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The long view for ring spinners
Ring spinning machines are getting longer. And that’s a trend that is noticeable in some markets, where ringframes run to as many as 2,000 spindles – or about 70 meters in length. Even with good human eyesight capable of reaching 5,000 meters, it’s still not possible to have a total overview of end-breaks along the full extent of the frame. Only an automated system can monitor if the spindles are all operating correctly.
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World premiere at the DOMOTEX World Trade Fair for Carpets and Floor Coverings in Hanover: between January 11 bis 14, 2019, Oerlikon Neumag will be showcasing its innovative new development, the BCF S8, to a wide audience for the very first time in Hall 11, Stand B36.
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Uster Technologies, the global market leader in textile quality control, from ‘fiber to fabric’ offering systems and services help to ensure optimum quality, has launched the 2018 edition of USTER® STATISTICS in a mobile app format. The app delivers a new user experience, with simple, intuitive handling. Extended datasets and analyses, based on testing of many thousands of samples, cover a wider range of yarn types and applications than ever before. Iris Biermann, USTER’s Head of Textile Technologies, gives answers to questions about features and benefits.
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The Board of Directors of Rieter Holding AG has appointed Rico Randegger to the Group Management of the Rieter Group with effect from June 1, 2019. He will be responsible for the Business Group After Sales.
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Sanko orders 48 Zinser 72XL: Saurer’s new generation of compact spinning machines attracts customers
Saurer is supplying 48 ZinserImpact 72XL compact spinning machines with a total of 82 944 spindles to Sanko Textiles. The tradition-rich Turkish textile company is thus one of the first customers worldwide to use this new generation of machines. The internationally leading company has valued its relationship with Saurer, the ring-spinning specialist, for years.
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When the auditor’s visit is actually welcome…
Every business needs auditors, to monitor and check finances and administration – but it has to be said that a visit from them is not always greeted with eager anticipation! In fact, there is often a degree of nervousness at the likelihood of difficult questions and high expectations.
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"Datacenter in a box" is the new powerful, flexible and secure IT infrastructure solution
Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Segment Industrie 4.0 solutions for the production of polyester, nylon and polypropylene are based on the digitalization of the production landscape and the intelligent processing of the flood of data generated in this way. In the future, the segment will offer its customers a new powerful, flexible and, above all, secure IT infrastructure.
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Strong growth momentum continued in all businesses
“We are pleased to announce another quarter of strong growth,” said Dr. Roland Fischer, CEO Oerlikon Group. “We increased Group orders by 22 % and sales by almost 30 % year-over-year. The EBITDA margin of 15 % reflects the higher operating costs related to investments and a larger share of revenues generated by equipment and project businesses in this quarter.”
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Recognized research work in texturing at the Suzhou site
The years of intensive research and development in the field of texturing, which Oerlikon Barmag is doing at the site in China, bears further fruits. On October 12, 2018, the new R&D-Center was officially inaugurated at the Suzhou site. Around 80 invited guests took part in the inauguration ceremony. The ceremonial opening was done by the government representatives of the city of Suzhou and the top management level of Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Segment.
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The challenge of digitalization
Today, Industrie 4.0 is already making its mark at many companies across the globe – and is there to stay. The Age of Digitalization has also arrived in the textile sector – manifesting itself in the production of customized apparel within a mere few hours in microfactories or in the form of cost-optimized, self-controlled production based on networked systems and data analysis. At the same time, there are challenges that slowing down the advent of digitalization – data protection and data security being just two of these.
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News of the last month
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Automation solutions made by Oerlikon
Oerlikon integrates the AC-Automation GmbH & Co. KG – which is headquartered in Bernkastel-Kues – automation solutions for large-scale systems into its technology portfolio. The company is thus taking an important step on its journey towards now being able to offer fully-automated factories digitally networked using Industrie 4.0 solutions from a single source.
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Quality all the way with extended USTER product range: from fiber to fabric
Quality solutions across the full range of primary textile production – from fiber to finished fabric – are now offered by Uster Technologies, following the successful integration of automated inspection systems from EVS. This expansion of capability means USTER is unique as the world’s only supplier of high-tech instruments for quality monitoring and management in spinning, weaving, knitting, finishing and nonwovens. The three EVS systems for vision-based fabric inspection are now presented under USTER branding.
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Staple FORCE S 1100 at ITMA Asia + CITME 2018
Economical, flexible and compact – this is the motto with which Oerlikon Neumag. The staple fiber system excels at two things in particular: it produces small batches (up to 15 tons per day) and can be swiftly reconfigured for various requirements, including polymer, dye and titer changes. Its process control system for easy operation is absolutely unique. And all this for a modest initial investment.
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