Picanol Produces 400,000th Weaving Machine At Leper Facility
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, an OmniPlus-i Connect airjet weaving machine will be dispatched to a customer in India.
“We are extremely proud of this achievement, which once again highlights our position as the global leader in weaving machines,” Johan Verstraete, Vice President Weaving Machines at Picanol.
“Over the past decades, we have continually pushed our boundaries, always working in close partnership with our customers,” he added.
“The experience gained in the production of 400,000 weaving machines is also the best guarantee to our customers that Picanol produces the very best weaving machines on the market,” Verstraete stated.
Since producing its first weaving machine in 1936, Picanol has introduced more than 20 new generations of weaving machines to the market, and recently also its new digital platform PicConnect.
“Sustainability Inside, Driven by Data, Smart Performance, and Intuitive Control are the basic principles applied in the development of every new weaving machine,” Picanol said in a press release.
Driven by an ongoing commitment to R&D, weaving machine speeds have evolved dramatically. The first shuttle weaving machine achieved a speed of approximately 140 wefts per minute.
Today, the latest rapier weaving machine, the Ultimax, is able to reach industrial speeds of more than 800 wefts per minute.
While, the OmniPlus-i Connect airjet weaving machine excels at speeds of up to 1,350 wefts per minute in weaving mills, which makes this machine the fastest airjet weaving machine in the world.
