Picanol: Latest weaving solutions for
technical fabrics
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In recent
decades, the Picanol Group has evolved from a traditional
weaving machine builder to a worldwide supplier of total
solutions for the textile industry and other sectors.
Picanol will present its latest weaving solutions for
technical fabrics at Techtextil in Frankfurt, from 16 to
18 June 2009, at the Elmatex booth, Hall 3.0, booth D05.
Techtextil is a good opportunity to discover what Picanol
has on offer specifically for this niche market. In terms
of weaving solutions Picanol develops, manufactures and
sells high-tech weaving machines based on air (airjet) or
rapier technology (rapier). It supplies weaving machines
to weaving mills worldwide, and also offers its customers
such products and services as training, upgrade kits,
spare parts and service contracts. Picanol also markets
accessories via GTP Global Textile Partner, Steel Heddle,
Burcklé and Te Strake Textile. |
In 1995 Picanol re-entered the specialty markets with a tire
cord airjet weaving machine built at Günne, Germany. This
development came after a 10-year period of redefining Picanol's
strategy based on two new technologies: airjet and fast rapiers.
Between 1975 and 1985, Picanol slowly abandoned the highly
successful flying shuttle technology.
In an established market dominated by few players, a new
entrant has to formulate its own strategy. Picanol decided to
use its proven strengths to be successful in the demanding field
of technical textiles.
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OMNIplus 800. |
Technologically, the OMNIplus 800 airjet and the
OptiMax rapier platforms are both state-of-the-art and very
recent in comparison with competitors’ machines. Producing about
five times more units per year than its closest competitor and
having been in business for over 70 years, Picanol has a much
more extensive customer base. Weavers venturing into new markets
particularly appreciate the excellent price/performance ratio
for their upcoming investments when choosing Picanol.
As for services, our local staff too are accustomed to new
developments, so that consulting and installation of machines
for more demanding fabrics does not pose any difficulties.
As a frontrunner in innovation when it comes to textile
machinery, Picanol dedicates 30% of its product management
capacity to technical textiles. An equal part of the R&D effort
is devoted to novelty applications. New developments that serve
real customer requirements can be brought to market very
rapidly.
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Picanol OptiMax |
In the last couple of years, Picanol has developed
technically advanced solutions in fields such as tire cord,
conveyor belts, canvas, industrial glass, monofilaments,
decatizing cloth, one-piece-woven airbags, awnings, spinnaker,
medical textiles, coating fabrics, high-speed leno weaving, car
seats etc.
Picanol always pays attention to user-friendliness and
modularity, and indeed it pioneered the Quick-Style-Change
system.
With the present OMNIplus 800 and OptiMax platforms,
customers are not left floundering when market requirements
change. These platforms are highly modular, so that when e.g.
jacquards are needed instead of dobbies, this and similar
retrofits can be made without much effort. In the latest
development, a rapier machine weaving leno can be converted to
standard harness movements in a matter of hours.
Courtesy:PICANOL NV.
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