Textile Research Institute in Germany
equipped with Stäubli UNIVAL 100 Jacquard machine
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Staubli is a
mechatronics solution provider with three dedicated
divisions: Textile Machinery, Connectors and Robotics. With
a workforce of over 3000, the company generates annual
turnover exceeding 1 billion Swiss francs. Founded in 1892,
Stäubli today is an international group with its head office
in Pfäffikon, Switzerland. Stäubli is active on all 5
continents and oversees 14 industrial production sites
including the companies Multi-Contact and Schönherr, the
Stäubli Group is present in 25 countries through its sales
and customer service subsidiaries. The network is completed
by agents in 50 countries. Simag is the local representative
for Pakistan for Textile Machinery business. Stäubli Textile
has been developing and producing high-quality systems for
the weaving industry for over a century. The company holds a
strong market position in textile machinery, a position
earned through continual pursuit of customer satisfaction. |
Research and development of high-tech textiles is one of the
main research activities of the Textile Research Institute
Thüringen-Vogtland, TITV, in Greiz, Germany.
The production of advanced textile fabrics, for example for
the medical industry, technical applications, smart textiles,
and multi-layer textiles, has little to do with the mainstream
textile and apparel weaving industries and requires new
manufacturing methods.
That's why the TITV recently commissioned a new weaving
system consisting of a Dornier rapier weaving machine and
a Stäubli UNIVAL 100 Jacquard machine. The UNIVAL 100 is
the world's first and only Jacquard machine that features
individual motorized control of each warp thread. The UNIVAL 100
at the TITV is configured with 6144 motors, so called “Jactuators”,
and moves the same number of warp threads by means of a Jacquard
harness.
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Stäubli UNIVAL 100 Jacquard machine
for sophisticated fabrics of the highest quality. |
This weaving system leaves no wish open regarding technical
weaving possibilities, especially in influencing the shed
geometry. Shedding parameters such as shed opening profile, shed
symmetry close of shed, variability, and the height of the stop
point can be individually optimized for each article and are
reproducible at any time.
As a result, there remains hardly any limit to textile
development, whether special weave structures or the application
of new and special materials. Thanks to the high flexibility
provided by the UNIVAL 100, weaving parameters can be
experimentally studied at will and new textile constructions
brought to the market.
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