Picanol produces 100,000th rapier weaving machine
Technology/Machinery
Picanol updates its OptiMax rapier machine to handle canvas and filter fabrics
The modules used on the Heavy Canvas & Filter Fabrics variant serve to increase the beat-up power and reinforce take-up and let-off.
1st July 2015
Innovation in Textiles
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Ypres
According to Picanol, the first customers who have modified their machines to weave canvas and filter fabrics with this new variant by fitting special modules have reported excellent fabric properties and stable performance over time.
Fitted modules
When fitted on the company’s rapier machine, the modules make it possible to weave up to 15% heavier fabrics in terms of cover factor and weight per square metre, according to the manufacturer. And yet these machines can also be used to weave standard fabrics at reasonably high speeds.
The modules used on the Heavy Canvas & Filter Fabrics variant serve to increase the beat-up power and reinforce take-up and let-off so as to guarantee a stable beat-up line and minimum distortion in the fabric. For filter fabrics this means even porosity over the width of the fabric, the company reports.
Picanol
Picanol has more than 130,000 weaving machines running in some 2,600 weaving mills worldwide. With R&D efforts aimed at creating the best solutions to its customers’ weaving challenges, the company was the first to introduce many innovative concepts in the weaving industry and it currently holds more than 800 patents.
Picanol plans to continue to expand its role as the technological market leader by increasing the product range of its weaving machines and offering applications for new market segments. The main challenge remains to strengthen the weaving performance, quality and cost competitiveness of its customers, the company reports.
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