Shanghai is welcoming the world of textiles to the National Exhibition and Convention Centre at the ITMA Asia + CITME 2016. About 100,000 visitors and over 1,600 exhibitors are expected at this biennial textile industry fair. With scores of innovations and a broad range of services covering the entire textile value chain, Groz-Beckert is represented at Stand D29 in Hall 4.
Knitting
With a combination of novelties and the tried-and-true for knitting, Groz-Beckert awaits its customers with innovative insights into the world of productivity and profitability at the ITMA Asia + CITME 2016. The presentation of the new litespeed® needle is a real highlight in the field of circular knitting. Visitors can see the optimized needle geometry and find out how one can not only lower machine temperature with the litespeed® plus, but also reduce oil consumption and increase energy savings by 20 percent.
Transparent variety
Three knitting machines made of plexiglass makes an experience of the Groz-Beckert world of products. The ITMA Asia 2014 boasted its first transparent exhibit, the glass circular knitting machine presenting 14 different knitting technologies, including jacquard technology, bodysize and single jersey, as well as a cylinder gauge gradient from E10 to E50. Newly added are transparent exhibits of flat and warp knitting, also sure to attract attention.
Also the glass flat knitting machine is equipped with needles of various technologies, from simple flat knitting needles to needles for technical applications which must withstand powerful forces. Patterns of cloth from different materials illustrate the performance of Groz-Beckert’s products.
On the glass warp knitter, the company first presented the expansion of its product range by warp knitting modules in 2015 at the ITMA in Milan. In the meantime, closer needle, guide needle and sinker modules featuring high precision have become established in our product line.
Groz-Beckert as systems provider for weaving accessories and preparation
Cleaning, drawing-in, knotting, weaving – as a systems provider, Groz-Beckert offers one-of-a-kind variety in the fields of weaving and weaving preparation.
Weaving preparation
At the ITMA Asia + CITME 2016 the weaving department exhibits a wide variety of machines for weaving preparation, including the fully-automatic draw-in concept WarpMaster, as well as different knotting machines from the KnotMaster line for very different areas of application. The machines are displayed on conventional looms with torque rods and clamping system.
Jacquard heald for demanding applications
Groz-Beckert offers extensive technical service worldwide, thanks to subsidiaries in all key textile centers and a far-reaching network of representatives. The wide-ranging product portfolio of the weaving department requires detailed and expert knowledge in the individual areas and intensive application consulting, and the weaving experts at Groz-Beckert have been specially trained. Whether it’s machines for weaving preparation or weaving-machine parts, service technicians are always available for follow-up questions, installation and maintenance work.
High quality and individual consulting – selecting the right felting needle
Depending on end use, different needles with specific properties are required. Groz-Beckert will not only advise its customers on selecting the right tools, its product range also ensures consistently high process stability while reducing production costs. At the ITMA Asia, the product sector felting presents needle solutions for the filter industry.
Visitors furthermore have the chance to discover needle solutions for the fields of geotextiles, filter and paper machine felts, and automotive (structured) from an entirely new perspective. A “glass” needle machine with product samples that can be touched and needle modules that can be extracted make the process a hands-on experience at the ITMA Asia.
A highlight of efficiency is the Twisted felting needle that was already displayed at the ITMA Milan 2015. Due to the defined twisting of the working part the barb arrangement is modified compared to the standard felting needle. This delivers a major benefit in needling efficiency at equal or higher rates of production.
Surface quality or tensile strength
The combination of felting needles GEBECON® and EcoStar® is recommended for high surface quality. The durable GEBECON® needle facilitates good surface characteristics in pre-needling. Thanks to 13 percent lower cross-section in comparison to standard needles, the use of EcoStar® in intermediate and finish needling leads to a top surface quality of the end product.
Custom solutions from experts – Groz-Beckert application consulting
Whether EcoStar®, GEBECON® or Teardrop – these are only three of many types of needles that the Groz-Beckert product line supplies to the filter industry. Groz-Beckert is thrilled to present to its customers a unique needle dispenser at the Groz-Beckert fair stand. It not only provides recommendations, but also sample needles for specific needs.
Gauge Part System and Loop Control® – Tufting with higher quality, efficiency and productivity, from Groz-Beckert
It is the fine points that distinguish a good tool. Especially in tufting, inadequate tools make themselves felt not only in finishing, but also show its limitations when it comes to more precise and better production. Groz-Beckert is presenting its Gauge Part System and Loop Control® – lots of benefits and even more precision in tufting!
The Groz-Beckert Gauge Part System –synchronized tools ensure quality, productivity and cost efficiency
In addition to standard applications, silky smooth surfaces, new combinations of material and highly complex patterning place high quality demands on tufting tools. As a systems provider, Groz-Beckert offers all components, consisting of tufting needle, looper, reed fingers and tufting knife, all from a single source. The Groz-Beckert Gauge Part System boasts a tested and aligned selection of materials, adherence to tight tolerances, and dimensional conformity of all individual tools – the foundation all components within the tufting system need to work together.
In addition to the module variants of the Gauge Part System, almost all versions are also available as individual parts. The Groz-Beckert Gauge Part System thus fulfills all requirements of rug manufacturers for functionality, reliability and durability, delivering a remarkable, cost-saving result.
Loop Control® – the innovation for processing soft-fiber yarns
Rugs that are silky-smooth to the touch are popular and placing new and higher demands on the cutting behavior of tufting tools. Groz-Beckert has developed the Cut Pile Looper with Loop Control® for these special soft-fiber yarns with extremely fine individual filaments (low DPF – denier per filament). The Loop Control® option holds each loop in the cutting area and cuts it in one work step. The result is an even rug surface.
To give you a glimpse into the latest generation of tools, Groz-Beckert is presenting them at the ITMA Asia + CITME using a transparent tufting system of plexiglass. The machine demonstrates the principle of tufting and the interaction of Groz-Beckert tufting tools.
As a reliable partner to the textile industry, Groz-Beckert stands for consistent and constant development of its products. The ever-growing demands of the sector and its customers are thus met.
Card clothing for the highest demands – efficiency and cost-effectiveness as the engines of synthetic spinning
The trend is toward ever finer synthetic fibers and consumers welcome their features, but these fibers are difficult to work with. With doffer wire D40-30-52C CBF, Groz-Beckert has the answer to the challenge posed by synthetic spinning and other highly efficient card wire in the fair kit.
The times when the textile market worked only with natural fiber belong to the past. The reasons for this lie not only in amounts which the natural fiber market can no longer cover, but also in the growing demand for efficiency and cost-effectiveness. There is also a trend to finer man-made fibers and microfibers driven by the demand for special product features which can only be realized with these synthetic fibers. Visitors at ITMA Asia can see the powerful D40-30-52C CBF card wire, Groz-Beckerts response to the demanding challenges posed by synthetic spinning.
Synthetic doffer wire D40-30-52C CBF – for high production processing and better quality
Synthetic doffer wire D40-30-52C CBF features high tooth density and special geometry. It ensures very high and even fiber transfer from cylinder to doffing cylinder, thereby reducing the incidence of trailing fiber hooks. The combination of bent tooth shape and surface property of the doffer wire also creates a self-cleaning effect. In addition to higher yarn quality, Groz-Beckert customers thus also benefit from higher availability of the carding machine.
Thanks to the high-tensile carbon-steel material, the D40-30-52C CBF remains ready for use even when processing matted synthetic fibers. Find out at the ITMA Asia how to reap benefits of up to 30% by reducing yarn defects.
EvoStep® and SiroLock® – unique card wires for unmistakable results
The road to optimum fiber processing is unique to each customer. Groz-Beckert offers a wide range of geometries, steel types and finishing treatments for specific support and advisory services. In order to safeguard this service moving forward, Groz-Beckert is looking to take on a leading role in introducing innovative products. EvoStep® and SiroLock® card clothing bear this out.
EvoStep® is a special card clothing for workers and doffers distinguished by a unique slanted step undercut on the front tooth. This step has a much more pronounced angle than the front angle of the wire itself. The resulting higher degree of fiber control significantly helps reduce raw materials and better distribute fiber in the web in order to achieve the desired web features.
While EvoStep® reduces the use of raw materials to a minimum, SiroLock® doffer and worker wires facilitate more cost-effective web production. The pronounced step below the tip of the tooth tip significantly improves fiber retention capacity. More fibers can be picked up and retained than with traditional card clothing. At the same time, it prevents loss of fiber control and enables high-speed processing.
Carding is Groz-Beckert’s latest field of technology and is represented at the ITMA Asia with a “glass” cotton card. This unique presentation provides a look at metallic wire and revolving tops, as well as stationary flats and cleaning fillets, from an entirely new perspective. Unique as well is the model of a “glass” carding machine, equipped with the latest card clothing for the nonwovens industry.
Experience the world of sewing digitally – with the online customer portal from Groz-Beckert
For more than 35 years, Groz-Beckert has also been serving the last step in textile processing: the sewing and joining of textile surfaces. Although the technology of industrial sewing has hardly changed for hundreds of years, time and again Groz-Beckert has come up with innovations. Experience at the ITMA Asia + CITME how Groz-Beckert is digitalizing the world of sewing, and experience a new dimension in sewing.
The online customer portal
In the “digital world of sewing” Groz-Beckert has bundled its knowledge of sewing technology to make available a constantly growing database of knowledge. In the online customer portal visitors find information on Groz-Beckert sewing products, as well as on sewing and on the sewing industry itself.
The new product catalog furthermore allows for fast and reliable product search. Searches are carried out with various filters or by directly entering the material number. The catalog also provides product features and outlines, as well as other technical information.
Another highlight of the customer portal is the new animations on stitch formation. These animations show, from a completely new perspective, how the interplay between thread and needle on the sewing machine creates stitch and seam. These animations can only be found on the online customer portal of Groz-Beckert.