S9-2B/SP1-13A/DF8-12A
Country: Belgium
Sectors: Software, Spinning, Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Johan Schepens
Web sites: www.barcovision.com and www.barco.com/textiles
Show focus: Barco will introduce its sensor for polypropylene detection and
removal on Schlafhorst open-end spinning machines, an enhanced range of its
CYCLOPS on-loom inspection system and a new generation of wireless data collection
hardware for the WEAVEMASTER and KNITMASTER monitoring systems.
Barco will be present with three booths. Hall 9, booth S9-2B will highlight
the company's solutions for weaving, Hall 1, booth SP1-13A illustrates
Barco's spinning solutions and Hall 8, booth DF8-12A displays the Barco
solutions for finishing.
In weaving, Barco emphasizes total quality control. CYCLOPS, the automatic
on-loom inspection system, checks the fabric quality during production and
stops the loom in case of quality problems.
For greige and finished inspection, QUALIMASTER offers a powerful inspection
module that allows extensive quality analysis and fabric classification, Barco
said.
Furthermore, Barco will introduce a new generation of data-collection hardware
for its WEAVEMASTER and KNITMASTER monitoring systems, allowing wireless communication
between the server and the production machines.
In spinning, the main focus will be on Barco's solutions for detection
and elimination of contamination and foreign fibers. In the struggle against
contamination, Barco offers a complete range of products, including the COTTON
SORTER for the blow room, SLIVERWATCH for the draw frames and the ABS FF detector
as an extension to its BARCOPROFILE yarn clearer for OE machines.
Barco also developed a new sensor for the detection and removal of polypropylene
on Schlafhorst OE machines. Designed as a simple add-on to the standard Corolab®
clearer, this extension is from now on available on Schlafhorst open-end spinning
machines.
Barco Sedo and Treepoint will present their solutions for total quality and
process control in the dye house in Hall 8. Barco Sedo will introduce a new
member of its well-known family of SEDOMAT dye house controllers, which can
all be linked to the SEDOMASTER dye house management system.
The COLORMASTER color matching and recipe management system focuses on recipe
development, recipe correction and color communication. Treepoint's FLEX
Dye Liquor Control system checks and corrects the dye liquor prior to use
in production.
BASF
Hall: 8
Stand: DC8-7A
Country: Germany
Sector: Dyestuffs & Chemicals
Web site: www.basf.com/textile
Show focus: The company will show its range of dyestuffs and chemical products.
Benjn. R. Vickers
& Sons Ltd.
Hall: 5
Stand: C5-1C
Country: England
Contact person: Nigel Rushworth
Web site: www.vickers-oil.com
Show focus: Benjn. R. Vickers & Sons Ltd., celebrating its 175th anniversary
this year, will showcase it lubrication products for natural and synthetic
fibers, as well as specialty lubricants for knitting machines.
For the woollen industry, the company will show its Lainaspin C5, a lubricant
for the carding and spinning of knitwear and weaving yarns; the Lainspin 2229,
a low-COD lubricant specially designed for the dry spinning and oil spinning
of carpet yarns; and the Lainaspin LA61, a water-soluble product for the manufacture
of carpet yarns.
For knitting machine lubrication, Vickers & Sons will feature its Spotless
DD22, a recently introduced needle oil for the lubrication of large-diameter
circular machines.
For synthetic fibers, the company will highlight Texturol 1437, an oil with
a well-established pedigree in the textured nylon sector; Texturol 1701, its
flagship coning oil for the textured polyester market; and the Vystat range
of polypropylene spin finishes, which includes grades for both staple and
continuous filament fiber production.
Benninger
Hall: 9
Stand: W9-7A
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Carmen Niedermann
Web site: www.benninger.ch
Show focus: The Benninger Group consists of the Weaving Preparation, Textile
Finishing and Tire Cord divisions.
In the weaving preparation area, the main attraction will be the automatic
warping installation, the latest developments in pre-wetting technology and
the warp-dyeing process.
The company will debut the Ben Matic II beaming machine, and also will show
the new, multi-functional module TKV size box.
In wet finishing, Benninger will demonstrate the Pad Dry system for processing
from mono- and bi-elastic fabrics. The wet finishing program taken over from
Kleinewefers will emphasize developments in the knitted goods sector, in addition
to woven fabrics.
The Textile Finishing unit is working with partners DyStar in the field of
electro-chemical waste water treatment and MDS in waste water technology.
For woven goods, the Extracta and Trikoflex washing machines and the high-performance
washing aggregate Fortracta will be on display. For knitted goods, the Trikoflex
washing machine and the Bicoflex-Padder will be presented to the public for
the first time.
The Tire Cord Division will exhibit its newest line of guidance devices, an
optimized dual-heating system, as well as further improvement of the modularity.
Binsfeld Engineering
Hall: 3A
Stand: SP3A-10D
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact persons: Michael Binsfeld, Stephen Tarsa
Web site: www.temptrak.com
Binsfeld Engineering's TempTrak® Digital Temperature Transmitters
improve godet temperature control and carry an exclusive five-year warranty.
Visit the Binsfeld stand to see the TempTrak transmitter and learn how it
can help your synthetic fiber process.
Digital precision and outstanding reliability make TempTrak transmitters the
first choice in drop-in replacements for failing original equipment, according
to the company. Replacement designs available for Erdmann, Neumag, Barmag,
Toray, Rieter and others.
Broell
Hall: 3A
Stand: SP3A-7A
Country: Austria
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Felix Backmeister
Web site: www.broell.com
Show focus: Emil Broell GmbH & Co. provides components relevant to the
quality of staple fiber and filament yarn processing. The main focus is put
on highly stressed components that contact fibers and yarns during processing.
The development and manufacturing of system components and compound units
made of ceramic/metal/plastic is a specialty of the company.
Today, custom-made, high performance ceramics are so important for strategic
reasons that Broell decided to install a complete production line and produces
the highest quality possible in Austria. The Broell components allow a boost
in innovation for textile processing, the company said.
More than 500,000 nozzles for OE-spinning have already been sold to satisfy
customer requirements. ITMA-highlights follow.
For open-end spinning:
•Broell Spirit-Family: an innovative new navel generation to meet the requirements
of customers in respect to yarn structure, quality and productivity; and
•OE-rotors to meet the highest demands.
For texturing:
•LF-rollers and ultra-smooth rollers;
•twist stop for very fine to coarse textured yarns; and
•conTEXtwo steps ahead, the high-performance friction disc-set.
For temples:
•best process stability, maximum durability and individually problem-solving
for each unique type of fabric.
BTSR International
Hall: 1
Stand: SP1-10A
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Scott Yates (U.S.)
Web site: www.btsr.com
Show focus: Yarn cleaners, yarn break detectors, warp stop motions, weft stop
motions and feed wheel units will be on display by the company, which is represented
in the U.S. by PAF Sales, Greensboro, NC.
BTSR has recently launched a range of products with particularly innovative
technology and application characteristics for the textile sector.
Among products is a yarn feeder called KTF100RW, designed for yarn preparation
machines. This system is born from the experience gained with the KTF/100HP
yarn feeder and is mainly aimed at being applied on yarn preparation machines
such as winding machines, doubling machines, cop winders, reeling machines
and so on.
The substantial difference between it and the KTF/100HP feeder is found in
the fact that while the KTF/100HP unites the control electronics, the tension
sensor and the yarn feed motor in a single physical device, the KTF/RW system
has a modular structure made up of separate elements that allow maximum freedom
of installation, configuration and so on, according to the specific needs
for the machine.
The KTF/RW systems (Constant Tension Feeder ‹ ReWinder) are precise measurement
and control instruments that can display the exact tension of the yarn in
real time and use precise regulation to guarantee constant tension of the
yarn itself under any working condition, BTS said.
This occurs regardless of the speed at which the textile machine is operating
and the yarn tension is maintained constantly, even when the natural tension
of the package tends to vary over time due to environmental conditions such
as humidity, temperature, etc.
The KTF/RW systems are completely programmable, meaning they can be adapted
simply to any type of yarn or tension regulation, BTSR said.
Another novelty that has recently been proposed by the Lombard company is
Smart Clearer, created for use on yarn preparation machines. In this type
of application, it is imperative that any malfunction occurring with the yarn
should be detected quickly, the relative position should be stopped and the
error conditions signalled.
The task of detecting malfunctions is assigned to the BTSR sensors from the
ISSC series. The sensor detection characteristics are: knot, yarn tangles,
thick or thin places in the yarn, insufficient yarn, too much yarn, no yarn,
yarn flow speed and activation delay, depending on the type of yarn being
processed.
The Smart 200TSS, another product, was also designed and made for installation
on textile machines for yarn preparation. In this type of application, any
malfunction occurring with the yarn must be detected quickly, the relative
position should be stopped and the error conditions signalled.
The task of detecting malfunctions is assigned to the BTSR sensors from the
TS5 series.
The Smart 200 TSS system is composed of a control unit/PLC and of a variable
number of type sensors. The Tension Smart Scanning Sensor (TS5) can be used
for precise measurement and analysis of the yarn on the textile machine.
Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Hall: 8
Stand: DC8-3F
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Dyestuffs & Chemicals
Contact person: Urs Hasler
Web site: www.cibasc.com
Show focus: Ciba will present dyestuffs and chemicals for the industry, with
the focus on integrated textile solutions.
Working together with machine makers and others involved in textile processing,
Ciba Specialty Chemicals develops integrated solutions that are tailored to
the equipment and to customer requirements.
One example is Ciba® SMART PREP short-cycle pre-treatment in conjunction
with reactive dyeing of cotton at low liquor ratio, every step of which is
adaptable to the specific machine configuration, Ciba said. This unique combination
of pre-treatment products, dyeing auxiliaries and dyes not only shortens the
dyeing cycle, thereby enhancing cost effectiveness, but ensures reproducible
results ‹ with low environmental impact, the company added.
Cintex Ltd.
Hall: 20
Stand: DF20-1F
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Country: Switzerland
Contact person: Rolf Schoch
Web site: www.cintex.ch
Show focus: A number of automation systems, including the DosiPad® CPB
Padder Control for the cold pad-batch process; the HeatSet PLUS Stenter control
system; the HeatSetPlus modular control system for drying and fixation; SizeControl
Size "pick-up" control for sizing machines, to control uniform size
application by the PLEVA microwave measurement AS120 on single size box and
double size boxes; and the CarpetControl Coating and pick-up for wet applications.
The DosiPad® CPB Padder Control is a new concept for the cold pad-batch
process on the dye padder to minimize defects and the volume of waste liquor
in the cold pad-batch process.
The HeatSet PLUS Stenter control system is used to optimize drying and dwell
time control on continuous drying machines.
The SizeControl Size "pick-up" control manages uniform size application
by the Pleva microwave measurement AS120 on single and double size boxes.
The CarpetControl Coating and pick-up for wet applications is a control system
for various coating and pick-up controls on carpet production ranges for continuous
applications of adhesives.
Cognis
Hall: 8
Stand: DC8-3D
Country: Germany
Sector: Dyestuffs & Chemicals
Contact person: Gero Reichert
Web site: www.cognis.com
Show focus: Cognis will be exhibiting its most recent products and concepts
for the fiber, pre-treatment and finishing industry. Focus includes the Skintex
Care System, Microban® Antibacterial Protection, Superclear® X-TRA,
Colette System. Machinery includes the Seclarin® DOS-CON, ILDTM
Inline Dosing System.
With the Skintex Care System, clothing that has been treated with Skintex
contains vitamins that relax the skin and supply it with needed moisture.
Depending on the active ingredient, these clothes when worn can prevent the
formation of cellulite, delay hair growth on the legs or encourage the skin
to turn brown spontaneously.
Cognis' Skintex Care System is based on micro-capsules. The core of these
consists of active ingredients, which are surrounded by a natural polymer.
In cooperation with Microban Int., Ltd., Cognis offers a broad range of products
and services for built-in freshness and care in textiles with the Microban
Antibacterial Protection technology. Microban is built in during the normal
manufacturing process and keeps textiles fresher and more hygienic between
washing, Cognis said. Incorporated into a textile, Microban Antibacterial
Protection continuously controls the growth of a wide range of odor-causing
and harmful bacteria on fabrics and textiles.
Superclear X-TRA, a new development for pigment coloring and printing, enhances
both the washing properties and resistance to rubbing of the material, as
well as the comfort of wearing the garment. Textiles that are colored or printed
with Superclear are exceptionally soft to touch, Cognis said.
At the same time there is a minimal use of auxiliary agents such as fixative
accelerants, fixatives or cross-linking agents in the printing paste. Cognis
said this yields economic benefits in the production process: the shorter
time needed to fix the pigmentation enhances the capacity of the fixation
machine, and so energy consumption is reduced.
The innovative Colette System makes it possible to selectively remove pectins
and to carry out desizing or polishing in a single working procedure. This
means that the costs of the process as a whole can be considerably reduced,
Cognis said. Compared to the traditional alkaline, a boiling-off process the
quantity of chemicals that are needed ‹ hence, also, the contamination
of the waste water ‹ is significantly less. Colette, a combination of
several enzymes, offers optimal results while having a minimum impact on the
environment.
Color Service
Hall: 18
Stand: DF18-7B
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Emma Mion
Web site: www.colorservice.net
Show focus: Color Service will exhibit a new automatic laboratory system for
continuous dyeing and robotic storage system for powder dyes, as well as automatic
weighing/dissolution of powder dyes.
The new laboratory dyeing system, the Superlab, is an automated process, with
calculation of pick-up and correction included, if needed.
The preparation of the dyeing bath (weighing/dissolution and sending to the
Superlab machine) is automatic. The fabric is positioned on the dyeing head,
where all the conditions of continuous dyeing process are simulated.
After impregnation, fabric is squeezed in order to obtain the desired pick
up value. Superlab squeezes the fabric and controls its weight, until final
result is achieved.
Color Service also will present:
•a robotic storage system for powder dyes, designed for medium-sized companies
not interested in automatic weighing and automatic dissolution; and
•an automatic laboratory for pad batch dyeing.
Consultex Corp.
Hall: 6
Stand: DF6-7D
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Helmut Grohs
Web site: www.consultexcorp.com
Show focus: The Spartanburg, SC, company imports and exports equipment and
machines for manufacturing industries. Consultex manufacturers its own proprietary,
patented IQ-140 Rotary Spray Application System for continuous, uniform application
of controlled amounts of aqueous processing liquors to sheet substrates.
Crosrol UK
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-9B
Country: United Kingdom
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Rod Owen
Web site: www.crosrol.co.uk
Show focus: Crosrol, with spare parts and service technicians based in its
Greenville, SC, office, will exhibit a new web belt for retrofitting to existing
Crosrol Mark 4 and Mark 5 cards.
The web belt has improved output from 11 percent to 22 percent with no loss
in sliver quality, the company said.
Datatex
Hall: 9
Stand: S9-9C
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Software
Contact person: Giovanni Fantone
Web site: www.datatex-tim.com
Show focus: Software systems for data monitoring and processing and computer
integrated manufacturing (CIM).
TIM (Textile Integrated Manufacturing) is a dedicated, highly specialized
software application that will help the textile and apparel manufacturer control
all aspects of the business, according to Datatex. TIM is specifically designed
to run all types of textile and apparel manufacturing.
TIM constantly plans and monitors each step of the production process, gathering
and analyzing information, following every job from order to delivery and
billing.
DigiFab Systems
Hall: 9
Stand: S9-10E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Software
Contact person: Avedik Izmirlian
Web site: www.digifab.com
Show focus: DigiFab, of Los Angeles, will demonstrate its electronic design
systems for the dyeing, printing and finishing industry, as well as software
systems for data monitoring and processing in that industry.
Dilo
Hall: 4
Stand: NW4-14A
Country: Germany
Sector: Nonwovens
Contact person: Friedemann Söll
Web sites: www.dilo.de, www.spinnbau.de
Show focus: Oskar Dilo Maschinenfabrik KG will show its latest generation
of high capacity needle looms, including a Hyperpunch needle loom.
Since its presentation on the ITMA show in Milan in 1995, the Hyperpunch technology
has been continuously improved and is now setting the standard for efficiency
and quality for almost all needling processes, Dilo said.
Subsidiary Spinnbau will present its latest generation of cards, which bring
higher efficiency and better web quality, Dilo said.
Dornier
Hall: 12
Stand: W124A
Country: Germany
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Marion Heisler
Web site: www.lindauer-dornier.com
Show focus: Lindauer Dornier GmbH will demonstrate innovative advances in
finishing machines for circular fabrics to complement the new performance
generation of airjet and rapier weaving machines, as well as new machine models
for leno and terry weaving.
New developments cover the complete textile machines product line. Innovative
advances in finishing machines for circular fabrics complement the new performance
generation of airjet and rapier weaving machines, as well as new machine models
for leno and terry weaving, Dornier said.
The new generation of Dornier type AS airjet weaving machines has been in
operation since 2002. This performance level has now also been integrated
in its PS rapier weaving machines within the scope of its system family.
New developments in filling insertion on airjet weaving machines will demonstrate
positive influences on universality, energy consumption and ease of operation,
the company said.
All three airjet weaving machines on the Dornier stand will run with the new,
patented pressure regulation, ServoControl. This minimizes thread load and
allows automatic, reproducible pressure adjustment, for yarn lot changes as
well, plus higher performance with better final fabric quality, Dornier said.
The machines will be fitted with Dornier's new patented air cushion guide,
AirGuide.
Dornier also will show a newly developed terry airjet weaving machine, ServoTerry.
The decisive advantage over existing systems is the direct drive for terry
movement using a servomotor, the company said. This allows varying pile interlacing
and infinitely adjustable pile heights during running.
Another new presentation will be a wide airjet weaving machine producing PP
carpet backing with the new EasyLeno technology. Eliminating shedding device,
shafts and leno heddles brings up to 100 percent performance improvement over
classic methods, Dornier said.
Dornier weaving machines will also be shown for the following applications,
at the stands of Stäubli with table linen, Bonas with drapery, Grosse
with automotive fabrics, MEI International and Vaupel with labels.
DP Innovations
Hall: 9
Stand: S9-9E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Software
Contact person: Steven Smith
Web site: www.dpinnovations.com
Show focus: Based in Spartanburg, SC, DP Innovations will display electronic
design systems and software systems for the dyeing, printing and finishing
industry, as well as software systems for computer integrated manufacturing
in that industry.
DuPont lnk Jet
Hall: 17
Stand: DF17-2A
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Adrian Newell
Web site: www.ink.jet@usa.dupont.com
Show focus: The Wilmington, DE, company will demonstrate its jet printing
machines and software systems for data monitoring and processing in the dyeing,
printing and finishing industry.
Dupont Polyester
Technologies
Hall: 3
Stand: SP3-5B
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Mark Bristow
Web site: www.dpt.dupont.com
Show focus: DuPont will show equipment for the production of man-made filaments
and fibers, as well as other accessories.
DyStar
Hall: 8
Stand: DC8-6E
Country: Germany
Sector: Dystuffs & Chemicals
Contact person: Karl-Heinz Michel
Web site: www.dystar.com
Show focus: DyStar will present new products, technologies and services designed
to raise quality and productivity in textile finishing. The focus will be
on cooperation with leading textile machinery manufacturers.
The main projects include:
•Luft-roto plus ‹ economical exhaust dyeing technology with environmental
benefits, the Luft-roto plus and selected Levafix, Remazol and Procion reactive
dyes can reduce exhaust dyeing cycles for cellulosics by up to 30 percent
and virtually halve water and chemical requirements, the company said. This
technology was developed in cooperation with Thies.
•Innodye/InnoVat ‹ the flexible new jet dyeing concept. Developed in
conjunction with Brazzoli, this economical system allows rapid and efficient
dyeing with Levafix, Procion and Remazol reactive dyes and Indanthren vat
dyes.
•Econtrol ‹ The reliable and economical new continuous dyeing process.
Econtrol is a rapid and reliable method of dyeing a wide range of substrates.
It does not require steaming or curing and ensures high reproducibility and
excellent fixation, DyStar said. Econtrol was developed in conjunction with
Monforts and is based on the Thermex hot flue technology.
•Fluidyer ‹ For rapid and reliable dyeing of carpets and pile. Fluidyer
technology from Küsters and quality dyes from DyStar help dye houses
achieve their aims faster, more economically and more reliably. This modern
unit allows color changes within seconds, thus raising productivity, the company
said.
•Electrochemistry ‹ The electrochemical dyeing process, patented by
DyStar, has a range of technical, ecological and economic benefits: shorter
and more reliable processes, better reproducibility, lower effluent costs
and better quality articles, DyStar said.
This technology was developed in collaboration with Thies and the Institute
for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics of Innsbruck university in Dornbirn,
Austria. It is suitable for Indanthren vat dyes, indigo and cassulfon sulphur
dyes.
•Electrochemical decolorisation of textile effluent ‹ another application
for electrochemistry is the decolorization of effluent. This technology does
not require chemicals or the disposal of residues. It is based on the principle
that electrons in an electric current split textile dyes into smaller, colorless
parts that are more readily biodegradable.
•Digital textile printing ‹ DyStart markets Jettex reactive and acid
inks for piezo and bubble jet printers.
Eltex
Hall: 12
Stand: W12-10D
Country: U.K.
Sector: Weaving
Web site: www.eltexuk.com and www.eltex.se
Show focus: Eltex U.K. Ltd. will be sharing its stand with other members of
the Eltex Group.
On the stand will be two weaving machines. One will be a Picanol Gammax running
an HS2000 64 end jacquard with servo control. Eltex UK Ltd. has worked closely
with Picanol to bring an outstanding servo-control product to the market.
The other weaving machine is a G6300 from Sulzer Tessile/SMIT Textile and
will be running an HS2000 Jacquard with 128 ends and is again using its unique
servo control system. This Jacquard will also be demonstrating the ability
of any single Eltex Jacquard to weave name edge's with different wording
on each edge.
Epic Enterprises
Hall: 1
Stand: SP1-14E
Contact person: Mark Warren
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Web site: www.epicenterprises.com
Show focus: Epic, headquartered in Southern Pines, NC, will show yarn break
detectors and other accessories. The company manufactures replacement parts
for Volkmann/Saurer and Verdol/ICBT cablers and 2X1 twisting machines; and
for Superba and Suessen carpet yarn heatsetting machines. Epic also makes
Epi-Mark colored yarn and fabric markers, reconditions lubricated spinning
and twisting rings and also sells new and reconditioned lubricated ring assemblies.
Epic is also the exclusive agent for Elitex Machinery of Kdyne, Czech Republic,
of 2X1 twisting machines, including the 2-18 and 2-22 machines.
ESI-NSC System
Solutions
Hall: 4
Stand: SP4-3B
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Eric Fessler
Web site: www.esidrives.com
Show focus: ESI, of Chattanooga, TN, will display electronic design systems
for the spinning industry, software systems for data monitoring and processing
in the spinning industry, software systems for computer integrated manufacturing
in the spinning industry, software systems for integrated production in the
textile chain and engineering services.
Fab-Con
Hall: 16
Stand: DF16-4C
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Jim Catallo
Web site: www.fab-con.com
Show focus: Fab-Con Machinery Development Corp., of Port Washington, NY, will
demonstrate its padding and impregnating machines, roller squeezers, tentering
and stentering machines, drum drying machines, drying conveyors, suction drum
dryers, calenders, finishing machines for knitwear and narrow fabrics, shrinking
machines and inspecting machines.
FA.NI
Hall: 3A
Stand: SP3A-18C
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Andrea Ceriolo
Web site: www.fani.com
Show focus: Textile automation and control devices, including the capacitive
sensor SC1; the electromechanical sensor SH-1; optical sensor RFS-1: software
Archimedes JMonitor; software Archimedes JSpinning: software Archimedes JWeaving:
and the TBox/1 data-collection unit.
Specifics:
•capacitive sensor SC1 ‹ sensor for monitoring of ends down on ring
spinning frames. This type of sensor also can be applied to other type of
machines (two-for-one twisters, for instance);
•electromechanical sensor SH-1 ‹ sensor for monitoring elastic filament
breakages on Core-Spun feeding system;
•optical sensor RFS-1 ‹ sensor for monitoring roving breakages on roving
frames. The system allows stopping of the roving frame in case of breakages;
•software Archimedes JMonitor ‹ software for spinning preparation machines
monitoring (CAM);
•software Archimedes JSpinning ‹ software for ring-spinning frames monitoring
(CAM) without individual spindle control through sensors;
•software Archimedes JWeaving ‹ software for weaving loom monitoring
(CAM);
•software Archimedes JKnitting ‹ software for circular knitting machines
monitoring (CAM); and
•TBox/1 unit ‹ unit collects production and stoppage times data.
Furthermore, FANI will show:
•electromagnetic sensor Sensorfil EXT-2 ‹ sensor for the monitoring
of ends down and spindles with RPM out-standard on ring spinning frames;
•optical sensor STAR-Y PT ‹ sensor for the monitoring of ends down and
spindles with RPM out-standard on ring spinning frames. As for SC1 sensor,
this sensor can also be applied on other type of machines;
•optical sensor STAR-L ‹ sensor for monitoring elastic filament breakages
on core-spun feeding system;
•roving stop motion device BP-06 ‹ device for stopping the roving under
the weighting arm following an ends down. This device can be combined also
with STAR-L sensor in order to stop the roving following an elastic filament
breakage; and
•software Archimedes JSpin ‹ software for ring spinning frames monitoring
(CAM) combined with individual spindle control through sensors.
These devices will be operating on a Spinntester.
Ferber
Hall: 9
Stand: W9-6B
Country: Italy
Sector: Weaving
Web site: www.ferber.it
Show focus: Doffing machines and devices, automatic transport systems, winding
machines, inspecting machines, measuring, rolling and folding machines, packing,
labeling and marking machines, software systems for data monitoring and processing
and engineering services.
For warp preparation, Ferber produces systems to service all the machines.
The transport of the material between rooms is fast and simple, the company
said.
For preparation and storage, Ferber makes magazine storage racks and trucks
to manage all the production materials found in the weaving mill. Dedicated
information systems automate both transport and storage functions.
For the weave room, material transport is accomplished with a wide range of
trucks designed to satisfy various customer requirements. Ferber also produces
auxiliary devices for weaving machines.
For inspection and packaging, the company provides numerous and varied solutions
for cloth inspection and packaging. Lay-out specifics covering every requirement
are studied and machines are produced to reach an optimal level of speed and
functionality to meet logistical requirements.
Ferber's Et 2001-QSC incorporates many of the best solutions from the
entire range of Ferber's electronic material-handling trucks. Complete
with two motor wheels, power steering, hydraulically extendible forks and
harness-mounting capability, it transports and style changes drawn patterns
in the loom. The whole operation is managed by only one operator.
The truck can be operated with a wireless remote control.
Forthmann Machines
Hall: 5
Stand: MU5-28D
Country: U.S.
Sector: Making Up
Contact person: Fred F. Forthmann
Web site: www.forthmann.com
Show focus: Forthmann Machines, Inc., Mahwah, NJ, will exhibit cut and fold
machines with Mitre Fold and Ultrasonic Cutting. Also, its new ZFP III cut
and fold machine with a Center Fold Chute attachment will be introduced.
The company also will show its new ZMCM I-100 Mini-Coating machine for the
application of thermo plastic, auto adhesive and nonwoven backing to woven
or print labels.
Forthmann has more than 55 years experience in the label industry and has
been manufacturing label processing machines since 1960. It manufactures a
variety of machines to service the narrow fabric and label industry, including
cut and fold machines, slitting machines, coating machines and roll-up inspection
machines.
Its machines are sold and in operation in more than 44 countries. Forthmann
has a supply base in the U.K. and is setting up customer service bases in
Hong Kong, China and India.
Gaston Systems
Hall: 7
Stand: DF7-6H
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Christoph Aurich, Linda Sherrill
Show focus: Based in Stanley, NC, Gaston Systems will demonstrate coating
machines, sizing/slashing machines, padding and impregnating machines, pile
finishing machines and machinery for surgical products.
Gherzi
Hall: 3A
Stand: SP3A-6C
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Otto P. Kazil, Aida Guillen
Web site: www.gherzi.com
Show focus: Software systems for integrated production in the textile chain
and engineering and consultancy services. Over the last seven decades, more
than 7,500 projects were developed and implemented for clients in more the
80 countries.
Its staff includes more than 300 experts from various disciplines such as
management, engineering, logistics and supply chain, architecture and finance.
Goulston Technologies
Hall: 3
Stand: SP3-23A
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Gordon Magee
Web site: www.goulston.com
Show focus: The Monroe, NC, firm will show equipment for the production of
man-made filaments and fibers and devices for humidifying, waxing, oiling,
singeing and setting.
Grandis
Hall: 19
Stand: DF19-8A
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Fabio Grandis
Web site: www.grandis.it
Show focus: Dyeing cabinet sets, hanks dyeing machines, vaporizers and laboratory
equipment. Specific products include:
•AP compact prefixing autoclaves ‹ autoclaves for steaming and thermo-relaxing
fibers, available in different sizes according to the loading capacity, both
in atmospheric and in pressurized version.
•ATC static dyeing machines ‹ these static dyeing autoclaves with an
extractable and centrifugeable basket into a suited hydro-extractor are produced
in several sizes according to the loading capacity, with the possibility of
half-loading, too.
Among machines belonging to this range, the patented ATC 5/25 and ATC 10/40
autoclaves deserve a special mention. These small machines have all the features
of the bigger units, automation included, plus the possibility to vary internal
capacity.
•ATC dyeing cabinet sets ‹ Static dyeing cabinet sets for pantyhose
and stockings, they are available in different sizes according to the loading
capacity, with one or two compartments.
•MTC laboratory machines ‹ These laboratory dyeing machines satisfy
two fundamental needs: to dye small quantities of pantyhose and realize samples
and dyeing tests.
•ML dyeing winch becks ‹ Dynamic dyeing machines used for socks, seamless
products, bodies, underwear, T-shirts, etc, made with nylon, Lycra, microfiber,
cotton, Tactel and acrylic, they are available in different sizes according
to the loading capacity.
•ATM hanks dyeing machines ‹ Static dyeing machines suitable for dyeing
hanks of cotton, mercerized cotton, wool, acrylic, etc., they can be used
both for sampling and for production.
They are available with one or more than one independent compartments
•Color kitchens ‹ centralized color kitchens, available both in whole
automated and in manual version. They can be equipped with some devices and
options.
Grob Horgen AG
Hall: 11
Stand: W11-5C
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Ernst Brütsch
Web site: www.grob-horgen.ch
Show focus: Grob Horgen AG will exhibit the latest developments in the design
and manufacture of weaving accessories for all modern, high-performance weaving
machines:
•GROBEXTRA® and GROBEXTEX® heald frames;
•healds of tempered stainless steel GROBINOX®;
•leno healds;
•electrical warp stop motions; and
•drop wires for warp stop motions.
The following new product developments will be introduced:
•ALforfix® heald frames ‹ specifically developed for high machine
operating speeds. Applications include the production of heavy fabric constructions
and operations without intermediate supports for nominal widths up to 340
cm;
•FERmono® heald frames ‹ the new heald frames utilize frame staves
of stainless steel with profiles 140/9mm and are designed with an optimum
ratio of stiffness and weight. As a function of these characteristics, FERmono®
heald frames deliver outstanding performance at highest operating speeds and
under extraordinarily heavy frame loads, the company said;
•dampening of healds ‹ ALforfix® and FERmono® heald frames can
be equipped with a dampening system that reduces the heald vibrations to a
minimum. This new system significantly reduces wear of heald end loops and
heald carrying rods of the heald frames. As an additional advantage, the design
of the heald end loops has been optimized.
•new thread eye 6.5 x 2.5 mm ‹ increased operating speeds of modern
weaving machines and the utilization of wider varieties of warp yarns on air
jet weaving machines demand exact shed formation. Grob healds with the new
thread eye guarantee precise guidance and a smooth passage of the warp yarn,
the company said.
GTI Graphic
Technology
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-4E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Testing
Contact persons: Frederic McCurdy, Robert McCurdy
Web site: www.gtilite.com
Show focus: GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. of Newburgh, NY, will exhibit its
full range of CMLITE multi-source booths and luminaires for visual color inspection
and matching.
GTP
Hall: 9
Stand: W9-14D
Country: Belgium
Sector: Weaving
Web site: www.globaltextilepartner.com
Show focus: Global Textile Partner (GTP) will exhibit healds, reeds, heald
frames, harnesses, drop wires, weft stop motions and hand-conveying equipment
and will explain its engineering and consulting services.
Hills, Inc.
Hall: 1
Stand: SP1-10G
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Allison Haney
Web site: www.hillsinc.net
Show focus: Based in West Melbourne, FL, Hills focus on new multi-component
fibers and fabrics and the equipment used to produce them.
Hollingsworth
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-5B
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact persons: Carl Martin, Karen Kuebel
Web site: www.jdhow.com
Show focus: J.D. Hollingsworth on Wheels, Inc., Greenville, SC, will show
mounting machines for flexible card clothing and metallic card wire, card
grinding machines, opening rollers for rotor spinning machines, flexible card
clothing and metallic card wire.
Hubtex
Hall: 9
Stand: W9-15A
Country: Germany
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Glada C. Rostoni
Web site: www.hubtex.com
Show focus: Hubtex Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. will exhibit its automatic
exchange systems for warp and cloth beam and loom harness, its automatic conveying
and handling equipment and its hand-conveying equipment.
HunterLab
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-26D
Country: U.S.
Sector: Testing
Contact persons: Hayden Williams
Web site: www.hunterlab.com
HunterLab will exhibit its textile color measurement systems.
The new UltraScan® XP is a highly versatile, highly accurate spectrophotometer
that measures reflected and transmitted color, near infrared reflectance for
measurement of camouflage materials and accurately simulates D65 daylight
illumination for measurement of optically brightened materials, the company
said. The UltraScan XP can measure fabrics, fibers, yarns and dyes.
The LabScan® XE spectrophotometer geometry agrees closely with visual
perception, HunterLab said. It is ideal for QC and shade sorting.
The ColorFlex® is a self-contained bench instrument for color QC and 555
shade numbering.
MiniScan® XE Plus is a hand-held spectrophotometer.
For on-line measurement, the SpectraProbe® XE is used for continuous measurement
of yarn, rope or fabric.
Idrosistem Energy
Hall: 20
Stand: DF20-3B
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact persons: Saverio Trevisan, Claudia Ricci, Vivienne Holliday
Web site: www.idrosistem.com
Show focus: Idrosistem Energy, a world leader in waste water treatment and
recovery, will demonstrate the latest in water recycling technology.
Geared toward companies engaged in dyeing and finishing, this plant is compact
and functions totally automatically. The system recovers the maximum amount
of water possible in an effective, efficient and ecological way, the company
said.
International
Machinery Sales
Hall: 4
Stand: SP4-7A
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Nicolas Sear
Show focus: IMS, based in Winston-Salem, NC, will have on display yarn thread
guides and air texturizing and interlacing jets.
International
Media Group
Hall: 1
Stand: P1-3F
Country: U.S.
Sector: Publications
Contact persons: Mark Allison, Charles Heschmeyer
Web sites: www.fiberjournal.com, www.techtextiles.com
IMG, based in Charlotte, NC, will be distributing the International Fiber
Journal, recognized as a leader in coverage of the synthetic fiber industry
for more than 25 years.
In addition, its newest publication ‹ Technical Textile Technology, or
T3, will be making its ITMA debut. This magazine heralds and promotes the
innovation and success in technical textiles and industrial nonwoven fabrics
globally.
Investa Int'l
Hall: 11
Stand: W116C, D, E
Country: Czech Republic
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Miroslav Novy
Web site: www.investaintl.cz
Investa International will unveil its latest air-jet looms, including VERA
and CAM-EL.
In cooperation with Textile Machinery Research Institute (VUTS), Liberec and
TFA ALFA, Kostelec/Orl., Investa will show the VERA, an air-jet weaving machine
for the production of medium-heavy technical fabrics with a maximum reed width
of 227 cm.
The CAM-EL loom produces medium-heavy technical fabrics with a full width
leno structure. The new concept of a weaving machine for the production of
leno fabrics features an electronic cam system and several unique technical
novelties. The basic model works in 220 cm reed width.
Ira L. Griffin Sons
Hall: 11
Stand: W11-5D
Country: U.S.
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Lee Griffin, David Emrey
Web site: www.iragriffin.com
Show focus: The Charlotte, NC-based company will be displaying several new
components at ITMA 2003.
The first new item is the EVE Vertical Exit size box. This box continues the
company's long history of vertical exit size boxes that offer greater
operator access for general operation and maintenance. Its unique design also
maximizes the effects of wet-splitting or single-sheet configurations by offering
the most direct yarn path to the dry cans, Griffin said.
The box is constructed completely from stainless steel for corrosion resistance
and can be integrated with its 10-ton pre-wet box for pre-wet applications.
When company engineers set out to design the new DJG Head End, flexibility
was one of the major features incorporated. This head can be configured for
the most basic applications as well as most demanding for either spun or filament
yarns.
It is offered in two general configurations ‹ standard, where the comb,
nip rolls and delivery roll are located above the loom beam; or remote winding,
where the comb is located at floor level and behind an operator crosswalk
for easier comb access. Once the general configuration is chosen optional
features are added to configure the head for any application.
In addition, Griffin will have displays showing its many different products,
machine layouts and interactive process control stations.
Iride Centre
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-21E
Country: Italy
Sector: Testing
Contact person: Roberto Carta Fornon
Web site: www.iridecentre.com
Show focus: Iride Centre has dedicated the project IRIDE-PRISMA to color matching
and technical management in the dye house. The program can be adapted to any
kind of spectrophotometer, connected to local network systems, to liquid and
powder laboratory and industrial dosage systems and to dye vats programmers.
Special applications are dedicated to: recipes calculation and management
for factories that produce melange fibers, recipes calculation for spin dyeing,
setting-up of dye batches for dyes manufacturing industries, doffing control
and texturing control.
Moreover, the firm is specialized in the field of technical advice in the
sector of textile and dyeing laboratories, both chemical and technological.
For this purpose the firm develops equipment for laboratories. Among them:
color matching cabinets and lamp holders; appliances for chemical/physical
tests on fibers, yarns abd fabrics, etc.; appliances for various kinds of
fastness checking (crockmeter, perspirometer, scorch tester, wash test units,
etc); and appliances that enable quick checking of colorfastness to light
exposure.
ITW Dymon
Hall: 7
Stand: DF7-9E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Mila Alexandrov
Web site: www.dymon.com
Show focus: The Olathe, KS, company manufactures diverse lines of industrial
MRO specialty chemicals and marking systems. Its specialty markers are bright,
sharp and quick drying, the company said.
Durable, permanent or temporary inks are available for fabric-marking needs.
Its marking pens are also acclaimed for their ease of use, exceptional quality
and long life, ITW added.
Jaeggli-Meccanotessile
Stand: SP2-6B
Hall: 2
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Mr. Togni
Web site: www.jaegglimeccanotessile.it
Show focus: The newly developed yarn mercerizing machine, the HL-2000/X with
the automatic loader ALS-2000/X; the Eco-Block system for preparation and
control of caustic soda; the continuous yarn mercerizing line MC-2000; the
beam-to-cone system RS-2000 with Preciflex winding system; and the pad-batch
yarn dyeing system.
Jakob Müller AG
Hall: 10
Stand: W10-7A
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: E. Strebel
Web site: www.mueller-frick.com
Show focus: The Müller supply program covers all the needs of the tape
and narrow fabrics industry from individual yarn up to the finished made-up
product.
Highlights:
•MÜNUMBER-MASTER, a software that enables individual unique labels to
be woven;
•the new ESFM label cutting and folding machine, which has high productivity
and can process up to 250 labels per minute, depending on the quality, Müller
said;
•softer, non-scratch edges for labels ‹ Jakob Müller will present
various new features that produce softer labels that are kind to the skin;
•DIGICOLOR for weaving high-resolution pictures ‹ it is possible to
weave pictures and photographs in an attractive colorfastness and brilliance;
•woven fan scarves of top quality ‹ the weaving of fan scarves with
copperplate-sharp logos, freely-selectable script styles and even with woven
photographs is possible using the MÜJET GS scarf loom;
•MDR42 ‹ the new generation of warp knitting machines with weft insertions,
containing revolutionary drive and stitch-forming technology;
•GWM1200 ‹ for coarse knitted fabrics with a wide range of requirements;
•a wide range of automatic and semi-automatic machines for elastic and non-elastic
tapes, braids, cords, trimmings and lace, by winding on bobbins, rollers,
cards and bundling, folding and packing, measuring and photo-optical inspection.
New for ITMA is the fully automatic BLE tape folding and packing machine.
•making up narrow technical fabrics ‹ with the takeover of RB Automation
and its introduction into Jakob Müller Deutschland GmbH, Müller
now has the complete range of machines for making up narrow technical fabrics.
Processes such as cutting to length, winding, fusing, shrinking, stitching
and the inspection of belts, technical tapes, binding materials and ropes
are undertaken on machines specially manufactured for the purpose.
•NG3 ‹ the new generation of looms for narrow fabrics, providing patented,
air-sprung heald frame motion that permits the highest speeds with the minimum
of wear;
•new opportunities in multicolor weaving for decorative ribbons;
•higher productivity when weaving narrow fabrics with the proven NF series
narrow fabric needle looms, now available in a new, larger machine width;
•larger warp beams also for narrow-fabric looms and fringe makers; and
•SMARTEX software for the creation of article cards and as a professional
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software.
James H. Heal & Co.
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-10A
Sector: Testing
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: D.M. Repper
Web site: www.james-heal.co.uk
Show focus: James H. Heal will show an enhanced range of state-of-the-art
fabric and colorfastness testing equipment and will demonstrate complementary
consumables and services.
New developments include the Apollo Xenon arc light and weatherfastness tester.
Apollo has novel features, including SolarSens advanced irradiance measurement
and control.
The result is an advantageously priced, accurate and easy-to-use instrument,
with the added benefit of remarkably low running costs, Heal said. Apollo
fulfills the requirements of European and U.S. Standards for testing colorfastness
to light and weathering.
Also exhibited will be a Thermaplate colorfastness and stability tester. Key
features are space efficiency, easy calibration and operator safety, Heal
said.
Also on display will be a Mini-Martindale universal abrasion and pilling
tester.
Heal will exhibit for the first time its new Crockmaster range, comprising
hand and motorized instruments, for checking colorfastness to wet and dry
rubbing.
Also unveiled will be Heal's SnagPod, a joint development with Coats
plc, Intertek Testing Services, PPT and Technicare Services. It can be used
by retailers, manufacturers and test houses to accurately identify fabrics
that are likely to snag in wear.
The SnagPod has been developed as an additional test chamber for new or existing
Heal Orbitors or ICI pilling testers.
Jomar
Hall: 9
Stand: S9-4D
Country: Canada
Sector: Software
Contact person: John Blasman Sr., John Blasman Jr.
Web site: www.jomarsoftcorp.com
Show focus: Jomar Softcorp International will demonstrate software systems
for computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) in the spinning; weaving; knitting;
dyeing, printing and finishing; and embroidery and making-up industries. Also
shown will be software systems for integrated production in the textile chain.
Jossi Systems
Hall: 1
Stand: SP1-15C
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Beat Buchmann
Web site: www.jossi.ch
Show focus: Blow room machines and opening, cleaning and blending lines.
Kuesters Machinery
Hall: 20
Stand: DF20-13A
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Werner Klaffe
Web site: www.kuesters.com
Show focus: Among products to be shown by the Spartanburg, SC, firm will be
chemical bonding machines, thermal bonding machines, calenders, desizing machines,
bleaching apparatus and machines (batch), bleaching plant (continuous), open-width
washing machines, mercerizing machines for fabrics, padding and impregnating
machines, chemical dispensing systems, dyeing color kitchens, padding mangles,
jiggers, knitwear and hosiery dyeing machines, continuous dyeing lines for
fabrics, continuous dyeing machines for narrow fabrics, sample dyeing equipment,
a laboratory dyeing apparatus, transfer printing calenders, roller squeezers,
suction extractors, pile finishing machines, combining and laminating machines,
color mixing machines, color straining machines, emulsifying machines and
software systems for data monitoring and processing in the dyeing, printing
and finishing industry.
Lamperti Textile
Machinery
Hall: 19
Stand: DF19-5D
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Antonio Lamperti
Web site: www.lampertisrl.com
Show focus: Based in Lonate Pozzolo, Italy, Lamperti will show a shearing
machine; a new universal sueding machine equipped with abrasive brushes; and
a new patented raising machine with drum in variable diameter.
Its latest novelties include an abrasive sueding machine for dry or humid
processing; blowing machine type GEM-CG/A for the anti-pilling process on
knitted fabrics (polar-fleece) and wool; an opening and shearing machine for
threads-cut in weft sense; a patented machine for warp threads-cut; and a
patented raising machine with drum with variable diameter.
Lawson-Hemphill
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-26H
Country: U.S.
Sector: Testing
Contact persons: Avishai Nevel, Mike Honeycutt
Web site: www.lawsonhemphill.com
Lawson-Hemphill, Inc., Central Falls, RI , will highlight its new partial
oriented yarn (POY) tester, HDK-DFT, which is a combination of lab knitting
and draw force testing.
The tester is the only instrument of its kind currently in the market, according
to the company.
Also shown will be the latest generation TYT (textured yarn tester), which
now complies with the new dynamic standard for testing crimp and shrinkage,
ASTM #D-6774-02.
Lawson-Hemphill will also exhibit the latest generation of FST 3000 for measuring
shrinkage and shrinkage force for tire cord, heat set and other yarn, with
the new ability to ramp the temperature and set multiple programs with new
Windows XP software.
Other equipment includes On-Line Viscometer, instruments for testing elastomeric
yarn, entanglement testing, yarn evenness with fabric simulation program in
accordance to European patent, EP 0 728 295 B1.
Leesona Industries
Hall: 3
Stand: SP3-12E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Jim Arrington
Web site: www.leesona.com
Show focus: The Burlington, NC, will have equipment for the production of
man-made filaments and fibers, winding or take-up units, draw-winders, tape
producing plants, fibrillation lines, cone and cheese winders, winding machines
for tubular cops and flanged bobbins, doubling winders, yarn thread guides,
godets, preparatory and auxiliary machinery for braids, trimmings and narrow
fabrics, machines for trimmings and machinery for surgical products.
Lenzing Instruments
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-8C
Country: Austria
Sector: Testing
Contact person: Heinz Schneider
Web site: www.lenzing-instruments.com
Show focus: Lenzing will exhibit a laboratory dyeing apparatus, textile testing
and measuring equipment, color measuring instruments and laboratory equipment
for textile physics and textile chemistry.
L.G.L. Electronics
Halls: 9/5
Stand: W9-14C (weaving); K5-17E (knitting)
Country: Italy
Sectors: Weaving, Knitting
Contact person: Motterlini Giulio
Web site: www.lgl.it
Show focus: The new yarn feeder Primo for any type of knitting machines; the
new pre-measuring winder Evolution for air-water jet looms; and the new weft
feeder Tecno for rapier weaving machines, needle looms, narrow looms.
The Primo yarn feeder, launched at the International Hosiery Exposition in
Charlotte, NC, in May, is suitable for use with any kind of circular, flat
and warp knitting machines.
It is a storage feeder that provides a regular supply of yarn to the needles
according to the speed of knitting and the requirements of the machine, according
to Giulio Motterlini, sales director of LGL. Previously, this was only available
through using a positive storage system, he added.
LGL said Primo can be used to accurately control the tension and rate at which
a wide range of different yarn types and counts are fed to the knitting head.
This allows manufacturers to produce high-quality uniform fabrics at high
speeds, Motterlini said.
Tension is controlled through LGL's innovative TWM (tension with modulation)
system, which is said to ensure extremely constant yarn tensions at lower
tension values than traditional devices.
Yarn is supplied at both uniform tension and uniform rate of feed, according
to LGL. Yarn is withdrawn from the package and wound in equally spaced coils
on its storage body. Separation of coils is 1mm.
Primo is equipped with an integrated speed control sensor, which can handle
yarn speeds up to 1,200 meters per minute and counts in the range of 5 to
800 denier. This optic sensor "measures" the amount of yarn required
by the knitting machine and supplies the exact quantity to avoid any accelerations
and decelerations in operation, LGL said.
LineTech Industries
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-1F
Country: U.S.
Sector: Testing
Contact person: Toby Jackson
Web site: www.linetechindustries.com
Show focus: LineTech, of Brooklyn, NY, will show inspecting machines, textile
testing and measuring equipment, color measuring instruments, laboratory equipment
for textile physics and automatic conveying and handling equipment for the
textile industry.
M&R Sales and Service
Hall: 16
Stand: DF16-6A
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Andy DaSilva
Web site: www.mrprint.com
Show focus: Chameleon manual press, Performer textile press, Sportsman textile
press, Sportsman E textile press, Economax II electric dryer, Radicure electric
dryer, Sprint 2000 gas dryer, Passport auto-unloader, Tri-Light exposure unit,
Mega Light exposure unit, Amscomatic folder/bagger and miscellaneous ancillary
products, including the Tri-Loc and Double Tri-Loc Rapid Registration Systems,
Sonoma Screen Stretcher, Max Newton Screen Stretcher and numerous flash cure
units.
Macart Spinning
Systems
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-9B
Country: U.K.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: David Titheridge
Web site: www.macart.com
Show focus: Macart will show its S300 machine, which combines the roving,
spinning, twisting, yarn bulking and take-up winding operations into a single
process to produce two-fold yarns in the count range 2/16Nm to 2/42Nm.
The machine specifically targets the market for the production of HB acrylic
yarn for knitted garment manufacturing.
Macart will demonstrate to visitors the savings that can be made using its
spinning system compared to the old method of using separate roving, spinning,
winding and yarn bulking machinery, according to the company.
The company will demonstrate one S300 machine processing acrylic colored fiber
at 3 denier, producing 2/27NM HB acrylic yarn wound by a manual winder ‹
ready for knitting without the need for further processing.
In the mill up to 15 machines can be connected to a 60-spindle automatic winder,
such as a Schlafhorst 338 with only one operator required.
Magitex
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-16A
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Mario Puricelli
Web site: www.magitexspa.com
Show focus: Magitex will show its complete line of traveling cleaners for
spinning, weaving and knitting machines.
Maino International
Hall: 20
Stand: DF20-11E
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Franco Dutrieux
Web site: sss.mainointernational.com
Show focus: Dyeing color kitchens, knitwear and hosiery dyeing machines, drum
dyeing machines, sample dyeing equipment, laboratory dyeing apparatus, suction
drum dryers.
Mariplast
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-8C
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Marco Bottari
Web site: mariplast.com
Show focus: Mariplast and its U.S. subsidiary, Mariplast North America, Inc.,
will exhibit its latest dye tubes, cones, spinning bobbins, etc.
Mayer Industries
Hall: 5
Stand: K5-30B
Country: U.S.
Sector: Knitting
Contact person: Earl Quay
Web site: www.mayerind.com
Show focus: Based in Orangeburg, SC, will exhibit knitting machines that are
over 165mm cylinder diameter and electronic design systems for the knitting
industry.
McCoy-Ellison
Hall: 11
Stand: W11-5D
Country: U.S.
Sector: Weaving
Contact persons: Mary Hathaway, Kevin Ahlstrom
Web site: www.mccoy-ellison.com
Show focus: The Monroe, NC-based company will show creels, draw-warping machines,
beaming machines, beam warping machines, sectional beams, an laboratory dyeing
apparatus and other accessories.
Menzel
Hall: 20
Stand: DF20-7E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact persons: Gene Anthony
Web site: www.menzelus.com
The newly formed electronics division of Germany-based Menzel LP of Spartanburg,
SC, has developed a series of camera-operated and computer-controlled vision
systems for the textile, plastics, nonwovens, rubber, industrial fabrics and
other industries.
The cameras of these systems can detect all kinds of images on running webs,
such as printed lines, repetitive patterns, laminating edges, web edges with
fringes (but ignoring the fringe, etc.) with extreme accuracy and dependability,
according to the company.
These systems can be integrated in many types of aligning, steering, trimming
or slitting operations, resulting in quality improvements, reduction in downtime
and reduction if not elimination of trim waste, Menzel said.
These systems also include a "nose-detecting" system capturing an
embossed center marking on extruded tire thread or inner liner products with
extreme accuracy and providing dependable alignment systems of tire-making
equipment to the extruded product improving the process of tire manufacturing,
Menzel added.
Messersi Packaging
Hall: 5
Stand: TH5-6C
Country: Italy
Sector: Transport & Handling
Contact person: Monica Arcangeli
Web site: www.messersi.com
Show focus: On exhibit from the company will be polypropylene (PP) and polyester
(PET) strapping equipment.
Monforts
Hall: 18
Stand: DF18-6A
Country: Germany
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Web site: www.monforts.de
Show focus: A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co., will exhibit its padding
and impregnating machines, padding mangles, continuous dyeing lines for fabrics,
roller squeezers, tentering and stentering machines, thermo-setting machines,
hot flues, tensionless dryers, infrared dryers, pile finishing machines, calenders,
finishing machines for knitwear, shrinking machines and coating machines.
Morrison Textile
Machinery Co.
Hall: 6
Stand: DF6-7D
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Alan Robinson
Web site: www.morrisontexmach.com
Show focus: Among items the Fort Lawn, SC-based company will exhibit are its
Rubber Belt Unit, an integral part of its SANFOR Compressive Shrinking Ranges.
The RBU features a centrifugally cast stainless steel shrinking drum with
a maximum operating pressure of 8.96 bar (130 psi).
This unique construction and high pressure design allows the industry's
highest processing speeds, the company said. MTMCo.'s SANFOR Systems
incorporate the latest AC digital drives and intuitively designed color touch
pad screens, which provide precise process and system control, Morrison added.
The Micro Saturator for high wet pick-up chemical applications features a
horizontal three-roll nip assembly with a double immersion pan. Micro gap
exit nip allows pick up to 140 percent.
Low volume pan, combined with high chemical turnover, eliminates the need
for periodic titration. Chemical feed is demand-based and adjusted via mass
throughput calculation.
The Micro Sat process parameters are displayed and controlled via digital
screen operator interface. Application possibilities, in addition to typical
scouring and bleaching, are quite broad. Process speeds of up to 250 meters
per minute are possible.
Morrison's newly designed SPECTRUM Indigo dye and wash boxes are
based on 70 years experience and 200-plus installations. These innovative
designs provide remarkable flexibility for today's denim producer, Morrison
added.
FCS Control System is designed to safeguard the dyeing process. The system
continuously monitors critical recipe set points to ensure interactive control.
The FCS will include a color interactive touch screen and will be available
on all Morrison SPECTRUM Indigo dye ranges.
MP Engineering
Hall: 20
Stand: DF20-11B
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Laura Bottinelli
Web site: www.mpengineering.com
Show focus: MP Engineering will exhibit a thermo-adhesive powder-scattering
machine and a hotmelt coating machine.
The hotmelt coating and bonding machine can be equipped both with a multi-roller
coating system and with the gravure roller-coating system The use of suitable
extruders or melters to melt the adhesive (thermoplastic or reactive PUR hotmelt)
ensure a proper feeding of the hotmelt to the coating head, MP said.
The MP powder-scattering machine features a solid, mechanical structure, reducing
vibrations to a minimum and reduces noise. The lower frame of the machine
is equipped with a vessel to collect the exceeding powder, which slightly
vibrates and therefore makes the powder fall directly into a collecting drum
or sack, from which it can be easily poured again into the hopper.
The powder scattering head is equipped with PLC. Through MP's regulation
system, the coated weight is kept unchanged even when the line speed changes,
the company said.
MP
Hall: 6
Stand: DF6-18C
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Flavio Malanchini
Web site: www.mp-italy.com
Show focus: MP s.r.l. will show machinery for bonding, thermofixing, stretching
and lubricating of sewing thread and continuous filaments; a dyeing and stretching
machine for harness cord; a coating machine for dental floss; a finishing
and polishing machine for continuous filaments; a finishing line for shoe
laces, cords and accessories; and a waxing line for braided and twisted thread
and other accessory machines.
Muratec
Hall: 3A
Stand: SP3A-11A
Country: Japan
Sector: Spinning
Web site: www.muratec.co.jp
Show focus: Muratec will show air-jet spinning machines, doffing machines
and devices, automatic piecing devices, automatic transport systems between
spinning and winding, doubling and twisting machines cone and cheese winders,
precision cone and cheese winders, pirn winders, doubling winders, yarn singeing
machines and two-for-one twisters.
National Textile Center
Hall: 5
Stand: C5-5A
Country: U.S.
Sector: Colleges & Associated Services
Contact person: Dr. Martin Jacobs
Web site: www.ntcresearch.org
Show focus: This consortium of universities will have information about research
projects.
Neuenhauser
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-2D
Country: Germany
Sector: Spinning
Web site: www.neuenhauser.de
Show focus: The company will demonstrate its doffing machines and devices,
automatic transport systems between spinning preparatory and spinning machines
and spinning and winding, doubling and twisting machines, cloth winding devices,
batch rollers, automatic conveying and handling equipment, hand conveying
equipment and packing, labeling and marking machines for yarns and fabrics.
Noseda
Hall: 17
Stand: DF17-5A
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact persons: Lucio Corbellini, Onnik Manoukian, Roberto Molteni
Web site: www.noseda1893.it
Show focus: Equipment for the production of manmade filaments and fibers,
including stretch-breaking machines, steamers, dryers, desizing machines,
bleaching machines, washing machines, dyeing kitchens, etc.
For yarn dyeing, with the Flex 10 machine, the technology in the same machine
grants the treatment at nominal constant liquor ratio of a wide range of adjustable
loads. The load's variability is granted both on vertical and horizontal
machines.
The SCR 3000 is an integrated system that allows the monitoring and automatic
adjustment of all the hydraulic parameters connected to the process, thanks
to software for elaboration of the data transmitted by a series of sensors.
The Eltex elastic fabric processing system is integrated for elastic fabric
preparation and dyeing. Noseda provides a full range of machines in this family
for scouring and washing, winding, beam-dyeing, overflow and jet-dyeing machines.
Through a cooperation with Hisaka of Japan, Noseda now has available a high-temperature
garment-dyeing machine, as well.
A new dye-bath color matching system integrated into the laboratory and industrial
machines also will be shown.
Omatex
Hall: 4
Stand: SP4-16C
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Maria Vittoria Vavassori
Web site: www.omatex.com
Show focus: Polivel pickers, Texknife cutter, spindle tape, broom and Olirapid
equipment for changing spindle oil.
The Polivel cleans every type of general machine, particular spinning frames
and calendars. The picker that has no problems in driving the rotating spoke,
according to the company.
The Polivel also does not require electricity, battery or compressed air,
but instead is operated by light finger pressure on the hand grip.
Meanwhile, the Texknife is a protected, interchangeable blade knife for cutting
yarn tuft.
Oskar Fischer
Hall: 9
Stand: W9-6C
Country: Germany
Sector: Weaving
Web site: www.fischer-poege.de
Show focus: Oskar Fischer GmbH will exhibit drawing-in machines, warp-tying
machines and other machinery. Highlights of new machinery:
•the PU-JET knotting machine, suitable not only for denim but down to such
fine cotton warps up to ne 100;
•the PU-ELA-S knotting machine, with an extended yarn range and a newly developed
system for short knot tails;
•the FA-DK knotting machine, for weavers with coarse, multi-filament yarn
and especially suited for aramide;
•a knotting frame with adjustable warp sheets;
•the improved LS dropper pinning machine, enabling now even the use of droppers
with 1.15 mm thickness; and
•the WBE reed drawing-in machine for double reeds. Specially developed parts
for the WBE enable the fault-free drawing-in of all kinds of double reeds
and the operator can choose between two modes of operations for programmed,
repeat control.
Panter
Hall: 10
Stand: W102A
Country: Italy
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: M.Neri
Show focus: A positive rapier loom and a negative rapier loom will be presented.
Parks & Woolson
Machine Co.
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-21C
Country: U.S.
Sector: Testing
Contact person: Alfred Peterson
Show focus: The Springfield, VT, company will show its raising machines, polishing
machines, shearing machines, cutting machines for velvets and velveteens,
suede finishing machines, brushing machines, pile finishing machines, finishing
machines for knitwear, inspecting machines, grinding machines, shearing blades,
textile testing and measuring equipment and laboratory equipment for textile
physics.
Pentek Textile
Machinery
Hall: 6
Stand: DF65C
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Mauro Mare
Web site: www.pentek.it
Show focus: Pentair 2 Wet ‹ Rope washing machine for discontinuous washing,
steaming, drying and tumbling equipment with two chambers. Also, desizing
machines, milling/fulling machines, padding and impregnating machines, roller
squeezers, tensionless dryers, finish breaking machines, finishing machines
for knitwear, shrinking machines and more.
Picanol
Hall: 9
Stand: W9-13A
Country: Belgium
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: James Thomas (U.S.)
Web site: www.picanol.be
Show focus: Part of Global Textile Partner (GTP), Picanol will demonstrate
its rapier and air-jet weaving machines for felt, filter, sail cloth, woven
belting, woven conveyor belting and tyre cord fabrics, plush and velvet and
terry fabrics.
Piovan
Hall: 3
Stand: SP3-14B
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Francesca Soprano
Web site: www.piovan.com
Show focus: The Piovan PET range includes dehumidifying dryers, crystallizers,
masterbatch and liquid color dosing units, gravimetric blenders, hopper loaders,
mould dryers and water chillers. Visitors will also have the opportunity to
test the SVS SuperVising System, software for the supervision and management
of a fiber manufacturing plant.
Pleva
Hall: 20
Stand: DF20-1E
Country: Germany
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Rainer Tüxen
Web site: www.pleva.ch
Show focus: Pleva GmbH, a specialist in the field of measuring and control
sensors, will show advanced innovative automation and visualization systems.
Highlights in measuring and control devices for the textile industry include:
•structure detectors SD 1 and SD 2 ‹ a high-tech solution for modern
distortion analysis of retailers defined for specific areas over the fabric
width up to 4000 mm with unbeatable detection capability, Pleva said;
•automatic straightening machines SL 1 and SL 2 (fabric width up to 4000
mm). The SL 2 can also be used for denim;
•CIMATIC PadderControlPLUS ‹ control of dye pick-up in continuous/cold
pad-batch dyeing with completely new control algorithm using microwave technology
AF 310;
•RF 110 and AF 120 ‹ control of pre-dryers (RF 110) and wet in wet processes
(AF 120);
•PLC HeatSetPLUS ‹ modular control system will control influence parameters
in finishing and dyeing processes using Pleva sensors FS 91 for humidity in
circulation air, RR 1 for residual moisture and TDS 95 for fabric temperature
measurement;
•OS 90 ‹ newly developed sensor to control oxygen content and humidity
in Vol percent in steamers and in exhaust dyeing processes for VAT dyes using
modern jet-dyeing machines;
•IR 112 ‹ fabric temperature measurement to control dryer speed and
fabric temperature in cold-pad-batch dyeing to calculate min/max batching
time; and
•AS 120 ‹ size pick-up control to minimize size add-on and to meet ecological
requirements.
Redman Card
Clothing Co.
Hall: 19
Stand: DF19-15E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: John Morris
Web site: www.redmancard.com
Show focus: Raising/napping wires, sueding/emerizing wires and brushing wires.
Rockwell Automation
Hall: 4
Stand: C4-7J
Country: U.S.
Sector: Colleges & Associated Services
Contact person: John McCombs
Web site: www.rockwellautomation.com
Show focus: Based in Milwaukee, the firm will demonstrate software systems
for integrated production in the textile chain and power transmission equipment,
including electrical motors and drives.
Rostoni Macchine
Hall: 12
Stand: W12-12C
Country: Italy
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Glada C. Rostoni
Web site: www.rostoni.com
Show focus: Creels, sectional warping machines, beam warping machines, draw-warping
machines, beaming machines, sizing/slashing machines, leasing machines automatic
conveying and handling equipment.
Rothschild Instruments
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-9B
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Testing
Contact person: Dr. Rothschild
Web site: www.rothschild-instruments.ch
Show focus: High-quality measuring instruments for yarns, including tension
meters, friction meters, an entanglement tester, a static-voltmeter and a
cohesion meter.
Santex
Hall: 6
Stand: DF6-10B
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Web site: www.santex-group.com
Show focus: On exhibit will be a web laying machine, thermal bonding machines,
a continuous bleaching plant, rope washing machines, open-width washing machines,
mercerizing machines for fabrics, padding and impregnating machines, roller
squeezers, tentering and stentering machines, thermo-setting machines, tensionless
dryers, brushing machines, calenders, finishing machines for knitwear, shrinking
machines and padding and impregnating machines.
Savio Macchine
Tessili/ITEMA Group
Halls: 12 (weaving)/
2 (spinning)
Stand: W12-6A (weaving)/SP2-1A (spinning)
Country: Italy
Sectors: Weaving, Spinning
Contact person: Daniele Pellissetti
Web site: www.saviospa.it
Show focus: The company will show its latest rotor spinning machines, cone
and cheese winders, winding machines for flanged bobbins, doubling winders,
two-for-one twisters and mercerizing machines for yarns.
SDL Atlas
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-26G
Country: U.S.
Sector: Testing
Contact persons: Russell J. Crompton, Charles S. Lane, Mark Raiteri
Web site: www.sdlatlas.com
SDL Atlas Ltd. will unveil its enhanced family of textile testing instruments
and materials at ITMA.
At the SDL Atlas booth, the company will showcase many of the more than 400
instruments and materials supplied by the four groups within SDL Atlas. The
group includes SDL, Atlas Textile Test Products, Textile Innovators and Raitech.
"While our facilities and agents coordinate customer service in nearly
100 countries," said Russell J. Crompton, director, Global Marketing
and Americas Sales, "we view ITMA as a valuable means of introducing
new and updated products, building new partnerships and energizing existing
ones."
Added President Charles S. Lane: "This will be our first opportunity
to introduce the combined Atlas, SDL, Raitech, Textile Innovators globally.
We are looking forward to showing the industry the expanse of SDL Atlas and
the many new ways we can assist their businesses."
Together, the companies represent the world's largest, most complete
source for textile testing, quality control and laboratory equipment, they
said. SDL Atlas product lines provide for testing of fibers, yarns, fabrics,
garments, carpets and flooring, dyeing, finishing, printing, coating, along
with ancillaries and consumables.
Products featured in the booth will include the Martindale and ICI Abrasion
and Pilling testers; Digital Elmendorf tearing tester; QuickWash, QuickCondition
and QuickView fabric testing units; Universal Wear tester, Color Eye control
systems; ECO Infrared Dyer; Digital Microscope Systems; multi-fiber test fabrics,
consumables; and more.
SIMET
Hall: 3
Stand: SP3-6F
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Federica Anceschi
Web site: www.simet.it
Show focus: Electronic winders, assembly winders, winders with double positive
feeder of the yarn and newly developed winders, including twisting machines
for fancy yarns and sewing thread winders.
The company has developed electronic winders for preparing packages before
or after dyeing; picking from bulking machines; spinners, knit fabrics and
hosiery; and with a double-positive feeder, suitable for continuous, slippery
or chenille yarns.
SIMET also has electronic back winders for recovering yarn from clothes.
SMIT Textile
Hall: 10
Stand: W10-2D
Sector: Weaving
Country: Italy
Web site: www.smit-textile.com
Show focus: Formerly Sulzer Tessile, SMIT Textile will demonstrate its complete
line of rapier and air-jet weaving machines, including the newest versions
of its G6300 and G6300F models.
Sonoco
Hall: 3
Booths: SP3-13A/SP3A-16A
Country: USA
Sector: Spinning
Web sites: www.sonoco.com
and www.conitex.com
Show focus: Sonoco's Belgium arm and its sister company, Conitex Sonoco
of the U.K., will display its extensive line of tubes, cones and pirns.
Sperotto Rimar
Hall: 6
Stand: DF6-10C
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact persons: Antonio Staffoni, Rick Horton
Web sites: www.sperottorimar.it and www.santex-group.com
Show focus: Speratto Rimar will display its line of finishing machines and
continuous dry-cleaning machines.
For the cotton-finishing sector, the new Flexa Compact sanforizing machine
will be displayed. This model offers excellent performance characteristics
and is specifically used for the production of many small/medium-size batches.
The machine belongs to the Flexa sanforizers family, which includes also the
standard sanforizing finishing line, as well as the complete denim finishing
line.
For all kind of fabrics, in the surface upgrade field, the latest version
of its brushing machine Santabrush SL caters to the needs of today's
market by offering the best quality at an more affordable price, Sperotto
said.
For the scouring/preparation field, Sperotto Rimar will re-introduce the Nova
series of continuous dry-cleaning machines, which grant the best scouring
of synthetic-based and elastomeric-mixed fabrics at the lowest running cost
and with virtually no use of water, the company said. The Nova series also
features machines for the improvement of colorfastness after dyeing.
In the wool sector, visitors will see the widest number of novelties, including
its new finishing line Decofast Ultrafinish+Universa, the best combination
for steaming and final decatizing, according to the manufacturer ‹ and
a peek in the research activity with the next technological breakthrough in
development.
Stalam
Hall: 18
Stand: DF18-9A
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact persons: Manlio Ernesto Cavestro, Massimo Perucca Orfei, Pio Torresin,
Alessandro Tonello, Enrico Zanetti
Web site: www.stalam.com
Show focus: Stalam will show its newest drying and finishing equipment, including
the following radio-frequency dryer models:
•the RF and RFA standard and air-assisted conveyorized dryers for all kinds
of textile fibers and yarns;
•the LTRF and RFA/S low- to medium-drying temperature conveyorized dryers
for loose stock, unwound tow/top slivers and yarns in hanks;
•the TCRF thermo-controlled batch-type dryers for temperature-sensitive yarn
packages and tops in bump/bobbin form; and
•the RF/T continuous drying and finishing equipment for woven fabrics.
The latest innovation applicable to all conveyorized dryers consists of a
specifically developed electronic card to control accurately the working parameters
of the RF generators. This card has also the function to improve further the
overall generator performance in terms of efficiency and reliability.
The electronic card has been integrated into a new, dedicated micro-controller,
complete with digital display (HMI), providing a user-friendly interface to
the operators ‹ more intuitive and easier to use compared to non-dedicated
PLC's generally available in the market, Stalam said.
Stalam's latest RF 100 kW model dryer will show the new, dedicated controller
incorporated into the unit.
Of particular note, Stalam is touting its new RF/C model dryer, a continuous-type
radio frequency dryer for yarn package columns.
The new equipment has a drying chamber constructed with fully screened product
inlet and outlet apertures, placed adjacent to each other at the front of
the dryer. The RF generator is conveniently located above the drying chamber.
In line with the apertures, the drying chamber is dotted with two pairs of
vertical electrode plates, such that the yarn package columns enter in the
first pair of electrode plates and return out through the second pair of electrode
plates.
The package columns are carried in and out from the drying chamber by a carousel
system, which is made up of a series of individual supports holding the columns
upright and at the same time sliding on lateral rails.
The drive system transfers the columns in stepped movements, where the pitch
of each step is 250 mm, corresponding to the maximum possible diameter of
the yarn packages. The step pace is adjustable according to the drying requirements
specific to the product such as: yarn type, package weight, moisture content,
etc.
The product loading and unloading station is located at the front of the dryer.
In this position the operator ‹ or a robotic handling device ‹ can
load the wet columns directly from the hydroextractor (with or without dye-spindles,
according to the dyeing and hydroextraction equipment in use) and unload the
dry ones to the finished product station.
Steel Heddle
Hall: 9
Stand: W9-14D
Country: Belgium
Sector: Weaving
Web site: www.globaltextilepartner.com
Show focus: Part of Global Textile Partner (GTP), Steel Heddle, with U.S.
operations in Greenville, SC, will exhibit healds, heald frames, harnesses
and drop wires.
Stewarts Of America
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-12G
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Susan Bowers
Show focus: Stewarts, of Simpsonville, SC, will exhibit its rotors, opening
rollers for rotor spinning machines, needle rollers, bars and segments and
spiked lattices and lags.
Stimin
Hall: 12
Stand: W12-2F
Country: Italy
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Attilio Tagliabue
Web site: www.stimin.it
Show focus: An ultrasound washing machine and an ultrafiltration system for
water recovery.
Strandberg Engineering
Laboratories
Stand: T5-21J
Country: U.S.
Contact person: John Strandberg, Tim Kelly
Sector: Testing
Web site: www.strandberg.com
Show focus: Greensboro, NC-based Strandberg will show textile testing and
measuring equipment and hand hygroscopes.
Struto International
Hall: 4
Stand: NW4-3F
Country: U.S.
Sector: Nonwovens
Contact person: Alistair Deas
Web site: www.struto.com
Show focus: Struto, of Oak Brook, IL will have on show its thermal bonding
machines.
Sultex
Hall: 12
Stand: W12-6B
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Weaving
Web site: www.sultex.com
Show focus: Sultex is a member of the ITEMA Group, which includes seven textile
machinery and accessory manufacturers with 12 locations. In 2002, the group
achieved a turnover of some $1,000 mio.
As the world's leading supplier of modern high-performance weaving machines,
Sultex makes a substantial contribution to the group's success and is
the only manufacturer in the world marketing all major shuttleless weaving
systems under the brand name Sulzer Textil.
Sultex offers all manufacturers of woven fabrics a tailor-made solution to
meet every requirement for quality, performance, ecology and economy.
At ITMA 2003, Sultex Ltd. will be demonstrating six machine types ‹ four
of which were introduced in the past year.
L9400 air-jet
This revolutionary innovation, the Sulzer Textil L9400 weaving machine, has
been specially designed for weaving wide and demanding technical fabrics with
a weft insertion rate up to 2700 m/min and a speed of up to 500 picks/min.
The L9400 is available in widths of 430 cm, 460 cm and 540 cm and can be equipped
with PowerLeno, which will be featured at ITMA weaving a secondary carpet
backing style. First orders for the L9400 have been booked in USA and Europe.
L5400 air-jet
The L5400 excels in the production of top-quality fabrics at unrivaled production
speeds, low energy consumption and maintenance cost. It is designed to weave
spun yarns, glass fiber and filament yarns.
The outstanding feature of the terry version is the electronic pile formation
control via a special drive, Sultex said. The L5400 leads the field of latest
air-jet technology in the U.S. as order bookings have shown this year, according
to the company.
With machine speeds of up to 1250 rpm or weft insertion rate of up to 2535
m/min. (with double-picks more than 4,000 m/min), it is also capable of up
to six weft colors or yarn types with up to a 12 fold difference in yarn count.
At ITMA, the Sulzer Textil L5400 will be shown weaving a men's wear style.
G6200E rapier
There are virtually no limits to creativity with the Sulzer Textil G6200E,
the company said. The G6200E weaves not only worsted and woolen yarns but
also fine and coarse spun yarns, delicate filament yarns, fancy glass yarns,
the finest silks and even metal threads with optimum performance.
Rapier weaving machines are also used with great success to produce industrial
fabrics, such as high-grade airbag or glass fabrics.
The Sulzer G6200E machine will be weaving a fine and most delicate worsted
fabric at 600 rpm, thus demonstrating its superior textile competence at highest
insertion rates, Sultex said.
P7300 projectile
With projectile weft insertion almost any type of yarn can be woven ‹
cotton, wool, silk, monofilament, multifilament, tapes, even hard fibers such
as jute or linen and even metal threads.
Sulzer Textil projectile machines match all of the textile industry's
quality and performance standards and guarantees faultless yarn processing
with the quality exceeding stringent customer criteria.
The Sulzer Textil P7300 has a capacity of up to 6 weft colors and is available
in 9 widths up to 540 cm. It can be equipped with PowerLeno and can also be
easily adapted to changing market requirements with upgrading kits.
The recently introduced standard version of the P7300 will be at ITMA weaving
a sateen style.
Other standouts
Sultex will have other Sulzer Textil weaving machines such as the CWT ‹
Customized Weaving Technology ‹ individual solutions for demanding applications.
All of these special weaving machines are derived from basic models with performance
criteria being defined together with the customer. The company will exhibit
the P7M RSP at ITMA to demonstrate the ability to produce heavy fabric styles
by weaving heavy sailcloth.
The M8300 Multi-Phase weaving machine is the most efficient way to produce
standard fabrics. The Sulzer Textil M8300 has productivity that is threefold
when producing simple standard fabrics with a weft insertion rate of 5500m/min
and a machine speed of 2800 picks/min. At ITMA this machine will be weaving
a dense twill style.
Several other Sulzer Textil weaving machines will be on display at booths
of Sultex partners:
•Staubli, booth W12-11A ‹ L5400 weaving fabrics for women's wear;
•Vaupel, booth W9-5C ‹ L5400 and G6200, each weaving labels; and
•Grosse, booth W10-5D ‹ G6200 weaving terry towels.
Service offerings from Sultex are highly respected by the textile industry
around the globe, the company added. Interesting concepts will be shown at
ITMA watch out, for example, the CBT (computer-based training) system,
EDOSnet (on-line ordering of high quality spare parts ‹ 24 hours a day)
and so forth.
Tandematic
Hall: 6
Stand: DF6-2A
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Lucy Hooper
Web site: www.tandematic.com
Show focus: Tandematic, based in Spartanburg, SC, will introduce its Tandematic®
Ultrasonic selvedge trim system at ITMA. Also, the company will demonstrate
its complete line of products for dyeing, printing and finishing ranges, including
its fabric storage system, its fabric guiding system, its tenter rail guidance
system, a variety of selvedge decurlers, its Pinning Waste Control System®,
a selvedge trim system and a fabric slitter.
Tatham
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-9B
Country: U.K.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Tim Porritt
Web site: www.tatham-uk.com
Show focus: Tatham will demonstrate its new developments on Microweigh technology
for carding machinery.
A new PLC-based Microweigh will be demonstrated. The machine has been designed
to take advantage of simpler PLC-based software to give lower capital expenditure
and maintenance costs and simplicity of programming for the mill operatives,
the company said.
The unit will incorporate a touch screen, as well as fault-finding applications.
An intersting feature will be the ability to network several carding machines
to the user's PC.
This technology will be also available for Microfeed and for retrofitting
existing Tatham installations.
Information will be available from the stand on the full range of Tatham products,
particularly for woollen cards and nonwoven equipment.
Tatham is marketing in particular the Magnum card for carpet yarns.
The Tatham Mule spinning system compliments the Tatham cards for the cashmere
and lambs wool market.
Tatham is currently providing card improvements to its own and competitors'
machinery for micro-control systems, intermediate feeds, condensor creels
and auto-doffing systems. The autodoffing system is particularly important
to reduce workloads for operators in the carpet yarn plant.
Techniservice
Hall: 4
Stand: SP4-16E
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Nate Schwartz
Web site: www.techniservice.com
Show focus: products to be displayed by the Kennett Square, PA-based company
include air intermingling machines, bulking and crimping machines, fancy twisters
and accessories.
Technoplants
Hall: 4
Stand: NW4-4D
Sector: Nonwovens
Country: Italy
Contact person: Jörn Lahr
Web site: www.techno-plants.com
Show focus: A special cutting machine for high-volume nonwovens.
Tecsi
Hall: 4
Stand: DF6-1B
Country: Italy
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact persons: Mr. Lunati, Mrs. Di Marco, Mr. Meroni
Web site: www.tecsi.it
Show focus: In-line and self-cleaning filters and spray nozzles.
Textiles Human
Resources Council
Hall: 5
Stand: C5-5E
Country: Canada
Sector: Colleges & Associated Services
Contact person: John Saliba
Web site: www.thrc-crhit.org
Show focus: THRC will showcase eight comprehensive Textile Manufacturing Skills
programs covering more than 1,700 topics, including yarn manufacturing, weaving,
dyeing & finishing, nonwovens and carpet manufacturing. In addition, THRC
has recently negotiated with Harvard Business School Publishing and Cardean
University (via Thomson Learning, Inc.) to offer business and personal development
programs as part of its Workplace Performance Skills offering.
Tomsic Electronic
Systems
Hall: 5
Stand: T5-21K
Country: Italy
Sector: Testing
Contact person: Tomsic Silvan
Web site: www.tomsic.it
Show focus: The TMS25-QM quality monitoring system, the TMS25-PM production
monitoring system and others
Treepoint AG
Hall: 8
Stand: DF8-12A
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Herbert Gübeli
Web site: www.treepoint.com
Show focus: The COLORMASTER color matching and quality control system, the
COLORMASTER recipe management system, the MORAPEX material control system
and the Flex dye liquor control system.
The COLORMASTER color matching and quality control system focuses on recipe
development, recipe correction and color communication.
The COLORMASTER recipe management system is the logical extension to colormatching
and quality control. It guarantees that the optimal recipe and process is
created for each batch, based on information coming from the dyestuff, as
well as from chemical suppliers and the user.
The MORAPEX allows for the control and analysis of raw or dyed material (woven,
nonwoven, knitted, yarn, fiber or garment) in minutes instead of hours, compared
to standard methods, Treepoint said.
Some typical MORAPEX applications include: pH measurement, control of wash
procedure, wash and water fastness checks, residual analysis (size, alkali,
acids, salts, peroxide, formaldehyde, etc.) conductivity analysis.
The FLEX dye liquor control system checks and corrects the dye liquor prior
to use in production. In practice, the FLEX system enables a dye liquor to
be checked in less than five minutes, Treepoint said.
The system bases its calculations on flexibly defined tolerance ranges to
produce a clear pass/fail evaluation of the tested liquor. This allows quick
and easy recognition of faulty liquor before dyeing process and thus saves
off-shade dyeing.
If the liquor corresponds correctly to the recipe or to a sample reference
liquor it is released for production. Otherwise, the FLEX system works out
correction proposals to put the faulty liquor right.
Truetzschler
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-5A
Country: Germany
Sector: Spinning
Web site: www.truetzschler.de
Show focus: A newly developed high-production card will be unveiled at ITMA
2003. This card is the result of well-planned, far-sighted and continuous
development and will consequently extend the series of successful Truetzschler
cards, the company said. Truetzschler also will show its well-positioned high-performance
draw frame HSR 1000.
The new high-production card comes as a result of a continuous development
and will consequently extend the series of successful Truetzschler high-production
cards.
In addition to high-production cards, Truetzschler has in recent years been
able to successfully position the high-performance draw frame HSR 1000 in
the market. These draw frames are characterized by superb control, low maintenance
and easy operation, Truetzschler said.
The draw frames are equipped with servo motors. The machine control DRAFTCOMMANDER
is developed and manufactured by Truetzschler, ensuring high-operating security,
the manufacturer said.
The company also has revised many of its machines in the blowroom. A distinguishing
feature of its new blowroom line is process contraction, which has been realized
thanks to a compact cleaning line.
Tube-Tex Global Group
Hall: 17
Stand: DF17-9C
Country: U.S.
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact persons: Jeffrey T. Dixon, Will Mothcar
Web site: www.tubetex.com
The Tube-Tex Global Group will present a complete range of finishing equipment
from each of its divisions: knit finishing, stentering, bleaching, napping,
and brushing.
Tube-Tex is a leader in knit finishing equipment: Delta Plus 4 Roll Pad, Ultra
and Master Relax Dryers, Delta Plus SP Pak Nit II Tubular Compactor and C-2500
Open Width Compactor.
The company will show the:
•Delta Plus 4 roll pad ‹ detwisting, extraction, chemical application
at 80 m/m;
•Delta Plus SP Pak Nit II tubular compactor ‹ shrinkage control for
100 percent cotton tubular knits to less than 3 percent; and
•C-2500 Open width compactor ‹ shrinkage control for 100 percent cotton
open knits to less than 3 percent.
Sister company Marshall and Williams Products is a leader in stenters, thermosol,
and gas infrared pre-dryers.
Marshall and Williams Products will show:
•Pin/Clip tenter ‹ horizontal rail with pin/clip combination chain;
and
•Gas infrared pre-dryer ‹ using the newest burner technology to improve
production and increase quality.
Another affiliate, Jemco, is a leader in continuous rope bleaching and washing
systems for knot, towels and some plain wovens.
Tube-Tex's RFG division has teamed up with Stamperia Emiliana s.r.l.
of Italy to market and show the Lisa brushing machinery. Lisa will show an
open-width knit and woven brushing machine designed for delicate fabrics such
as cotton/Lycra knits or very lightweight micro-fiber polyester wovens.
Uster Technologies
Hall: 3A
Stand: SP3A-8B
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Joachim Blass
Web site: www.uster.com
Show focus: Yarn cleaners, on-line devices, equipment for loom automatization,
inspecting machines, textile testing and measuring equipment, laboratory equipment
for textile physics, software systems for data monitoring and processing,
etc. Brands include the USTER® FABRISCAN, USTER® FABRISCAN ON-LOOM,
USTER® QUANTUM 2, USTER® TENSOJET 4, USTER® TESTER 4 and the USTER®
HVI SPECTRUM.
U.T.I.T.
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-10B
Country: Italy
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Giovanni Vaccari
Web site: www.utit.it
Show focus: U.T.I.T. Automation s.p.a. will demonstrate a single-head roving
bobbin stripper and the Snake Cone collecting circuit for packages.
The bobbin stripper is equipped with a demonstration circuit for bobbin transport
(block creeling).
The Snake Cone conveyor system easily adapts to existing buildings or to difficult
machinery layouts, the company said. A spiral-shape track is an essential
component for overhead transportation, which allows the movement of packages
through floors or simply between different levels.
In the stand, the conveyor will be interfaced to U.T.I.T. standard package
lift for cone winders.
Van De Wiele
Hall: 9
Stand: W9-11A
Country: Belgium
Sector: Weaving
Contact: Danny Bourgois
Web site: www.vandewiele.com
Show focus: Van de Wiele and Bonas will show beaming machines, rapier weaving
machines, weaving machines for plush and velvet and carpet and rugs, electronic
dobbies, electronic Jacquards, electronic design systems and software systems.
Van de Wiele will unveil the carpet and rug machine CRX82, which features
high production speed, carpet weave structure flexibility and the possibility
to weave high reed densities in numerous colors.
The versatility and productivity of the Universal Cut and Loop UCL83 will
be demonstrated by carpet samples woven on this face-to-face, three-rapier
weaving machine. Simultaneously cut pile, short soft loops, long soft loops
and flat weave effects can be woven.
The productivity of the Master in Axminster MAX63 will be demonstrated by
numerous carpet samples in up to 16 color frames.
The Velvet Tronic weaving machines will be displayed both in dobby and jacquard
execution. The VTR23, dobby Velvet Tronic version will weave polyester velvet
at 2 x 420 picks/min.
The VTR33 Jacquard Velvet Tronic is equipped with a MJ modular electronic
Jacquard weaving upholstery velvet adapted for differential dyeing.
All machines will be connected to the We@velink network. Production and planning
software for central management of carpet, velvet or flat weaving machines
will be demonstrated.
With the MJ modular electronic Jacquard, Bonas will demonstrate the most advanced
range of Jacquards for all types of flat fabrics.
The MJ is a modular system with hook capacities ranging from 2,304 to 13824
solenoids.
Fitted with the compact Bonas selector, still the only selection system with
one single moving part, the MJ offers unparalleled reliability, the company
said. Consistent selection at all temperatures and with lower power consumption
is obtained by the current drive technology.
An MJ3 with optimal dwelling will be demonstrated on a Dornier air-jet machine.
A second MJ3 installed on a Picanol air-jet will be weaving at high speed.
The MJ11, up to 11,500 hooks in open harness, will also be running on a rapier
weaving machine from Promatech.
An IBJ+ Jacquard with enhanced electronics will also be demonstrated.
The MJ range will also be demonstrated in other booths, such as an MJ6 in
terry air-jet weaving on the Dornier booth, an MJ3 with quick-link system
in the Startes booth, an MJ6 in double-width rapier upholstery weaving on
the Picanol booth, an MJ6 in double-width rapier upholstery weaving in the
Promatech booth.
Three IBJ2 Jacquards will also be shown in tape weaving in the MEI, Vaupel
and Hitex booths.
Viable Systems
Hall: 10
Stand: W10-6C
Country: U.S.
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Fred Maurer
Web site: www.viacad.com
Show focus: On display from the Medfield, MA, company will be electronic programming
devices, hot-cutting machines, automatic cutting machines and electronic design
systems for the weaving industry, embroidery and making-up industry.
Vickers
Hall: 5
Stand: C5-1C
Country: United Kingdom
Sector: Colleges & Associated Services
Contact person: Nigel Rushworth
Web site: www.vickers-oil.com
Show focus: Benjamin R. Vickers & Sons Ltd. will show dyestuffs and chemical
products while celebrating its 175th anniversary in business as a supplier
of textile lubricants.
Welker
Hall: 2
Stand: SP214B
Country: Germany
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Claus Koch
Web site: www.welker.de
Show focus: Welker will exhibit its new conditioning system, the CONDIBOX-S,
which reduces energy costs by up to 50 percent, the company said.
Welker, together with a renowned German university, has developed a stainless
steel, multi-layer protection system, which substantially reduces the cost
of the autoclave material, the company said.
The newly designed CONDIBOX S is a box- shaped conditioner that offers excellent
space utilization in combination with the Welker technology. It is foreseen
to satisfy the customers' needs in the range from 600 up to 1,500 kg
per batch.
The new WELKODUR system substitutes the costly stainless steel manufacturing
and is available for all Welker machines.
West Point Foundry
and Machine Co.
Hall: 10
Stand: W10-8C
Country: U.S.
Sector: Weaving
Contact person: Sharron Hill
Web site: www.westpoint.com
Show focus: Headquartered in West Point, GA, the company will demonstrate
its creels, beam warping machines, beaming machines, sizing/slashing machines,
indigo warp dyeing lines, cutting machines for velvets and velveteens and
brushing machines.
Wise industries
Hall: 4
Stand: NW4-3F
Country: U.S.
Sector: Nonwovens
Web site: www.wiseind.com
Show focus: On display by the Kings Mountain, NC, company will be bale breakers,
bale pluckers; opening, cleaning, blending and dosing machines; cards; and
web-laying machines.
Xetma Group
Halls: 19/14
Stands: DF19-14F
Countries: Germany, Switzerland
Sector: Dyeing & Finishing
Contact person: Karsten Heinz
Web site: www.xetma.com
Show focus: The Xetma Group ‹ Xetma Gematex GmbH of Germany and Xetma
Vollenweider AG of Switzerland ‹ will demonstrate its polishing-shearing
system, its napping, sanding and brush-sueding system and its singeing system.
Zenith Pumps
Hall: 2
Stand: SP2-1B
Country: U.S.
Sector: Spinning
Contact person: Julie Sharp, Lawrence Fletcher
Web site: www.zenithpumps.com
Show focus: Zenith, of Sanford, NC, will exhibit spinning pumps, cleaning
units for extrusion tools, coating machines, wadding sizing/glueing machines,
on-line devices, chemical dispensing systems, laboratory equipment for textile
chemistry and power transmission equipment.
