ITMA 2015 Preview(Ⅲ)

Updated: 11/12/2015 5:51:28 PM

ITMA-- the largest international textile machinery showcase worldwide—will be held in Milan (Rho-Fiera) on November 12- 19, 2015. Here are some companies who will present at the event. Let's have a look who they are and what they will show.

COLORJET (Hall 18, Booth H102)

COLORJET Group, India's largest manufacturer of digital printing machines is introducing two future-ready digital textile printing solutions, the METRO and the FABJET-DUO at ITMA 2015.

The METRO is a truly advanced industrial grade digital textile printer, which fantastically incorporates the latest technology and efficient engineering to meet the ever growing demands of textile business.

The second innovative printer is the FABJET-DUO, which has the ‘Power of Two' in one machine. This printer has a dual ink supply system which gives one the freedom to choose between any two of the three inks; Reactive, Disperse and Pigment and thus by just a flick of a switch, the printer becomes a reactive or pigment or disperse ink printer.

So now rather than investing in two machines, textile printers have the option to use just one machine for printing with two of the three inks.

The FABJET-DUO offers access to printing cotton and polyester fabrics on the same machine and also makes for a perfect solution for sampling as well as mass production. Not just that, it is ideal for printing of home textiles since the printer has a width of 3.2 metres.

Jakob Müller (Hall 3, Booth D110)

Jakob Müller AG will present its technology for the manufacture of woven and knitted tapes and webbing, woven ropes, woven labels and technical textiles, printed narrow fabrics, dyeing, make-up and winding machinery. It also supplies programs covering all the needs of the ribbons and narrow fabrics industry from individual yarn processing up to the finished, made-up product. At ITMA 2015, Jakob Müller will highlight the following exhibits:

  - MüGRIP^® MBJ6 – rapier label weaving machine for labels and pictures with cut selvedges, linked with optional MüCAD DIRECT TRANSFER software. Pattern: satin label with 3D effect, 50dtex in warp and weft, on average 229 picks / cm
  - MüJET^® MBJL6 – air jet label weaving machine for labels and pictures with cut selvedges, linked with optional MüCAN SERVER software Pattern: high quality fashion taffeta label, 50 dtex in the warp, 30 and 50 dtex in the weft, on average 534 picks/cm
  - NH2 53 6/27 S2 SNO2B – electronically controlled, narrow fabric needle loom for light- to medium-weight, elastic and non-elastic narrow fabrics with unlimited repeat lengths
  - NHJM2 53 6/42 Z4 – electronically controlled, narrow fabric needle loom for Jacquard-patterned articles with a warp effect and unlimited repeat lengths. Linked with optional MüCAD DIRECT TRANSFER software
  - COMEZ ACOTRONIC 8B/600 – electronic crochet knitting machine using compound needles for ribbon, laces and technical articles
  - COMEZ TESTRONIC 1600/EL – electronic crochet knitting machine for the production of fabrics for outerwear and technical uses
  - Müprint MDP3 E – ink jet direct printing system for elastic and non-elastic narrow fabrics
  - MFR1.5 50/100 – single or double end machine for light- to medium-weight, elastic and non-elastic ribbons and tapes
  - UV60-RS for the measuring and winding of belts, safety belts, narrow fabrics and tubular goods
  - MüCAD workstation – Including MüCAD Basic, MüCAN Server, MüCAD Direct Transfer

Karl Mayer (Hall 5, Booth C101)

At ITMA 2015 KARL MAYER will be showing that it stands for trend-setting new innovations in warp knitting and warp preparation – an image which the manufacturer emphasizes by a fresh, modern appearance at the trade fair and by a new corporate design.

More specifically, it will be showing a new HKS 2-SE high-speed machine with a unique performance profile. An important feature is the Low Energy Option (LEO) as a contribution to sustainability. Right from the very first glance, this new machine looks innovative, thanks to a completely revamped, modern machine design that focuses on ergonomics. This new corporate look will be standard on all future developments. KARL MAYER will also be showing the HKS 4-M-EL high-speed tricot machine. Equipped with EL control, this new tricot machine is a flexible, highly efficient all-round machine.

Lace manufacturers, in search of completely new looks, will definitely get their money's worth – thanks to a multi-bar raschel machine equipped with fall plate, in a working width of 242" and thanks to another lace machine for producing lace bands and outerwear.

Innovative newcomer for manufacturing technical textiles is a new generation of the tried and tested HKS MSUS machine, based on the Wefttronic^{^®} concept.

KARL MAYER has developed two new innovations with the focus on flexibility for the warp preparation sector: a sectional warping machine which can be extended from a standard equipment into a weaving preparation machine for special applications, and a warp sampling machine with a previously unreached working width, thus, opening up new applications. Another highlight is the size box making a contribution to the subject of sustainability in sizing, and an innovative technology for the denim dyeing sector, that are setting new standards in terms of product quality.

Alongside all these new technical developments, KARL MAYER will be demonstrating that it has extended its all-round technical customer support services on a modular-based concept. The new features for more user benefit especially include offers for even more efficiency and performance of services and spare parts procurement. Besides, three innovative online shopping facilities for mobile phones – the apps KARL MAYER CHECK PARTS and KARL MAYER CONNECT as well as the SPARE PARTS WEBSHOP – ensure a short track to KARL MAYER.

Lindauer DORNIER (Hall 1, Booth A108)

The Lindauer DORNIER GmbH will display at ITMA 2015 a multitude of innovations and new machine concepts for particularly sophisticated fabrics. Under the motto "The Green Machine", this family enterprise will present comprehensive solutions for sustainable technologies. In addition to the focus placed on the production of technical textiles to improve sustainability, the German machine manufacturer also presents newest developments for the applications of home textiles, clothing and technical textiles. The highlight of the 400 m² exhibition booth is a new generation of rapier weaving machines – the P2 that will be revealed to the public for the first time. Further DORNIER exhibits are an air-jet weaving machine A1 and two rapier weaving machines P1 in their respectively latest version.

The P2 is a further development of the DORNIER rapier weaving P1 machine with positive controlled center transfer. At the ITMA stand, this machine will produce a high density filter fabric in super heavy design with nominal width of 320 cm and two warp beams. The extremely high density is achieved by a specially developed cloth take-up, an absolute uniformity of the filling density and a reed impact force of 5 tons. In order to master the warp tension, the DORNIER SyncroDrive^{^®} with its stable speed is used for minimizing the load peaks in the whole shedding motion. This new rapier weaving machine P2 provides for weavers a multitude of new fields of application as well as the chance to open up new markets.

The rapier weaving machine P1 of the latest version will be producing a sophisticated functional fabric out of different materials, e.g. upholstery fabrics for office chairs. Monofilaments and different flock yarns are used in the filling. The color of the fabric can be chosen individually according to customer wishes. P1 is equipped with a warp tension measuring system whose sensors control the actuators by means of the warp let-off control thus ensuring a constant warp tension of the challenging elastic materials.

Another P1 rapier weaving machine will be weaving a very exceptional fabric for sophisticated ladies outerwear that was recently presented at the Première Vision. The fabric is woven with 16 filling colors and different materials at a speed up to 600 fillings/minute. A multitude of patented machine functions and components such as DORNIER MotoLeno^{^®} for the selvedge creation and DORNIER AirGuide^{^®} for precise rapier guidance in the shed guarantee furthermore topmost process reliability.

The air-jet weaving machine A1 of the latest version will be producing a suit fabric out of worsted yarn as fabricated by the leading textile factories worldwide. The machine succeeds in meeting the challenge of weaving a high-quality fabric out of the finest wool yarns with high productivity with its gentle filling insertion in combination with the automatic filling break repair. The air-jet weaving machine A1 is used at more than 1,000 picks/minute in industrial applications. The newly developed nozzle concept accelerates the filling thread gently and inserts therefore sensitive yarns even more smoothly. The vibrations in the shedding motions are further reduced by using DORNIER SyncroDrive^®.

In addition, at the Bonas booth a DORNIER rapier weaving machine P I Jacquard version will be producing alternately a medium weight carpet fabric and a gobelin. The jacquard machine is directly mounted and screw connected to the weaving machine. 18,432 hooks are used. At the Staubli booth, a DORNIER air-jet weaving machine A1 will be weaving airbag fabric that is "one piece woven" (OPW). The combination of jacquard weaving machine and A1 is the optimum solution for this special production technique. 12,228 hooks are used. A standard feature of this machine is the DORNIER SyncroDrive^{^®}.

Luwa (Hall 2, Booth A103)

At ITMA 2015, Luwa Air Engineering AG will present the following new innovations: MultiCell Filter MCV – Using Luwa's patented filtration technology, it is perfectly suitable for machine exhaust air cleaning of blowroom and carding machines as well as in air conditioning plants for the dust and fly filtration of the room return air. It is only 1/3 floor space required compared to conventional rotary air filter, with incrased filter area for power saving, simple and robust 2-axis suction nozzle robot as well compact and modular design. It is suitable for the filtration of both room return air and machine exhaust air.

The new Axial flow fan series B6XX has been developed with focus on power saving. The B600 Axial Flow Fan with its sickle shaped blades has been developed in connection with the University of Siegen (Germany) following the requirements in textile air conditioning plants. Compared with best available efficient fans in the markets, it can save up to 6% of consumed electrical power. It is featured by sickle shaped impeller for highest efficiency; wide selection of fan configurations with different diameters and numbers of blades; software to determine the best efficient fan configuration; nano-coating of the blades to prevent dust deposits to keep efficiency constant at all time at maximum level; CFD simulation optimized inlet and outlet configuration of fan.

TexGuard System is Luwa's recent product expansion. The system combines spark and metal detector with a high speed flap to be integral part in the textile material conveyance streams or waste collection system. The spark detector is designed for catching up with high conveying air speeds with high material content. Equipped with an ultra-sensitive wide angle lens the detector senses fully enclosed sparks and deliver the signal to the high speed diverter flap for shortest installation distance in the industry. All events are being recorded in the monitoring system and can be accessed through the Luwa Digi Control System.

NSC Schlumberger (Hall 2, Booth E110)

For chain gill, N. Schlumberger has developed a new GC40 chain gill which has a more universal head combined with a fully multi motor drive. It is user friendly, highly automated, saves money on energy and has low operational and maintenance costs and is therefore more cost effective.

For intersecting, the GN8, a new intersecting based on the latest design of chain gill drive combined with universal drafting head of GN series. It designed to process wool and any kind of wool-like fibers. It is particularly adapted to process delicate, fine and short fibers such as cashmere, silk or fibers with low cohesion.

For combing, N. Schlumberger unveils the latest enhancement to its very popular series of ERA combing machines. It includes much more user friendly designs, with automatic adjustments from the touch screen, with a working width increase and higher load, therefore, increasing production by 25%.

For carding, N. Schlumberger semi-worsted card – one of the many top making machines offered by NSC fiber to yarn – from its innovative production range for all types of long staple chemical fibers, 2.5 to 3.5m working width, hopper feeder, TRD drafting head, integrated suction, screen control.

N. Schlumberger offers its customers an excellent after sales service with very professional teams of experts for all technical issues. It also provides quick assistance when needed, training courses, programs in audits for existing machines, kits for machine renewal and ongoing maintenance programs and it delivers fully integrated systems and complete production lines from fiber opening and blending to finished bobbins.

Orizio (Hall 5, Booth H115-116)

Orizio knits Innovation at ITMA 2015 Milan

Orizio Circular Knitting Machine manufacturer group is going to show its latest novelties. A wide range of circular knitting machines will be displayed during the show starting from high performance single and double jersey machines up to electronic models and a new special machine for high pile and special fabrics for outwear.

Significant are the Orizio efforts in sustainability, the company aim to reduce consumption and useless wastes of materials now become a fundamental principle. The concept of high-level engineering products at achievable prices has highlighted the increasing range of new models.

Sinkerless technology from 20 to 80 gauge with 90 feeds on 30" diameter (24" – 42").

The development of single jersey sinkerless machines has made of the Orizio sinkerless a simple and perfectly reliable knitting machine able to knit impressive top quality fabrics. Introduced this year JFP model produces high quality jersey and jersey with lycra for sinkerless stitch structure fabrics. Equipped with the performing Orizio LC open frame with electric cutter, pneumatic roll expulsion and a brand new control system with touch screen, the JFP is a feather in Orizio's cap.

New mechanical developments that save wear and tear of needles also help the decrease of energy consumption. High pile technology.

The new Orizio PLE machine version is an electronic single jersey machine for the production of top quality high pile fabrics, with multiple colours high dimension patterns. Available in 24 inches diameter with 18 feeders or 38 inches diameter with 24 feeders. Gauges are 10, 12, 14 and and 16 Npi in each instance. Available in standard configuration of 2 way technique (predisposed for conversion to 4 way technique). PLE machine is capable of up to 6 colour reversible jacquards, with one side incorporating the jacquard as pile fabric. Piqué, fleece and honeycomb on the ground structure are other possibilities with double sided fabric that includes jacquard pile on the other side.

It is a massive advantage of Orizio high pile silver knitting machines that they are called upon to serve a wide variety of needs, both functional and aesthetic of such an exceptionally diverse range of end-uses. This is a good chance for the Orizio customers to stimulate many new and different markets.

Electronic jacquard and striper on fleece.

A revolutionary jacquard machine with electronic needles selection with 3 colours electronic stripers on loop and/or ground yarn will be presented at the show. The new Orizio model MJF/BE machine model available from 30" to 34" diameter, 18 to 28 gauge, can knit a perfect jacquard striped invisible fleece fabric, Orizio is looking forward to show this brand new model to the customers.

Picanol (Hall 1, Booth D101)

On the occasion of the ITMA 2015, Picanol will be presenting a wide variety of new air-jet and rapier weaving machines. This year, Picanol is celebrating 40 years of manufacturing rapier weaving machines with the global launch of its new OptiMax-i and TerryMax-i machines. A further highlight at the upcoming fair will be the TERRYplus Summum. Picanol will be present its machines in brand new booth design at the ITMA fair. The new booth will have a special zone situated in the center that will be occupied by an OMNIplus Summan air-jet weaving machine with new features. Picanol will have ten weaving machines on display, which will be weaving a wide array of fabrics including shirting, denim, terry and automotive right through to technical fabrics.

The weaving machines on display at the Picanol booth include: rapier weaving machines OptiMax-i (4-P-540) weaving technical fabric, OptiMax-i (4-R-190) weaving fancy denim, OptiMax-i (4-R-190) weaving filter cloth, OptiMax-i (8-J-190) weaving decorative fabric and TerryMax-i (8-R-260) weaving terry fabric; and air-jet machines TERRYplus Summum (6-J-260) weaving terry fabric, OMNIplus Summum (4-P-190) weaving lining, OMNIplus Summum (6-R-190) weaving shirting, OMNIplus Summum (4-R-190) weaving automotive fabric and OMNIplus Summum (4-P-280) weaving sheeting.

In addition, a Picanol OptiMax-i (12-J-340) rapier weaving machine with jacquard will be on display weaving decorative fabric at the Bonas booth and an OMNIplus Summan (4-J-190) air-jet machine will be weaving African damask at the Staubli booth.

Retech (Hall 4, Booth A114)

RETECH, a well-known manufacturer of high quality components for man-made fiber processing, will present a significant range of solutions for thermal treatment and drawing in the field of synthetic yarn production at ITMA 2015.

In Milano Retech will show their complete product range in operation for the first time and not only as static components in a nice show case. Customers will be able to see how the blue thread moves and how it is running on the Retech high end products such as heated godets, yarn tension sensors and air bearing separator rolls just to mention a few:
The new components will be presented at ITMA 2015 include:
Heated Godets with optimized heating and motor capacity in order to save energy based on the permanent synchronous magnet motor (PSM) concept. They are capable of up to 6000 m/min with temperatures up to 400 °C. All godets are based on the same modular concept and are available as well with their own bearing and housings for use in very low speed application or centrally driven with a belt drive for multiple godet rolls.

Air Bearing Separator Rolls (ABSR) -- Using a very advanced technology proprietary to RETECH, it is possible to reduce the air consumption on the latest version ABSR by one third. This economical solution is furthermore paired with lower wear and tear. New dimensions such as ? 36 x 110 mm and ? 58 x 125 mm used mainly as guiding rolls have been added to the previous product range.

Online Monitoring System- Win-OLT system is a yarn tension measuring system that continuously monitors yarn tension, records yarn breaks, calculates downtimes and provides machine efficiency and quality data. It has been specially optimised for DTY processes.

A special development focus was the enlargement of the data evaluation, called Win–Eval, which offers a huge information base for plant managers to optimise the efficiency of their machines. Statistics per shift, day or over a defined time period can be evaluated.

Roll Temperature Surface Measurement Device - Up to 4 measuring points can register the exact roll surface temperature within 1 to 2 seconds. The measured values for each godet and machine are stored and indicated in the hand held operating panel. They can be transferred to the customer's supervision software via USB connection.

New Temperature Transmitter – Retech will highlight the newly developed temperature transmitter UTR-4A.

Santoni/Lonati Group (Hall 7, Booth C106)

The textile group companies SANTONI, LONATI, DINEMA, TECNOPEA and ITS MACHINA LONATI will present a total of 60 machines on a 1,400-square meter booth, representing the complete range of production of SANTONI/LONATI GROUP Textile Companies. These machines include SANTONI SEAMLESS machines, circular large diameter machines, circular knitted garment length MECMOR machines, WARP KNITTING double needle bar Raschel knitting machines; SANTONI automatic sewing machines for the hosiery industry, TECHNOPEA boarding and packaging machines for the textile industry, LONATI socks and pantyhose circular machines, SANGIACOMO and MATEC socks circular knitting machines and DINEMA software for machines.

On the 200-square meter of the upper floor will be on show sample collections of items that can be knitted with these machines so representing the various technologies of the Group Companies developed in cooperation with leading companies in the textile field, to give a direct and immediate evaluation.

Also in this area, the students of the "ITS MACHINA LONATI" will present their capsule seamless collections developed in cooperation with Santoni's R&D department.

St?ubli (Hall 1, Booth B111-B112 and Hall 7, Booth B102)

At ITMA 2015, St?ubli will have large 990 m² two-level stand where three complete jacquard installations on weaving machines will be exhibited. Noteworthy is the production of African damask at high-speed as well as the production of fantasy ladies wear. In addition, an OPW airbag (one piece woven airbags) will be woven on the new LXL jacquard machine, which is particularly suitable for large-format applications. This installation will be equipped with a specific harness with 11,680 cords for heavy loads in conjunction with an air-jet weaving machine with a nominal reed width of 280 operating at a rate of approximately 800 weft insertions per minute.

The new, third generation of St?ubli rotary dobbies, the S3060/3260 series, will be demonstrated in a variety of applications. These reach new heights of performance and reliability.

For weaving preparation systems, two novelties will be launched, completing the successful SAFIR family of automatic drawing-in machines: the mobile SAFIR S40 automatic drawing-in machine the new SAFIR S60. The SAFIR S60 will be demonstrated drawing in a four-color 175 cm-wide warp with Nm135/2 and Nm170/2 cotton yarns without a lease. The warp-tying process will be demonstrated with two warp-tying machines: MAGMA and TOPMATIC.

The St?ubli business unit Sch?nherr carpet systems will launch a new ALPHA carpet-weaving machine. The latest collection of exclusive carpet samples produced on ALPHA carpet-weaving machines will be on display.

At a separate booth, B102 in Hall 7, St?ubli with its business unit DEIMO knitting solutions and DEIMO digital drives is exhibiting state-of-the-aft electronic drives and control solutions mainly for knitting machines.

Zimmer Austria (Hall 18, Booth 112)

At the ITMA 2015 in Milan, ZIMMER AUSTRIA - the specialist for printing and coating machines - will launch two new Colaris family members for the digital textile printing industry as well as their newly developed rotary screen printing machine.

Colaris Infiniti is the "off-the-shelf" or "out-off-the-box" solution with a very attractive price. The 1.8 m printer can hold up to 8 colors and 32 SPT 1024GS printheads in total with dropsizes from 7 to 21 picoliter. The speed ranges from 520 m²/h at 360x360 dpi at 1 pass to 170 m² at 360x1080 dpi at 3 pass using 4 heads per color.

Colaris³ is the 3rd generation of the high performance digital textile printer using up to 64 FUJIFILM Dimatix Starfire heads with ink circulation system. Print heads are available in 3 different models with drop sizes from 10 to 250 picoliter and a native resolution of 400x400 dpi.

The maximum speed of the Colaris³ will be 1.670 m²/h and will cover resolutions up to 1600 dpi. Colaris³ is available from 1.8 up to 5 m in width.

Colaris³ in combination with ChromoJET digital in-line pre-treatment, drying or steaming fixation units - make the printer the most versatile inkjet workhorse to print textiles, terry towels, polyester fleece and other pile products like carpets.

Ink jet printing with extreme fastness properties. Zimmer will show first inkjet print results on cotton furniture-, curtain-, terry-towel and work-wear textiles with extreme fastness properties. This is a development project between Dystar and Zimmer and will lead to complete new applications using inkjet technology.

CHROMOJET TableTop Printer is a small digital lab printer to develop new applications, processes and recipes using the Zimmer ChromoJET valve jet technology. New applications of digital coating and printing can be developed easily.

ROTASCREEN TG / TU is the new developed rotary screen printing machine in modular construction and in approved Zimmer quality. It opens a wide spectrum of applications to cover actual and future market requirements. Top results with single- or multi-color printing on different substrates such as home textile, fashion, towels, blankets, automotive, technical textiles and innovative materials will be achieved.

The Original Zimmer Magnet System Plus can be combined with closed (Type TG) or open (Type TU) printing aggregates; single or double sided screen drives; roll rod- and magnet blade squeegee technology.

Both sided step less cross adjustment of printing heads enables also narrow printing on wide machines with up to 24 colors and 120 m/min.

ACR-5-control system permits easy handling, short set-up time, automatic repeat setting, design memory and quick reproduction of re-orders.

The MAGNOROLL is a compact and robust multi-purpose coating machine for universal applications. The Original Zimmer Magnet System including electric magnet roller, high quality coating results with perfect uniform liquid-, paste-, lacquer- and foam applications can be achieved on substrates such as textiles, paper, foil, nonwoven, fiber glass, tissues and innovative materials with different application amounts in widths up to 560 cm.