By Ganesh Kalidasan
Rotorcraft was founded in Switzerland in 1973 by the current Chairman and President, Mr. Hans Stahlecker. It has since become a world leader in designing and marketing innovative spinning solutions.
Being aware of the fact that compact yarns are more and more becoming standard and that pneumatic compacting systems are expensive as far as investment and running cost are concerned, Mr. Hans Stahlecker and his team have been doing extensive research in developing a compacting system which does not require air-suction, elaborate maintenance, costly spare parts and ever-increasing cost of power. The result of this research is the RoCoS compacting system – the only one on the market today that allows spinning perfect compact yarn at no extra running expense compared to the spinning of regular yarn.
The second generation in compact spinning, RoCoS (Rotorcraft Compact Spinning) enabling spinning mills to produce compact yarn at the cost of a normal ring yarn, has been well accepted by the industry.
Depending on the end use of the yarn, RoCoS 1.21 opens up a new approach in marketing the yarn:
• Selling the yarn with a premium as compact yarn.
• Use a lower grade cotton mix and sell the yarn as standard yarn with similar properties but reduced hairiness.
• Reducing the twist of the yarn resulting in a softer hand and gaining increased productivity on the ring frame.
• Reducing the amount of comber noil and still keeping the same tenacity level at substantial lower hairiness.
The latest innovation Rotorcraft has successfully brought to the ring spinning market is the energy saving spindle, RoLeC (Rotorcraft Low Energy consumption Spindle). The optimized spindle design for tubes of up to 200 mm in length reduces power consumption by as much as 10-15 per cent. RoLeC is offered as complete spindles to mills or as inserts MM52 to spindle makers. Depending on the power cost the additional investment can be retrieved within 1½-2 years.
At 2011 ITMA Barcelona, Rotorcraft introduced new additions to its product portfolio: RoLuB (Rotorcraft Lubrication Beam), an entirely new spindle lubricating system which allows carrying out the oil change without removing the spindle top part or the necessity to take down the tapes.
Balamurugan appointed Sales Director of Rotorcraft India
Mr. Soundararajan Balamurugan has been appointed Sales Director of Rotorcraft in India. He will be in charge of all sales and service activities in India.
After completion of his studies in textile technologies, followed by a diploma from PSG Polytechnic in Coimbatore, Mr. Balamurugan was associated for over 20 years with the textile industry in India and abroad. For the last nine years, he was employed at Premier Evolvics Pvt. Ltd.
With the appointment of Mr. Balamurugan, Rotorcraft is further strengthening its sales and service forces in India. Rotorcraft entered the Indian market in 2005, and with a population of over 7,00,000 spindles of RoCoS and substantial orders post ITMA 2011, India is one of the most important markets for the company worldwide.