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Texnology reinventing the needle loom

The new ELLITTICA needle loom (c) 2013 Texnology
Texnology presented its groundbreaking new needle loom technology “ELLITTICA” at the IDEA show in Miami Beach this past month.
"TEXNOLOGY” is a 15 year old company near Venice, Italy that emerged out of a non-woven producing company. Texnology manufactures needle looms, web drafters, profiling systems, turnkey lines and is a world leader in high speed cross lapper systems. Their latest development is the new needle loom technology ELLITTICA. The new Texnology needle loom is a complete reinvention of needling and was presented for the first time in North America at the IDEA 2013 show in Miami Beach in April.

The ELLITTICA needle loom is a new internationally patented system capable of operating as a vertical or elliptical loom, steplessly adjustable. This makes it the only needle loom in the world with this feature! 

In the new needle loom, the connecting rods join and merge in a single gear shaft connected to only one motor. Therefore, the needle board movement is not only vertical but also horizontal. In addition, this movement ensures that the needles will always tilt when entering and exiting the product in the direction of the material processed, thereby eliminating the draft to practically zero.

Due to the elliptical movement, products weighing as low as 35 grams (1.2 oz.) per square meter can be successfully needled, as well as high loft products of higher weights at various process speeds. Hence, the customer is able to manufacture finished products for any budget and performance required.

With the ELLITTICA needle loom, Texnology obtains both configurations while, at the same time preserving unparalleled simple construction design and operating simplicity.

The Texnology needle loom ELLITTICA has the following additional features:
  • Four-dimensional shaft balancing
  • Honeycomb structure with filling technology
  • New generation transmissions with low energy consumption
  • Low operating temperature
  • Automatic needle plate locking
  • Assisted needle plate removal system
  • Bed plate and needle beam made from special alloy and digitally adjustable
  • Side doors and panels are opened automatically using pneumatic cylinders
  • Automatic lubrication system
  • The PLC Texnology program assures the optimum needle pattern.
  • SEMINA (the Texnology program for creating the optimized needle pattern)
  • SETTIMO SENSO - the seventh sense (the implementation of SEMINA during operation)
The Texnology technology center is located near Venice, Italy and is available for trials with the customer’s material and a personal demonstration of this revolutionary technology.

In the USA, Texnology is represented by Zimmer America Corporation in Spartanburg SC.

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