Author: Textile Planet Magazine

Dec142020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Christian Straubhaar – New Head of Sales at Rieter Machines & Systems

In course of the succession planning, Christian Straubhaar will take on the position as Senior Vice President Sales at Rieter Machines & Systems in Winterthur on January 1, 2021. Straubhaar will succeed Reto Thom who will retire. Christian Straubhaar holds an Engineering Master’s Degree in Industrial Management from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) and is a sales executive with 20 years of extensive experience in the textile industry. Recently, Straubhaar was responsible as Group Sales & Marketing Director at Itema for the world-wide sales of machines and spare parts. Prior, he held various positions in Operations and as Business Unit Head in Itema and other global textile companies. His professional career shows a solid track record in identifying new

Dec22020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Unprecedented yarn quality on open-end machines achieved with Loepfe’s new YarnMaster® EOS

Spinning - Yarn

Loepfe Brothers Ltd. has announced today that their new YarnMaster® EOS is in series production and ready for shipping. Featuring state-of-the-art optoelectronic technology, this is the latest in a range of products designed and launched to support maximum productivity for spinning mills. The new YarnMaster® EOS provides the most reliable yarn clearing results in the open-end spinning process and can be mounted on the widest variety of machines in the market. YarnMaster® EOS features a newly developed optical sensor that offers unrivaled stability and enables accurate yarn clearing tailored to the desired yarn quality. Engineered to last, the new technology is embedded within YarnMaster® EOS’ sleek outer casing that allows for its versatile use on an even wider range of open-end machine

Nov272020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Mayer & Cie. extends top dog status in Turkey: above average market share, further on the increase

Knitting

In pandemic year 2020 circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. (MCT) has further improved its leading position in Turkey. So the country continues to be one of the company’s strongest and most consistent sales markets. Even in difficult years, the manufacturer and its longstanding Turkish representative Mayer Mümessillik have achieved positive results. The reasons for this year’s success, as Mayer & Cie. sees it, are the transfer of production to locations close to Europe, Turkey’s state-of-the-art machinery and the increase in demand for comfortable clothing that is suitable as home office wear. Turkish market is a growth market despite corona setback “Compared to 2019, we anticipate a growth in the Turkish market even though the corona situation was a serious set

Nov262020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Modernized AS H 32 and AS H 38 yarn suction devices

Fibers, Spinning - Yarn

Manual lever now even more ergonomic Finer adjustment of the yarn suction force, lower compressed air consumption for the same yarn tension, smooth, ergonomic compressed-air valve – all promises fulfilled by the modernized AS H 32 and AS H 38 yarn suction devices. Also known as hand injectors, these yarn suction devices are standard components of all spinning positions. The AS H 32- and AS H 38-series high-performance hand injectors are superior to those of other manufacturers, above all as a result of their lower compressed air consumption for the same yarn tension. This is made possible due to the higher yarn suction forces, particularly in the case of the AS H 38 series. In addition to this, string-up without ‘ramp-up’ is possible in certain applications. Also new is a smoother,

Nov202020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

First automated fabric inspection system for Circular Knitting Machines

Knitting

Smartex announced the launch of Smartex-V1, an advanced camera vision system that reduces defective production to close to 0% in Circular Knitting Machines, including lycra faults, yarn thickness, holes, needle defects, and more. textile factories to better manage quality & efficiency, reducing waste & time and avoid too late inspection after the rolls being entirely produced. What current clients say:“Smartex innovative technology helps our company every month by increasing production, improving quality and transparency in the supply chain” says Eng. Mario Jorge Silva, CEO at Tintex Textiles S.A. This camera inspection system is able to reduce the production costs of textile manufacturers by detecting and stopping the production machines. The system uses Computer Vision a

Nov192020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Tackling coronavirus with meltblown and spunbond technologies

Fibers, Nonwoven, Technical Textiles

Protective equipment demands high-end nonwoven products Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the worldwide demand for protective masks and apparel has resulted in a record number of new orders in the high double-digit millions of euros at Oerlikon Nonwoven. The meltblown technology from Neumünster is recognized by the market as being one of the technically most efficient methods for producing highly-separating filter media made from plastic fibers. The rising demand for protective masks and other medical protective equipment since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and the associated global ramping up of production capacities has also resulted in an increase in the demand for nonwovens for the production thereof. Initially, this resulted in bottlenecks in the provision

Nov182020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Redesigning our future – The new WeftMaster SFB

Spinning - Yarn, Technical Textiles, Textile, Weaving

Have you ever wondered how your parcels arrive safely? We know the answer! E-commerce has gained ground worldwide - and it’s here to stay. Warehouses and trucks are working hard to ensure that a whole variety of goods are not only available for customers, but also that they are shipped in the fastest possible way. In this hectic online shopping world, tarpaulins are all around us! Protecting goods from adverse weather and other factors helps to ensure satisfied end-customers. Loepfe's WeftMaster SFB-L yarn brake is the perfect system for producing these coated technical fabrics on projectile and rapier looms in the most economical way. The WeftMaster SFB weft brake has been in use on projectile and rapier weaving machines worldwide for many years. Since its foundation in 1955, Loepfe

Nov122020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Oerlikon Barmag pumps – the material is what makes the difference

Fibers

Robust pumps for sophisticated special fibers At first glance, rowing boats, the Airbus 380, safety equipment and stadium roofing have very little on common. They receive their specific properties as a result of the use of special fibers, among other things: aramid fibers and carbon fibers are processed into special yarns that are frequently deployed as compound materials. These fibers are growing in demand as the world seeks to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels; new solutions are required to reduce weight and replace heavy metallic parts. Aramid fibers are produced in a highly-chemical process that is extremely aggressive; the acrylic precursor used to manufacture carbon fibers is a different process, but again no less difficult. In these sophisticated processes, the gear metering p...

Nov112020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Mayer & Cie. celebrates schnapps number: Circular knitting machine 77,777 on its way to customer

Knitting

Mayer & Cie. celebrates schnapps number: Circular knitting machine 77,777 on its way to customer A Relanit 3.2 HS is packed for shipping to Toraman Tekstil in Istanbul. The Mayer & Cie. top seller is loaded onto pallets, lashed and secured, and packed in gleaming silver-coloured foil. Nothing out of the ordinary – except for the sheet of white paper marked 77777 revealing what is special about this consignment. The Relanit 3.2 HS is the 77,777th circular knitting machine that Mayer & Cie. has manufactured in over 80 years of circular knitting machine production. More infrequent than an eclipse of the Moon Circular knitting machines with a serial number consisting of five identical digits are not something that the Albstadt-based manufacturer ships to customers regularl

Nov112020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

USTER® fabric inspection system also reduce waste and improve yield

Testing, Textile

Automated solutions for quality satisfaction Fabric inspection solutions cover the value chain from weaving to finishing.The ingenious design of USTER®Q-BAR 2 and USTER®EVS FABRIQ VISIONfits every production line – delivering the right quality, while reducing waste and optimizing fabric yield. USTER’s Think Quality approach now takes in automatic fabric inspection, bringing much-needed precision and security to demanding technical textiles applications– and to all weaving mills where quality matters. Quality standards everywhere are increasing all the time: in sectors such as the automotive industry, zero-defect levels are already mandatory. Applications such as airbags, headliners, upholstery and tire cords require flawlessquality, continuously. But there are also many other textile