Machinery and equipment

Compact, improved horizontal drive for needle beam

1 April 2010

Engineers at Oerlikon Textile have redesigned the horizontal drive and gear kinematics of a needling machine to make it more compact.

Making lightweight nonwovens wider than 5 m at high throughputs

1 December 2009

Lightweight, dry processed nonwovens having widths greater than 5 m can be manufactured at throughputs of more than 200 kg h-1.m-1 on a machine developed by Rieter Perfojet.

Italy's machine builders target USA for sales in technical textiles

1 November 2009

The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) and the Italian Trade Commission (ICE), in partnership with the Nonwovens Institute of North Carolina State University (NCSU), Ralei

More efficient multiaxial constructions for reinforcement

1 November 2009

Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH is set to reveal details of the latest improvements made to its Malitronic machine, which is used to make multiaxial textile constructions as reinforcements for c

Digital printing revolution: opportunities for technical textiles

1 June 2009

The latest market and technology trends were the subject of discussions at the second Digital Textile conference, held in Amsterdam in May and organized by the Federation of European Screenprinters As

Technology gains ground as India moves to technical textiles

1 June 2009

Indian companies serious about their technical textiles and nonwovens businesses are increasingly demanding state-of-the-art European and Japanese technologies.

What did IMB have to offer for the technical textile industry?

1 June 2009

IMB--World of Textile Processing took place on 21-24 April 2009 with the aim of covering a comprehensive range of technologies and services for the processing of flexible materials.

Lasers for textile manufacturing

1 May 2009

Z-Laser, an international designer and manufacturer of laser modules, systems and projectors for positioning applications, has introduced two new lines for the textile industry-- the Z M18-B and the Z

First industrial three-dimensional loom debuts at JEC

1 April 2009

Jointly developed by Biteam AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the Department of Lightweight Structures at Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, a three-dimensional (3D) loom became oper

Infra-red dryer provides fast drying in confined space

1 March 2009

Heraeus Nobelight of Neston, UK, has developed a made to order infra-red (IR) dryer to solve a problem one of its customers was experiencing in dyeing a special fabric.

Forming head improves dry-laying

1 February 2009

Sellars Absorbent Materials Inc has developed a forming head that the company from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, claims produces a more uniform web of fibres.

SureWrap nozzles target precise adhesive coating

1 January 2009

Precision dispensing equipment supplier Nordson has introduced improved versions of its Universal SureWrap nozzles, which are said to accurately apply hot melt adhesive to elastic strands used for ela

Online gauge measures coating weights and moisture for webs

1 January 2009

Designed for simultaneously measuring coating weights and moisture on substrates such as textiles and nonwovens, a range of online gauges is now available from NDC Infrared Engineering of Maldon, UK.

Improved production of spunlaid webs

1 December 2008

Improvements to the production of spunlaid webs by the twin means of controlling the airflow around the extruded filaments and the way they are subsequently collected are the subjects of two recently

Spunlaid fabrics from cellulose filaments

1 December 2008

A cooling chamber with at least two sections is at the heart of an invention relating to making cellulose filaments into spunlaid fabrics.

Blood pressure monitoring system

1 October 2008

An innovative system for monitoring blood pressure is disclosed in US Patent 7 381 187 by Textronics. This features an inflatable arm cuff that can be inflated to different air pressures.

Spinning nanotubes into yarns

1 September 2008

A system that turns nanomaterials into fibrous materials - yarns, tows or nonwoven sheets - is the subject of International Patent PublicationWO 2008/036068.

Stride forward in vacuum degassing of polymer melts

1 September 2007

Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH has introduced its latest development: a patented evacuation technology for polymer melts, describing it as a significant step forward in vacuum degassing.

Portable moisture monitor

1 September 2007

Strandberg Engineering Laboratories has developed a portable moisture meter to measure the moisture content of fabric, nonwovens, carpet, yarn and raw stock across the full moisture spectrum from bone

Making carbon nanotubes

1 August 2007

Surrey NanoSystems of Newhaven, UK, made its debut at Nanotech 2007 (Santa Clara, California, USA, 20-24 May) where it displayed equipment for nanomaterial fabrication suitable for research or commerc

Automatic water tightness tester

1 July 2007

MRS Seitter of Holzmaden, Germany, has launched the WSP 3600, an automatic device for testing the water tightness of sheets, membranes and other flat textiles, including bandages, plasters and medical

Improved yarn feed for braiders

1 April 2007

A Taiwanese inventor claims to have improved the strand feeding device for a coaxial braiding apparatus.

Heater for yarns

1 April 2007

A tubular device for heating yarns, especially suitable for texturing equipment, has been developed by Saurer GmbH & Co KG of Monchengladbach, Germany.

Ultrasonic bonding technology gains momentum in manufacturing

1 April 2007

As medical professionals demand better infection control, ultrasonic bonding technology appears to be gaining momentum in medical product manufacturing.

Making chenille yarn

1 March 2007

An Italian machinery builder says it has found a way to make chenille yarn without one of the traditional drawbacks of the process: systematic defective yarn production can usually only be detected du

Denkendorf Institute improves roller coverings for drafting systems

1 March 2007

A new kind of roller covering for use in drafting systems has been developed by a research team at the Denkendorf Institute in Germany.

Gate assembly for a tufting machine

1 February 2007

Card-Monroe Corp says it has developed an improved gate assembly for a tufting machine.

Multi-weft insertion helps weave lattices

1 January 2007

A machine modification that allows for a multiple weft lattice to be constructed is described in International Patent WO 2005/064058.

Bench-top molecular printing system aids development of smart bandages

1 December 2006

BioForce Nanosciences has installed a Nano eNabler system at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, USA, which is researching technology surrounding smart bandage biomateri

Better needling

1 October 2006

Improvements to the needling of nonwovens as they are fed through a loom are described in US Patent 6 622 359, which is assigned to Textilmaschinenfabrik Dr Ernst Fehrer AG of Linz, Austria.

Spreading a filament sheet

1 October 2006

A Japanese inventor has developed an apparatus for spreading fibres from a bundle of filaments.

Replacing individual gauge elements on a tufting machine

1 July 2006

A modular assembly that allows damaged or broken gauge elements on a tufting machine to be replaced individually without loss of precision is at the heart of a patent assigned to Tuftco Corp of Chatta

Rotor design improvements

1 June 2006

A lightweight open-end spinning rotor has been developed by Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG of Winterthur,Switzerland.

Water vapour transmission rate

1 April 2006

Versaperm of Sittingbourne,Kent, UK, has launched a new instrument to measure the water vapour permeability of materials.

Modified tufting needle

1 March 2006

International Patent WO 2004/067827 claims that a solid, non-hollow tufting needle with a hook lead-in chamfer can obviate the need for a protection groove.

Cleaner latch-needles

1 January 2006

A latch needle design that is said to be less liable to soiling is the subject of US Patent 6 931 890.

A sinker for circular knitting machines making pile fabrics

1 January 2006

A novel design of sinker intended for circular knitting machines making pile fabrics is the subject of European Patent 1 559 819.

Spinneret design improved

1 November 2005

A US company claims to have improved the design of spinnerets and the process of fibre production.

Offset tufting needles

1 September 2005

A new design for the needles used to make tufted carpets is the subject of US Patent 6 886 477.

Jet strip for hydroentanglement

1 August 2005

Groz-Beckert has introduced HyTec precision jet strips for use in spunlace (hydroentanglement) processes.

Needles for tufting machines simplified in design

1 August 2005

Spencer Wright Industries Inc of Dalton, Georgia, USA, has designed a novel needle for tufting machines, claiming its invention offer several advantages over conventional products.

Rapid replacement of jet strips on hydroentanglement machinery

1 July 2005

Fleissner Maschinenfabrik has invented a system that allows for the rapid replacement of the jet strip in a hydroentanglement unit without the need to disassemble the equipment.

Multi-component open-end yarns

1 June 2005

Czech open-end (OE) machine builder Saurer Czech has developed a rotor-spinning system for making multicomponent yarns (European Patent EP 1 464 742).

Transfer needle for a loop-forming knitting machine

1 June 2005

Germany's Groz-Beckert KG has patented a transfer needle for a loop-forming knitting machine in which the transfer spring is held firmly in place.

Needling fancy yarns

1 March 2005

An apparatus for needling fancy yarns by the needlinginduced extraction of fibre loops from a structure without endangering the yarn guidance on the surface of the stitch base is described in US Paten

Rieter gives spinning rotor an aerostatic radial bearing

1 January 2005

Rieter Ingolstadt Spinnereimaschinenbau AG has patented a novel suspension for the spinning rotor of an open-end machine, claiming its use substantially extends the operational life of the radial bear

Longer life hydrojets

1 October 2004

Rieter Perfojet of Montbonnot, France, claims to have improved the design of the pressure manifolds for its hydroentanglement lines.

Grinding wood for fibre

1 August 2004

International Patent WO 02/075041 describes a system for making the grinding elements used to de-fibre wood.

Precision winding head

1 August 2004

A winding head for a cheese-producing textile machine is the subject of US Patent 6 702 223.

Variable former ring for braids

1 July 2004

Three US inventors claim they have found a way to make multi-layered braid on a machine without any winding between the layers.

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