French Textile Machinery at ITMA 2011

French Textile Machinery at ITMA 2011
France is the 6th textile machinery exporter worldwide and together the 35 manufacturers report annual exports exceeding 1 billion Euros (1.4 Billion USD). This special report by UCMTF highlights the French Textile Machinery Technology at ITMA Barcelona.
This major textile machinery show takes place every four years is the only textile machinery show where so many machines are
erected and many of them really work. “It is the place for innovation and a unique opportunity to meet so many people, to see so
many machines in what I call the biggest textile factory worldwide”, states Evelyne CHOLET, UCMTF’s Secretary General. All the
textile processes will be represented: spinning, weaving, knitting (circular and flat), dyeing and finishing, nonwovens, apparel manufacturing. Fibers producers and research centers and universities will be there for the first time.
The French manufacturers have put a lot of emphasis to prepare this event. They will present their “High Tech, energy saving
machinery for high quality markets” summarizes UCMTF’s Chairman Bruno AMELINE, who adds “ in France we do not have big
diversified groups but state of the art, very active and specialized SME’S leaders in their sectors of application. They are doing very
well and look to the future with great expectations.”
FIL CONTROL
(H1 - B 145)
The main products are yarn sensors
and
yarn
cutters,
devices
used for checking
yarn presence or
yarn quality control. Fil control MPS
Devices
are
devoted to processing machines: yarn
assembling, yarn spinning, texturing, covering, twisting, to control the yarn. Yarn
sensors are based on different technologies: capacitive, piezo, optical and electromechanical. Electromagnetic or pneumatic
for yarn cutters. MDL-B, Length Meter
Device. After winding, bobbins will be
used on twisting, weaving machines, etc.
SUPERBA (H1 - A 118)
SUPERBA will present its TVP3 line and
new surprising developments in the field
of floor covering. SUPERBA is the global
leader in the market related with continuous carpet yarn heat-setting and dyeing
processes and manufactures machines
used for heat-setting, steaming and
dyeing of the shrinkable yarns for the production of the woven-tufted carpet and
rugs (PP, PA, PET, PAN, Wool and blends),
continuous steaming and shrinking for the
machine or hand knitting yarns and continuous space dyeing up to eight colors, in
micro to long-space spots.
PETIT (H1 - A 138 )
PETIT Spare Parts is a PETIT Group
company, specializing in textile accessories
with over 6000 spare parts references
available on stock at competitive prices. A
few months ago, PETIT Spare Parts has
acquired worldwide exclusive rights to
deal in original spare parts for the “fine
fibres” machines of the ARCT, ACBF, ICBT,
RIETER ICBT and RITM brands.
SCHAEFFER PRODUCTIQUE
(H1 - C 103)
SCHAEFFER develops textile specialized management software and displays:
Model of dialog between information
systems that accelerate processes and
enhance reliability in the supply chain
management (Collective platform of
numeric data interchange),
New mobile interactive solutions using
Tablet PC.
ERP/CRM software for integrated
business
management
(Sales,
Purchase,
Stocks,
Production,
Scheduling, Sub-contracting),
Collaborative internet B2B applications for Sales and Supply chain management using web services,
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Superba TVP3.
SUPERBA heat-setting process with
saturated steam under pressure has always
been the more energy efficient on the
market and the latest heat setting line
generation known under the name of
TVP3, has seen its energy consumption cut
almost in half compared other machines.
Technical yarn processing: SwissTex
France will exhibit several machines for the
twisting, assembling and cabling of heavy
count for technical uses: industrial markets, tires, carpets and rugs, glass applications. For the carpet yarn markets an
energy Saving Concept will bring out its
evolution based on the cabling and twisting machine dedicated for synthetic yarns
and natural fibers for Carpet yarn market.
For the tire cord machinery SwissTex
France will exhibit a new cabler-twister
focusing on energy saving.
AESA Air Engineering (H2 - C 173)
The overall energy saving is becoming
a competitiveness factor and AESA air
conditioning plants are contributing in a
big way to this goal. For spinning factories,
the state of the art is to drive all fans and
pumps motors through inverters. For
weaving industry, WEAVE DIRECT offers
upto 50 % energy savings, thank to a dedicated supply air ducting system, where
unique and localized WDB type diffusers
are placed above each loom. Therefore,
the moisture needed for a good output is
conveyed in the right quantity to the right
place above the loom, and the overall air
requirement can be reduced drastically.
The DIGIVENT control system, with latest
AESA logic offers more stable room condition between running and not running
high speed machines.
SWISSTEX FRANCE (H1 - A 147)
SwissTex France is a French company
located in Valence and operating internationally, designing and producing hightech machines for the textile industries.
Industrial Yarns.
AESA - Weave Direct System Supply air ducts.
ANDRITZ PERFOJET (H2 - A 145)
Andritz Perfojet and Andritz Küsters will present their latest
developments in wetlaid, spunlace, calender, and wet finishing at
ITMA 2011. With the neXline spunlace, which includes the Jetlace
hydroentanglement system, a dewatering unit, through-air dryer,
and twin embossing calender, Andritz can provide a single-source
solution with high productivity and very attractive energy efficiency to produce state-of-the-art spunlace fabrics.
LAROCHE (H2 - A 136)
LAROCHE will presents complete turnkey airlay nonwoven
lines and will display following technology:
FLEXILOFT plus Airlay technology with improved web uniformity and weight range.
JUMBO tearing
lines with improved
throughput and special devices for the
recycling of post consumer clothings and
carpet waste.
MINITRIM HSP
400
(highspeed)
edge trim opening
LAROCHE Airlay for natural fibers insulation felts. machine.
NSC FIBRE TO YARN (Stand H2 - A 142)
“NSC Fibre to Yarn” which includes N. Schlumberger, Sant
Andrea Novara, Seydel, Cognetex and Thibeau brands will showcase latest technological advances made to its product range. A
new stretch breaker, evolution of its ERA comber, improvements
on the GC30 family drawing machines will be unveiled to its
international customers. For NSC Fibre to Yarn division, significant
improvements in performances of production, quality standards,
operating and maintenance costs, instant control and diagnosis,
cost energy savings will be presented.
NSC NONWOVEN (H2 - A 141)
NSC Nonwoven is releasing its latest innovations: the “T.T
Excelle® card” and the ACS system. The T.T Excelle® card technology provides the ability to obtain MD/CD strength ratios
under 3/1, even at high production speeds at over 250 m/min. In
addition, Bonding Index values are improved. This opens new
market opportunities to the wipes and ADL industries, but also to
many more nonwoven industries for all kinds of applications.
Available on new Asselin® crosslappers, the ACS boosts nonwoven production line productivity, even with literally no draft
(difference of speeds) between the card and crosslappers infeed
speed.
EBELMANN (H3 - C 141)
EBELMANN offers a manufacturing and re-sharpening service
for cutting devices made in tungsten carbide, high speed steel
and ceramic. For technical fibres as Kevlar®, carbon fibres, glass
fibres, EBELMANN manufactures special scissors, made from carbide tungsten blades, in association with polycrystalline diamond
inserts.
MALLEIN (H3 - C 112)
MALLEIN will exhibit its new range of aluminium canisters
during ITMA 2011, Canisters are being improved every year, and
made more stronger with the greatest geometric precision.
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STÄUBLI (H3 - D 148/150)
STÄUBLI’s is active in the field of textile machinery include shedding systems
for weaving machines, weaving preparation systems, and carpet weaving
machines. At its ITMA booth STÄUBLI will
present and demonstrate a cross-section
on its product range.
Most dominant a carpet weaving of
the type ALPHA made by Group member
Schönherr. The machine comes in a brand
new configuration that has the potential
to weave not only high quality carpets but
extend its range of application to technical
textiles as well.
Among the various electronic Jacquard
machines the most modern type SX will be
shown. It can be equipped with either
1408 or 2688 hooks controlled. and a new
UNIVAL jacquard machine for name
selvedges. Also a newly developed electronic type dobby will be presented for the
first time. Weaving preparation systems
will demonstrate drawing-in system family
SAFIR and warp tying machine MAGMA,
the warp tying machine for coarse yarns.
ALLIANCE Machines Textiles
(H4 - B 141)
ALLIANCE will present a new Rotora
yarn and piece dyeing machine, offering
50% reduction in production costs. The
machine can be used for woven or knitted
fabrics in many applications, such as furniture, viscose lycra, velvet and toweling.
In this new machine customer will be
able to dye yarns (cones) together with
fabric on a beam in order to obtain the
same color for yarn and fabric. This
machine was developed in collaboration
with a customer in the field of hosiery. The
machine offers more versatility, because in
the same machine the customer can dye
either one beam with wide fabrics or two
beams with smaller fabrics or one beam
with fabric and a beam with cones or two
beams with cones.
Alliance will also show RIVIERA ECO+
which allows the best performance in
terms of liquor ratio. Many customers in
Europe, Morocco, Tunisia, Brazil and
Allaince Rotora.
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Turkey are dyeing high quality viscose
lycra (without creases and with a perfect
surface aspect) in a liquor ratio of 1: 3 (for
example for a 2 tubes machines about 400
kgs of fabric are dyed with about 1 000
Liters of water).
CALLEBAUT DE BLICQUY
(H4 - D 109)
CALLEBAUT DE BLICQUY (CDB) will
introduce latest improvements in dyework management optimization:
On laboratory level, with CDB specific
device for “online” color measuring,
integrated to the dyeing machine or
any other equipment requiring it, and
with their own lab equipment allowing both process optimization and significant production cost savings.
On industrial level: CDB will introduce
machines for economical and ecological High Density bleaching and dyeing
of loose stock fibers, tow and bumps,
(upto 700 kg per cubic meter for
acrylic or polyester tow and more than
350 kg per cubic meter for loose
cotton fibers), allowing huge savings
in water, steam and ingredients consumption, and so providing the most
competitive cost prices (up to 25%
cost price reduction).
CDB will also offer their latest developments dealing with bobbins, hanks, ribbon
and ready-made article dyeing, with Space
Dyeing and also propose pertinent solutions for partial or full water recycling and
for effluent treatment.
ROUSSELET-ROBATEL
(Stand H4 - D 119)
Centrifugal hydro extraction is still the
most economical way for pre drying - and
in some specific cases - drying all textile
products and materials after bleaching,
dyeing, washing, recycling and any other
wet treatment processes.
ROUSSELET ROBATEL, as the centrifuge specialist, will introduce latest version of continuous hydro for loose stock
fibers, which allows significant energy and
cost savings at the level of the dryer in
cotton bleaching and fibers dyeing continuous lines. Thanks to a new complete
opening lid, basket accessibility is highly
improved and centrifuge cleaning operations are easier, thus increasing its flexibility to suit with regular product or color
changes.
ROUSSELET-ROBATEL will show a laboratory centrifugal extractor with a 120
mm diameter basket for very small sample
processing, and also a medium size hydro
extractor for jeans.
SPOOLEX - Calemard/Decoup+
(H5 B 136 -137)
Spoolex
Company
presents
CalemardTM,
Decoup+TM
and
Roll
ConceptTM product lines for web products
processing and handling. CalemardTM is
slitter/rewinder manufacturer, which produces proven highly technical solutions for
major textile players. Their range of
machinery covers almost all slitting needs:
from compact slitter able to convert secondary rolls into narrow tapes or tubes up
to 6mm wide, to XXL slitter rewinder up to
3.4 m working width which is the new
addition to their range of products. The
visitors can discover standard and versatile
Athena type slitter/rewinder fitted with
cutting technologies, such as: direct or
combined, hot, cold or ultrasonic.
The new compact Softedger cutter has
been developed for narrow strips 100%
PE, Tafta or satin. This 160W device avoids
product stretching, less stress on fabric,
narrow slitting, better welding quality, perfect edges stability on rewinding and especially flat and smooth edges.
On ultrasonic area, Decoup+TM brand
proposes different cutting and welding
equipment, applicable at any stage of the
textile production and converting process.
From handheld devices for final make-up
operations, to module to be integrated on
weaving looms, stenters or off-line
machines, the industrial solutions are specifically adapted to continuous operations.
Roll ConceptTM, industrial rollers division, will present AlveotubeTM specially
engineered to improve process performance and increase line speed on web handling and converting industry, lightweight
precision rolls and winding cores ensure
easy installation, easy handling and durability.
DOLLFUS & MULLER (H6 - B 108)
DOLLFUS & MULLER offers technical
finishing spare parts such as endless felts
and open mesh dryer belts for textile finishing:
Compacting felts for knit finishing.
Printing dryer belts for printing.
Sanforizing felts for denim and woven
fabrics finishing.
Decatizing felts for wool finishing.
Satin wrappers for wool finishing.
Tensionless dryer belts for knits finishing.
Transfer printing and calendaring felts.
DOLLFUS & MULLER will introduce
its new compacting felt for knit finishing in
order to serve better the dyeing houses.
Furthermore, will DOLLFUS & MULLER
display its durable printing dryer belts and
sanforizing palmer felts.