Weaving

2011-12-21

VAN DE WIELE will present their Carpet innovations at Domotex Hannover

On the Van de Wiele booth (Hall 5 – Booth C55) innovative carpet qualities are shown, having pile and fillings effects, woven on the Rug and Carpet Innovator RCi03, equipped with the Smart Filling Selector, producing 50% more than on a double rapier machine (Fig. 3). New sisal look qualities, using thick filling yarns, woven on the SLi03 Sisal look Innovator and Axminster carpets up to 32 colours are presented.

Van de Wiele has succesfully introduced it’s new Innovator-range of carpet weaving machines on last ITMA. Now the range has been extended with the Handlook Carpet Innovator HCi X2, using 3 rapier technology, producing 50% more than double rapier machines, very nice carpets with a hand-knotted look backside (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1: Carpets with a hand-knotted look backside

The maximum reed density has even been extended to 1000 d/m with 8 colour frames, being the most dense machine-made handlook carpets available on the market, with more then 2.000.000 points/m². Samples of this innovation are displayed at the Van de Wiele booth. The HCi X2 is the reference for handlook carpets in Iran, Turkey, Belgium, China, in reed densities from 240 up to 1000 d/m. The Rug & Carpet Innovator range is now available in a 5 m weaving width execution, for optimized combinations of area rug dimensions. Studies has proven that the 5 m wide carpet weaving machine of the Innovator range compared to the traditional 4 m wide has a payback of less then 2,5 years.

This is valid for traditional design carpets and modern rugs with loop and cut pile, up to 10 colours, sisal look carpets, outdoor carpets and shaggy carpets. Many Van de Wiele MAX91 Axminster carpet machines are already equipped with a Smart Creel, replacing the labour intensive and unflexible traditional bobbin creel. This robotized creel is now also available for the AWi01 wire weaving machine (Fig. 2).