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The Textile Magazine
JUly 2012
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ITMA Asia + CITME 2012
“Saving Costs – Conserving
Resources” was the motto
of Mahlo at ITMA Asia. In
Shanghai the company once
more emphasised its role
as a global market leader
of control systems for the
textile industry without
being limited to it.
“We were surprised by the large
number of visitors. Both the volume
and the quality of the interested
parties and customers exceeded our
expectations,” said Rainer Mester-
mann, Managing Director of the
company. The Mahlo team had its
hands full managing to serve all
interested parties at the exhibition.
The uncluttered, open and gener-
ous booth architecture attracted the
visitors. Of course, they were pri-
marily interested in innovations and
new products and, as usual, Mahlo
had everything to offer.
Amongst several products, a
demonstration system with circu-
lating product web was presented.
Here the new straightening concept
ORTHOPAC XRVMC-12 was
displayed at its best. As the first and
only straightening system it offers
the advantageous combination of
simultaneous feedforward and feed-
back control of the straightening
process. The multiple straightening
units, selectable independently from
each other, guarantee optimal moni-
toring with even faster and more
precise straightening results. “Right
first time production” thus comes
within close reach and contributes
to lowered costs.
Patcontrol PCS-12, the camera-
aided system, registers the lie of
the pattern, monitors design repeat
automatically, continuously meas-
ures the width of the material and
realigns the pattern with the help of
a straightening machine.
Mahlo included the pin straight-
ening wheel once more in the port-
folio of straightening systems. The
device exhibits some new and fresh
ideas compared with known tech-
nology. For example, the counter-
force produced by a spring always
ensures the uniform and symmetric
alignment of the pin wheels. Elabo-
rate lever constructions requiring
intensive maintenance can thus be
dispensed with. An infinitely vari-
able unclipping roller minimises
residual bow and edge distortions.
The intelligent drive station with
special voltage control for smallest
product distortion activates or deac-
tivates automatically (e.g., in case
of blockages). A bypass function is
available at the push of a button for
products that cannot be straightened
with the pin wheel. In addition,
there is a version with combined
roller straightening machine for
customers who need to use both
systems according to the articles.
Webscan WIS-12, the automatic
defect detection system, already
successfully employed in the textile
and nonwovens area, was presented
with a wall installation in its revised
and improved design. Especially
the aspects of modularity and user-
friendliness of the system were
revised.
All components of the Webscan
WIS-12 can now be scaled accord-
ing to individual demand without
exception. Operation and handling