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Orthopac RXVMC-20 Removes Textile Webs Distortions Faster

Textile Insights October 7, 2023

Mahlo recently introduced the new Orthopac RXVMC-20 automatic straightening system for forward control of knitwear which can remove distortions in textile webs even faster and more precisely. Two individually controlled and driven straightening modules with a total of four bow and three skew

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Karl Mayer Cements Relationship With 75 Years Old Customer

Textile Insights October 7, 2023

Karl Mayer dispatched the first knitting machine to Georg+Otto Friedrich, a leading producer of warp-knitted digital printing fabrics and technical textiles in September 1948. As a token of its solidarity, Georg+Otto Friedrich has donated an old treasure, the seventh machine built by Karl Mayer to Karl Mayer’s Academy. In the past 75 years, Georg+Otto Friedrich […]

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Heberlein Unveils New Range Of DTY Interlacing Jets

Textile Insights October 5, 2023

Heberlein a supplier of air interlacing and air texturing jets, has launched a new range of Advanced Performance DTY interlacing jets. The APe series jets offer significant savings in compressed air consumption, while the APh jets meet highest requirements for knot stability. Heberlein’s had launched the new APe series at ITMA 2023 with the capability […]

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Picanol Produces 400,000th Weaving Machine At Leper Facility

Textile Insights October 3, 2023

Belgium based advanced weaving machines manufacturer Picanol has achieved a milestone of producing the 400,000th weaving machine at its facility in Ieper, Belgium. According to Picanol, the very first Picanol weaving machine was produced in 1936, based on a design by Spanish engineer Jaimé Picañol, after whom the company was named. The 400,000th weaving machine, […]

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Uster Quantum 4.0 Combination Of Capacitive & Optical Sensors

Textile Insights September 28, 2023

Uster Quantum 4.0 presents the unique combination of both capacitive and optical sensors in one and offers the best of both worlds for spinners. “Two years after market introduction, industry feedback underlines the benefits of Uster’s new cross clearing and density detection functions,” Uster said in a press release. Uster’s Quantum 4.0 clearers offer both […]

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Seamless Garments Made Possible With Karl Mayer’s Raschel Machines

Textile Insights September 27, 2023

Producing a complete garment in a single piece, without any seams at all, yet with an integrated body mapping design has been made possible by Karl Mayer’s double-needle-bar raschel machines with EL pattern drive and jacquard. Karl Mayer showed a chic example under Warp Knit Seamless with a sports dress that attracted attention at ITMA […]

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Karl Mayer Upgrades HKS 3-M ON Tricot Machine With New Features

Textile Insights September 22, 2023

Karl Mayer has upgraded its HKS 3-M ON model of Tricot machine, which has been named HKS 3-M ON PLUS. This upgrade allows net-like fabrics to be produced in a variety of densities and structures. “These fabrics include square marquisettes and shoe fabrics, with both also realisable in coarse gauges,” the German company said in […]

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Meet the Long-Awaited Machine: Cavimelt Pro

September 21, 2023

The Cavitec high-performance portfolio of coating, laminating, and impregnating solutions is now extended with the launch of a two-in-one machine featuring rapid switching between rotogravure and full-surface coating. The technological superiority of the new Cavimelt Pro, based on hotmelt adhesive application, delivers bonding performance that meets the highest

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BTMA Member Gives New Lease Of Live To Old Textile Machineries

Textile Insights September 20, 2023

Member companies of the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) are making a very critical contribution to a more sustainable textile industry, by giving existing machines a much-extended life. According to BTMA, there are an estimated 90,000 jet dyeing machines in operations worldwide and between 60-70 percent are outdated and Adaptive Control Solutions is working to

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Elgi launches IoT-Based Air Compressor Monitoring System

Textile Insights September 18, 2023

Coimbatore based air compressor manufacturer Elgi Equipments has launched Air~Alert, an IoT-based Air Compressor Monitoring System in the Indian market. Air~Alert is a data transmission and analysis service that monitors critical parameters and sends out actionable insights and alerts to users. “With these insights, customers can improve uptime and maximise efficiency with