Stäubli, the leading manufacturer of high-speed textile machinery, will be exhibiting its latest solutions at the upcoming ITM leading trade fair for textile machinery manufacturers that takes place from 1-4 June in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Turkish weaving market is one of the most important markets for the company’s activities. Anticipating rising demand and the growing importance of the Turkish textile industry, Stäubli invested in a fully owned subsidiary in Istanbul back in the mid-90s.

Stäubli’s sales and technical teams cover the whole country, from Istanbul to Kayseri and Gaziantep, closely collaborating with customers as long-term partners. As an industry partner, Stäubli constantly analyses customers’ needs and integrates solutions in the development of its new products.

Expertise and products

Stäubli offers an extensive machinery range that the weaving sector, including:

• Shedding solutions for frame weaving machines (cam motions, electronic dobbies)
• High-speed Jacquard machines with customer-specific harnesses
• Automated weaving preparation machines (for drawing in and warp tying)
• Carpet and technical textiles weaving machines
• Knitting solutions and drive systems

LX Jacquard machine

On display will be the LX Jacquard machine, which was successfully launched at last year’s ITMA in Milan. Built with high-quality materials and designed to perform with utmost precision at very high speeds, The LX Jacquard machine is said to allow mills to weave sophisticated fabrics for virtually any application, the company reports.

Dobbies and cam motions

The third generation of Stäubli’s rotary dobbies, the S3060/3260 series, can be seen with many application examples at the Stäubli stand and the booths of other weaving machine manufacturers. This new generation of rotary dobbies is said to improve the performance and reliability aspects.

Weaving preparation systems

At the ITM, weavers can see the recently launched SAFIR S60 drawing in a 100% cotton warp sheet (8,173 ends) with Ne 80/2 threads into 16 heald frames (steel J-shaped end loops), drop wires, and reed with a density 200 dents/10cm.

A TOPMATIC warp-tying machine designed for standard applications will demonstrate high-efficiency warp tying.

Carpet weaving systems

The Stäubli business unit Schönherr carpet systems will showcase sophisticated carpet samples. These samples illustrate technological advances, such as the recently introduced Magic Shadow Effect, the traditional carpet effect and other high-density applications, the company reports.

Automatic toe-closing device for circular knitting machines

A recent innovation, the D4S automatic toe-closing device, will be presented on a circular sock knitting machine. Also at the booth will be a variety of servo motors, electronic control solutions, input/output devices and related programming tools used mainly in the textile industry.

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