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- Title
ITMA 2011 — Integracija procesov predenja in pletenja.
- Authors
Stjepanovič, Zoran
- Abstract
The textile machinery exhibition ITMA 2011 was an important event, where the technological innovations and new machinery for a variety of textile applications were displayed. In the four years since the last exhibition of textile machinery, the manufacturers have set some new milestones in technological achievements, productivity and quality of work. The majority of producers have considered in their solutions stricter environmental guidelines; therefore, the new machines are more economical regarding the energy consumption. Particularly revolutionary innovations were not shown at ITMA 2011. However, one innovation deserves special attention, i.e. the integration of two textile processes, spinning and knitting. It seems rather unusual to make the integration of two so different technological processes. According to the assurances of three manufacturers of circular knitting machines, i.e. Mayer & Cie., Terrot and Pailung, the new combined technology provides huge savings in space, energy, capital costs and staffcosts. The article describes the technology and machine solutions of the three manufacturers that break new ground in this area. All of them see a great sales potential in the new machine design solutions. Their optimism is confirmed by a strong interest of the visitors at the fair in the effective integration of the processes of spinning and knitting.
- Subjects
SPINNING (Textiles); KNITTING; TEXTILE machinery; EXHIBITIONS; OPERATING costs
- Publication
Tekstilec, 2012, Vol 55, Issue 2, p94
- ISSN
0351-3386
- Publication type
Article