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The Textile Magazine
SEPTEMBER 2011
sales of CHF 3.6 billion in 2010.
The company invested in 2010
CHF 239 million in R&D, with over
1,200 specialists working on future
products and services. In most ar-
eas, the operative businesses rank
either first or second in their re-
spective global markets.
Oerlikon Barmag: The market
leader for filament machines and
equipment with its headquarters
at Remscheid is focusing on the
ultimate in texturing, exhibiting
the new eAFK automatic texturing
machine. This highlight of the fair
combines proven reliable features
of the eFK, AFK and MPS series
with the flexibility of a new modular
machine structure. The automatic
machine fulfils the higher stand-
ard quality requirements of the
market: Manual contact with the
packages can be ruled out entirely
(no-touch principle). Packages with
the same running length make for
a considerably more economical
further processing of the yarns, as
well as for higher prices for the tex-
tured yarn. With automatic doffing,
productivity and product yield in-
crease, the reduced labour require-
ment cuts costs.
Another thematic focus point is
high-performance fibres for spe-
cial applications. The new multi-
threaded automatic winding head
for high-strength special yarns
means considerably less energy
consumption and space utilisation,
as well as investment and mainte-
nance costs.
Oerlikon Schlafhorst:
The market
and innovation leader in ring and
rotor spinning, as well as winding,
promises surprises and targets the
themes dominating the market:
raw materials, staff, energy and ef-
ficiency. With ring spinning on the
Zinser, for example, the automatic
doffing process makes handling
simple; the manual effort and with
it the labour requirement are re-
duced considerably. In addition,
ImpactFX compact technology en-
sures raw materials efficiency and
maximum process reliability.
With rotor spinning Oerlikon
Schlafhorst wants to shift the focus
to raw materials and blends that
were inconceivable yesterday – in-
deed, with technical solutions that
overstep the previous bounds with
respect to productivity and flexibil-
ity. Here, innovations are guaran-
teed.
In winding, Autoconer provides
various automated steps and ma-
chine types that can reduce the
labour requirement further. Total
concepts, single-motor drives for
intelligent piecing cycles and sen-
sor-monitored processes and con-
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