Members of TMAS – the Swedish textile machinery producers affiliation – will introduce a variety of recent developments at the forthcoming ITMA Asia + CITME textile machinery exhibition in Singapore from October 28-31, with the emphasis on sensor-based automation and useful resource financial savings.
TMAS members will showcase sensor-based automation and resource-saving textile machinery at ITMA Asia + CITME in Singapore (October 28–31).
Highlights embrace ACG Kinna’s robotic pillow/cover traces and new Hector stitching machine, Eltex’s EyETM with real-time stress management, Svegea’s tubular part machines, Vandewiele’s X4 yarn feeders, and BW Converting’s Texcoat G4 spray system.
“The push for automation, AI-driven production and digitalisation continues to accelerate as manufacturers seek to improve efficiency and reduce dependency on repetitive tasks for operatives,” says TMAS Secretary General Therese Premler-Andersson. “Advanced automation enables predictive maintenance and real-time quality monitoring in fully integrated production systems and our members are already exploiting these technologies to help customers reduce downtime, improve efficiency and produce more sustainably.”
Single provider
Under its trademarked slogan ‘Complete Process – One Supplier’, for instance, ACG Kinna Automatic (at Hall 6, stand D106 in Singapore) has pioneered the event of full robotic traces for the manufacturing of pillows and duvets for the house furnishings sector – from the dealing with and opening of filling materials and full line material feeding to stitching, digital high quality management and packing.
Just a number of years in the past, such traces had been seen by producers as one thing thrilling to maybe think about for the longer term, however abruptly they’ve change into important to competing and surviving in at this time’s fast-moving trade.
“Automation has become a must for a number of reasons,” says ACG Kinna Marketing and Sales Manager Tomas Aspenskog. “Product traceability, flexibility and local production, in addition to new trade regulations, are now driving the market and given the challenge of finding skilled operators and constantly increasing costs, manufacturers are looking for simpler systems that will save on resources and boost productivity wherever possible.
“Our modular solutions enable customers to be more flexible and faster in adapting specific parts of a production line to meet new demands, and also to grow over time. There are also many benefits for manufacturers in dealing with only one project leader, contact person, supplier, freight handler and installation team.”
Industrial stitching
In Singapore, ACG Kinna Automatic will introduce the brand new Hector industrial stitching machine designed for the heavy obligation round and level stitching of crammed textile elements corresponding to backyard cushions, outside pillows and mattresses. Hector is already being employed by main Swedish retailers together with IKEA and JYSK of their manufacturing operations.
The Hector’s stitching arm is adjustable and might open up to accommodate thicker gadgets beneath the needle and presser foot. It is offered in three variations with stitching arms in lengths of 60, 100 and 120 centimetres.
Eltex EyETM
Another TMAS member, Eltex (Hall 2, stand C203) has made an necessary breakthrough on its EyETM stress monitoring system for the warmth setting, tufting, warping and winding sectors, with the addition of electromagnetic brakes together with the most recent superior sensors. These allow stress variation to not solely be detected, however mechanically adjusted in actual time throughout operation, quite than manually modified as beforehand.
The firm’s ACT-R unit can additional considerably cut back the selvedge yarn waste from the weft insertion techniques of rapier weaving machines, whereas at the identical time sustaining equal and regular stress throughout all pre-winders.
“Our ACT-R is a completely plug and play, stand-alone system and self synchronizes without any communication with the weaving machine,” explains Eltex Sales Engineer Michél Gamhov. “This is important, because many older weaving machines are still in operation worldwide, and the ACT-R enables instant improvements to be made without upgrading these machines in any way. We have achieved fantastic results for weavers working with recycled yarns who have been amazed at the difference in consistent quality and uninterrupted production that can be achieved.
“As everyone knows, the less waste you have the more you save in materials, labour, runtime and quality and we can help mills cut losses in many of these areas depending on the challenges they are facing. Many of our sensor-based systems are able to give older textile machines a new life and in Singapore we’re looking forward to talking to customers about the problems they face, because we believe there’s even more, we can do with our advanced technologies to make their existing machines more efficient.”
Svegea tubular elements
The colarette machines of Svegea (Hall 6, stand D109) set the usual all through Asia for the excessive velocity manufacturing of tubular attire elements corresponding to cuffs, collars and neck tapes and in Singapore the corporate will display its EC 50 and EC 200 with E-Drive II fashions, as well as to linked chopping techniques.
“Our collarette machines are designed for long life-cycle durability and energy efficiency, reducing waste while providing high-quality binding,” says Svegea Managing Director Håkan Steene. “Our customers in Asia are increasingly looking to automation to improve efficiency and achieve cost savings and we address these needs by developing flexible machines that can be adapted to a wide range of customer requirements and combine high performance with user-friendly automation features.
Vandewiele know-how
Advanced weaving control is also the bedrock of business for Vandewiele Sweden AB (Hall 2, stand D301e), which supplies weft yarn feeding and tension control units for weaving looms to the majority of the leading weaving machine manufacturers, as well for retrofitting in working mills around the world and will present its latest X4 yarn feeders with integrated accessory displays at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024.
X4 feeders are available in three different versions – with an integrated tension display (TED), with integrated active tension control (ATC), or with quick release, which enables weft tension settings to be transferred from one machine to another, enabling a fast start-up the next time the same article is woven. The position of the S-Flex Tensioner is constantly monitored by an internal sensor – even if adjustment is made during power off.
Vandewiele Sweden has recently further strengthened its product portfolio with IRO Gaugepart modules which are applied to tufting looms for the carpet industry, to determine the appearance of a carpet in terms of feel and structure.
“Our size and flexibility mean that we can offer bespoke customer solutions according to specific requests – something that many larger manufacturers have difficulty matching,” says Division Manager Tobias Sternfeldt.
Spray know-how
Finally, the automated Texcoat G4 ending system of BW Converting (Hall 8, stand B201) has been a runaway success previously few years and the corporate will announce a wholly new, however associated know-how shortly earlier than the Singapore exhibition.
“TexCoat G4 spray technology was developed in Sweden from our off-set printing business and we initially focused on installing units in Europe and the USA,” explains the corporate’s Vice President of Global Business Development for Textiles Rick Stanford. “In the past two years, however, we have been very active in Asia, with 35 units sold – and many of these customers have been asking for technologies in related areas. We’ll be saying more very shortly.”
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Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)