Machinery for
spinning, man-made fiber production, winding, twisting, bonding and finishing,
etc. (H1 & H2)
AESA
Air Engineering (Booth: H1 D14)
AESA is a leader in air engineering and supplies air conditioning and waste collection systems
for the textile industry as well as for various other industrial processes.
Targeting a higher energy and environmental
efficiency, AESA allows customers
using its know-how and experience in design and implementation of air conditioning plants
for a lighter environmental footprint with
general production benefits and cost savings.
The trend is continuing towards implementation of
fully inverter-controlled systems in spinning and weaving factories, allowing
optimized adjustment of energy consumption to the actual needs.
In addition, the well-known Weave Direct systems
offer substantial reductions in power consumption combined with an accurate
process condition on the weaving looms, thanks to a dedicated supply air ducting
system with diffusers above each loom.
The user-friendly and accurate Digivent control and
monitoring system is communicating in interactive screen functions and allows a
wide usage of recorded data for analysis, statistics and housekeeping.
Bräcker (Booth: H1 D01)
Bräcker, the Swiss based manufacturer of key
components for ring spinning machines, will exhibit ONYX travellers, SFB traveller,
ORBIT ring and BERKOL multigrinder MGL and MGLQ at the exhibition.
The surface treatment of the ONYX travellers
facilitates a higher efficiency. The improved gliding characteristic allow for
an increase of the spindle speed by up to +1000 rpm and prolongs the life of
the traveller by up to +50%. On top of that the running-in period is
considerably reduced.
The large contact surface between SFB traveller and
ORBIT ring allows for increased spindle speeds even with fibers like viscose or
with fibers, tending to thermal damage, e.g. polyester. Higher traveller speeds
of 10 - 20% are achieved compared to the T-flange ring / C-shaped traveller
system. To cover the new demands, the SFB traveller portfolio was substantially
expanded in regards of traveller profiles and weights.
The entire range of top rollers and long cots used
in a spinning mill can be processed on only one single machine. Any execution
of center guided top roller is ground fully automatically on the BERKOL
multigrinder. The multigrinder MGL/ MGLQ is a very flexible grinding machine
for smaller and medium sized spinning mills with up to 50’000 spindles.
Operating the machine is done only from the front side of the machine. The
optimal ergonomics of the multigrinder allow for its efficient operation.
Cormatex
(Booth: H1 E02)
Cormatex will present woollen spinning and nonwoven solutions at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018.
Concerning the woollen spinning sector, the
company’s offer includes brand new and second hand
reconditioned machinery: opening and blending equipment, carding sets in
various configurations (3 or 4 cylinders) and widths, mule and ring spinning frames, assembly winder, twisting and cone winding machines. Moreover, worsted
and semi-worsted machines are available.
In terms of fiber preparation for spinning,the company developed two machines, including wool-deburring
machine and dehairing machine. Wool-deburring machine features a pure
mechanical system that requires no chemicals. It is capable of removing
vegetable impurities from raw wool without fiber breakage or shortening. Dehairing machine has a special
mechanical process that assures the separation of fine fiber from coarse hair, cashmere fiber, alpaca, llama,
buffalo fiber, etc.
In the nonwoven sector, the company provides complete lines that feature three different dry-forming technologies to combine with thermo-bonding ovens and/or needle punching machines.
This year, in particular, the company will draw the attention of visitors with its Horizontal
Airlay system “Lap Formair H”, because of its capability of processing a
variety of different fibers, even in
heterogeneous blends.
This kind of technology combines high
ecological value with huge advantages, such as low
investment and maintenance costs, high productivity and good product versatility.
Possible applications are building construction, automotive industry,
furniture, mattress production, agriculture, packaging, apparel and so on.
Fadis (Booth:
H1 E09)
Italian manufacturer Fadis provides advanced machines such rewinders, soft winders, assembly winders, hank
to cone winders, reeling machines, spooling machines and intermingling for
processing all types of yarn.
At the show, the company will
present SINCRO PLUS, a new
high density electronic yarn guided precision winding range, which represents a new concept of winding platform.
Thanks to this new platform, SINCRO PLUS range machine offers the market premium quality, high productivity and versatility,
as well as reduced operating cost.
Equipped with the company’s unique “Tens Control”
and electronic online yarn tension control system, the range provides good yarn
laying control. Due to its high winding speed, the machine only requires lower
investment compared with less performing machines.
Moreover, additional fan or cooling system is not
required. The machine consumes less energy and maintenance materials. It
provides high versatility with the possibility of processing parameters through
the Touch Screen industrial PC.
Fil
Control (Booth: H1 D06)
For more than 35 years, Fil Control has
been developing and producing electronic devices for both machinery
manufacturers (OEM) and textile industrialists.
Fil Control belongs to Reyes Asia for the
Asian market. With Fil Control worldwide
sales and R&D team based in Montbron, France, and a production and Asian sales based in Wuhu (Anhui, China), the
company is staffed with competent team members in order to provide customers
with high quality products.
At the show, Fil Control will
introduce a new tension sensor MYT-T. It
is a load cell sensor devoted to assembling, winding
and texturing operations, and is applicable for high count (400 to 10,000 DTex) and high tensioned yarn (up to
4,000g).
The sensor delivers an analog signal
proportional to yarn tension. This information
will be used by machine controller to keep constant yarn tension or stop the spindle if tension is out of normal
operation range.
Graf
(Booth: H1 D01)
Switzerland-based Graf + Cie AG, a leading supplier
of clothings for flat cards, roller cards and combs for combing machines, will present its wide portfolio of solutions for
the spinning and fiber preparation process.
As a complete system provider, Graf offers a
comprehensive package from the product and technical advice through to service
and service equipment. Graf’s new products and product systems always have one
goal: to strengthen the customers’ position in their markets.
Ri-Q-Comb flex, the innovative circular comb series
with adjustable height for up to 20% lower imperfections. For the first time at
the international trade fair, the new top combs FIXPRO C35 and C40 will be
presented. With 35 or 40 teeth respectively, nep values can be improved by up
to 30%.
For the flat clothing, the EasyTop System stands
for optimal settings of the carding gap and reduces the loss in good fiber. In
addition, the handling of flat clothing replacement is much easier and can be
done without special equipment.
Meanwhile, the reputable product line of flexible
flat clothings, well-known by the brand names resist-O-top or InLine-X-Top,
stand for better quality in combination with higher lifetime compared to
competitor-products in the short to medium staple range.
Besides the applications on display, Graf provides
a wide range of solutions in the carding-, combing- and nonwoven-processes.
Laroche (Booth:
H2 A34)
Laroche S.A. has been a major player in the textile waste recycling and airlaid
nonwoven field and involved in new technologies for turning post-consumer goods
into valuable products.
The company will present some recent development at
the show, including the special lines that convert used clothing into fibers and remove metal
and plastic contaminants. The fibers can then be
airlaid and thermobonded into felts for automotive, bedding and furniture
industries.
In addition, old mattresses
can be deconstructed and the foam can be shredded into chips while the textile portion can be recycled into fibers. Then,
they can be airlaid and thermobonded back into
components for new mattresses.
Novibra (Booth: H1 D01)
Novibra, a trend setter in spindle technology, will
present the latest innovations in spindle technology at the show.
Among the biggest issues of the textile industry
today is the demand for energy savings and the call for reduction of
maintenance costs in the mill. Novibra is looking forward to discussing with
the customers the new products that are reflecting this trend.
One of the highlights at the show is the energy
saving spindle LENA. It has been designed to achieve lower energy consumption
at high speed. It features Novibra premium double damping system for minimum
neck bearing load and the unique LENA spindle bearings with 3 mm and 5.8mm diameters
only. As a result, the lower friction of the bearings and reduced spindle
wharve diameter can save energy for 4 to 6%.
On the other hand, CROCOdoff and CROCOdoff Forte, the
new generation of clamping crowns, introduce genuine doffing without
underwinding. The crowns work automatically depending on the spindle speed
change and therefore, there is no significant adjustment on the machine needed.
The major advantages are lower after-doff end down rate and minimized fiber fly,
leading to reduction of maintenance costs, waste and energy consumption.
Since the revolutionary High Precision Spindle
(HPS) concept introduction 30 years back, the company has been continuously
launching innovative products for the modern spinning mills to the market.
NSC
Fibre to Yarn (Booth: H1 D35)
NSC Fibre to Yarn, which includes N. Schlumberger and Seydel trademarks, will exhibit one drawing head of the new model GC40 chain gill
drawing machine for the production of
high quality yarn in long staple fibers for combing,
recombing, spinning preparation and tow to top in polyester and acrylic.
The company will focus on
its novel technological advances made to its product
range: a new GC40 family drawing machines and the GN8 intersecting drawing machine. The evolution of its ERA comber will be particularly unveiled to Chinese and international customers at the show.
The company will also introduce its service center with its genuine spare parts stock in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu. Thanks to a reliable concept of construction, significant evolutions include production
performances, quality standards, operating and maintenance costs, instant control and diagnosis, etc. Moreover, electronic
controls imply a user-friendly man-machine dialogue and an increase of productivity.
Rieter (Booth:
H1 D01)
Rieter will present the new Digital Spinning Suite
platform with the Rieter rotor spinning system at the show. In 2019, this
solution will also be available for ring, compact and air spinning systems.
From mid-2019, the existing Rieter digital systems UPtime and SPIDERweb will
also be migrated to the Digital Spinning Suite.
UPtime adds intelligence to the planning of
maintenance tasks in spinning mills. Based on the monitored parameters and big
data analytics, the system collects performance-critical data, identifies
deviations including causes and indicates potential future errors or even
failures. UPtime optimizes the maintenance of spinning mills in terms of predictive
maintenance.
Rieter launched four new ring and compact-spinning machines,
including the ring spinning machines G 37 and G 38 and the compact-spinning
machines K 47 and K 48. G 32 and K 42 remain part of the Rieter portfolio. The
new LENA spindle, which is available as an option, facilitates further
significant energy savings with the four new models. The compacting system
“EliTe Compact Spinning System” is available as an option on the three
conventional ring spinning machines G 32, G 37 and G 38.
The 8 series machines are ideal for markets where
staff availability is limited and the requirements for flexibility and yarn
quality are particularly high. With these all-inclusive models, customers get
the benefit of high degree of automation, top performance and complete flexibility
for standard and special yarns, based on an electronic drafting system drive,
the integrated individual spindle monitoring system ISM premium and the
integrated slub yarn device.
The 7 series machines were designed for markets
where the shortage of personnel is not an issue and the requirements for
flexibility and yarn quality are high. They allow customers a high level of
flexibility due to their unrestricted application range with full machine
length, even with all special yarns. The electronic drafting system drive
reduces the downtime for article change. The integrated individual spindle
monitoring system ISM basic increases the efficiency of the operators – and
hence the efficiency of the machine.
The company also has interesting things to offer in
the field of spinning preparation. The autoleveler draw frame RSB-D 26
celebrates its premiere in Shanghai. It impresses due to superior sliver
quality, low production costs and easy operation and maintenance.
In addition, the new CWX machines from SSM expand
the application range for winding machines. With the new winding machine CWX-W,
power consumption can be reduced to 35 watts per spindle. It is the ideal
system for energy-efficient rewinding of cones used in weaving, knitting and
circular knitting.
Salmoiraghi
(Booth: H1 E13)

Salmoiraghi Automatic Handling Group is
a leader in automated handling and storage systems for
man-made yarn bobbins and other textile products.
At the show, Salmoiraghi
will exhibit the IGVD Automatic Doffing System. It is a driverless, automatically guided, battery-powered vehicle
equipped with a special doffing module with twin bobbin mandrels. The vehicle
features a state-of-the-art inertial guidance system, ensuring millimeter
positioning accuracy.
This machine is designed to perform the
same tasks as the “classic” automatic Doffers. The IGVD Automatic Doffing System is specifically designed to serve
both new generation double-chuck winders (TMT
“MANTA”, and BARMAG “WINGS” and “I-QOON”) for man-made continuous yarn, as well
as classic single chuck winder types.
The system is the only feasible automatic doffing solution in winding
aisles characterized by low ceilings and tight spaces, which preclude the use
of classic Doffers. It is also an excellent solution when it is desired to
avoid the fabrication and installation of overhead supporting structures.
The company also continues
offering a wide range of “classic” automatic Doffers, designed to transfer the
doffed bobbins to “Shuttle” transport vehicles travelling on overhead monorail
circuits – technology widely used by Salmoiraghi in many Automated Handling
Systems installed worldwide.
All Doffers feature numerous sustainable technology and energy-saving
solutions, making them green, quiet and reliable. This fact is
indicated by the certified “Green Label” affixed to these machines.
Visitors to the stand will have the
opportunity to discuss their specific textile automation needs with the team. Extensive multimedia documentation will be available to show the
various automation solutions for small, medium and large textile plants.
In addition, the company will also present the revolutionary concept for Autowarehouses for fabric rolls.
Among them, three of these Autowarehouses are currently
in operation in Italy.
Meanwhile, the company’s scope
is to offer Global Handling solutions for fully automated plants, all the way
from the production line to final shipping. In these plants, it is possible to
control from the computer room the complete product flow and contemporaneously check in real
time all product physical and statistic characteristics.
The ultimate target is to achieve Total
Quality, lower operation costs and augmented plant profitability by
implementing the "Industry 4.0" Smart Factory concept and
technologies.
The production range includes various types of ground conveyors and load transport vehicles,
product bulk packing lines, machine control and system supervision software,
factory automation systems, etc.
Savio (Booth:
H1 C24)

The Italian manufacturer Savio will exhibit in
Shanghai energy saving and Industry 4.0 solutions in the winding segment: Polar
Evolution and Eco PulsarS winding machines, plus an Industry 4.0 corner with
smart solutions for mill monitoring.
Polar winding machines have been recently developed
to the Evolution series, gathering all the innovative solutions in terms of
technology, efficiency, quality output and maintenance. The machine on display
will be a round magazine feeding one, provided with an efficient and fast automatic
doffer.
Eco PulsarS winding machine, with its sustainable
eco-green advantage, replies to the market demand of energy saving, including
room air conditioning, together with improved production performances, high quality
packages and utmost automated solutions.
EcoPulsarS’s solution of the “individual and
independent suction unit per spindle” represents a real break-through versus
the conventional system. Each unit operates at optimum suction values without
influencing the rest of the spindles. This means no more compromises in
balancing the suction as in conventional centralized systems, in which the fan
is permanently in operation. Since suction is generated only when needed, customer
can save up to 30% power, while a better efficiency, a smoother winding process
and overall superior package and yarn quality are achieved as well.
Reduction of noise is another key aspect.
EcoPulsarS combining all new features and design has created an environment in
which each part of the machine can operate at an optimum level. Spindles and bobbins
feeding systems set independently the level of suction required. Suction is
generated as needed and used without losses. The new Controlled Cut System,
Yarn Tension Control System, Waste Collection System and Upgraded Splicing
Solutions, each contribute to the overall reduction of noise and process
downtimes.
The Savio Direct Link System (I/DLS) solution, for
linking the ring spinning frames (RSF) to the winders, enables a fast and
efficient direct feeding of bobbins, along with the full interfacing
flexibility with all kind of RSF. From RSF bobbin to the final package, the
yarn is processed untouched and with zero transit time, ensuring maximum
quality, less material handling and no chances of contamination.
In order to satisfy each new developments on ring
frame design, the system has been designed in a “modular type” granting the
possibility of reaching the highest number of winding heads, to match the trend
of the spinning frame manufacturers with longer and longer machines up to 2.000
spindles.
Savio Winder 4.0 represents an important step
towards a wide digitalization process, being a solution for intelligent
networking of machines in the spinning/winding room. This data management system
is a very modern and important management tool, relieving mill management staff
of time-consuming routine work as the winding room can be live monitored.
Thanks to data analytics, a wealth of data are
available, allowing to manage the different production phases in better possible
way and to monitor all significant parameters anytime and anywhere, making use
of mobile devices. All these features enable Savio customers to control overall
equipment effectiveness, increase workforce efficiency, and maximize quality
and working time.
SSM (Booth:
H1 D01)
The Swiss-based SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG will show
some novel solutions for economical and flexible yarn production.
After the successful introduction of the
XENO-platform in 2016 and the X-Series in 2017, SSM has extended the range of
applications on these platforms. With the brand new drum winder, the power consumption per spindle is lower than ever,
which is down to 35 watt, depending on parameter
settings.
The small pitch and integrated control
cabinet maximize the space utilization. Thanks to the new developed and single
controlled motor, it is the ideal machine for an energy efficient rewinding of
cones used in the weaving, warp knitting and circular knitting process. The new
drum winder, named CWX-W, is also available for assembly winding as CWX-D.
In the top quality segment, SSM’s customer can now benefit from a wider range of applications, such
as fancyflex options for the production of slubs and thick & thin effects,
controlled overfeed variations, creation of “neps” and intermittent
intermingling of drawn textured yarn (DTY). Another benefit is the maximized
productivity and profit, when using the DIGICONE 2 for the XENO-platform to
increase the dye package density with unchanged dyeing recipes.
In addition, the company will exhibit the winding machine for the preparation of low-density muffs, which
enables to preserve high residual elasticity
of the yarn throughout the dyeing process.
Suessen (Booth: H1 D01)
As a leader in compact ring and open-end rotor
spinning technology, Suessen will demonstrate the competence in handling and
processing natural and man-made-fibers.
The new EliTe is a compact spinning system with new
innovative components further boosting productivity and yarn quality. For
existing installations, the company offers upgrade packages to enable the
customers to participate in the benefits of the new developments and
innovations. At the booth, the new EliTe will be displayed on a Rieter ring
spinning machine.
The EliTwist Spinning System combines compact
spinning and twisting of a plied yarn in one single production step,
representing one of the most economical ways to produce two-ply yarns.
In addition, the HP-GX Top Weighting Arms for short
staple, roving and worsted spinning machines are equipped with finely tuned
heavy-duty plate springs for frictionless load transmission. The HP-GX 3010 in
combination with ACP Quality Package (Active Cradle with PINSpacer NT) reduces
IPIs in cotton spinning up to 60% and Uster CV% up to 15%. It is a suitable arm
to replace the existing systems on ring spinning machines, while the given top
roller equipment may be reused.
Tomsic
(Booth: H1 E14)
Tomsic S.r.l. will
present EASY Evenness Tester, an evenness tester for yarn, roving and sliver. The consistently great
success of the TOMSIC tester is thanks to application of the advanced
technology, simplicity of operation, flexibility, zero maintenance cost and an
attractive price to performance ratio.
EASY is equipped with operator-friendly
software. All operating parameters are setting in only one window. In the same
window, the measuring units can be selected before run
the test. The graphical and numerical results perfectly aligned to world
standards, are displayed in one window for direct test
comparison, allowing easier and simpler management for
operator.
The flexible software, installed on a
normal PC with Windows 10 platform, allows automatic update of new features directly from Tomsic service station without any charges. This advantage guarantees that the
customer’s equipment is always updated with novel technology.
“EASY” data retrieval is
based on the Open SQL Server database. This database, using the SQL principle,
enables all data to be exported easily to other programs/databases. All
parameters are with open access which
permits free LAN connection. The
reports can be globally read online and in real
time.
Since ITMA 2015, the TOMSIC Evenness Tester
has upgraded with the Link Job technology.
This technology offers the possibility to link the Evenness tester with Tomsic
Count Analyser to collect directly the data of the real count and obtain the real test results. It is an error-avoid system and time-saving technology.
The company offers local after sales services in many countries around the world, besides the sale's agent, so it
can always guarantee prompt and competent assistance. However, “EASY” has been
developed based on the modular principle,
where each slot is independent and easily extractable if necessary. In practice a lower service-cost is guaranteed and thus a technician on site is not a necessity.