The Textile Magazine
OctoBER 2011
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69
“On Optimax, Picanol will intro-
duce a guided positive gripper ex-
ecution. Although available in all
widths, it will mainly prove useful
for wider width applications in the
technical segment such as coat-
ing fabrics, primary and secondary
carpet backing, geogrids, etc. The
development was a logical step for
Picanol in order to fulfll the increas-
ing demands from the technical seg-
ment, he added.
At ITMA Barcelona, Picanol pre-
sented its new airjet machine, the
‘OMNIplus Summum’. To be pro-
duced from 2012 onwards it will
gradually replace the OMNIplus800.
The main highlights of the machine
are the new insertion system and the
Picanol BlueBox system, the new
electronic platform for the company
machines.
At ITMA Barcelona, Picanol pre-
sented its new airjet machine, the
‘OMNIplus Summum’. To be pro-
duced from 2012 onwards it will
gradually replace the OMNIplus800.
The main highlights of the machine
are the new insertion system and the
Picanol BlueBox system, the new
electronic platform for the company
machines.
As it is the case with other Pica-
nol products, OMNIplus Summum
has been developed according to the
integrated concept philosophy. This
concept also is
key to reach a
high level of
modularity.
The design
of the OMNI-
plus Summum
is based on the
robust machine
frame structure
for which Pi-
canol is well
known. How-
ever, the two
elements con-
sidered the ma-
jor ones on an
airjet machine
– the insertion
system and the
electronic con-
trol – have been
further improved.
The insertion system has under-
gone some important changes in
order to be able to assure the user
of the maximum possible fexibility
and user-friendliness.
Picanol took the decision to intro-
duce fully electronic pressure regu-
lators which allow the user to set
the machine electronically. Manual
pressure adjustments are a thing of
the past, and moreover settings can
be managed!
To ensure the highest possible
fexibility each weaving channel
will have a separate air tank com-
bined with an electronic pressure
regulation through the machine dis-
play. As such, optimizing the ma-
chine settings to different types of
yarn on the machine becomes very
easy. For sure the user will be able
Mr. Luc Tack,
Managing Director, Picanol Group
ITMA 2011
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