Customers, prospective customers, journalists and guests will be able to visit the long-established circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. (MCT) at Stand A 111 in Hall 5 of the ITMA textile industry fair. In Milan the company will be showcasing its latest interlock, striper, single jersey and mattress material machines. An important feature that these machines have in common is their significantly reduced consumption of fresh needle oil, the result of a recycling process developed by Mayer & Cie. In addition, the company will be presenting a spin-knit machine, a machine that spins and knits at the same time which is to be launched at ITMA 2015.
MCT sets standards
Five machines in all, including the spin-knit machine, will be on show at Mayer & Cie.’s two-story, 480 square metre in Milan. These exhibits are intended to demonstrate directly to trade visitors the strengths of the long-established German firm, the strengths that have made Mayer & Cie. the market and technology leader in circular knitting machinery for many years. The machines on show will combine a further increase in productivity, improved process reliability and of course the consistently high and reliable quality of the knitwear.
One of the exhibits will be a single jersey machine for elastomer plating that uses the tried and trusted relative technology developed by Mayer & Cie., which generally means a gentle stitch formation. This gentle needle and sinker guidance also reduces energy consumption. At the same time this single jersey machine delivers peak productivity along with a significant improvement in process reliability. The latter also applies to the striper machine that will be on show for visitors to its stand. This machine is also a member of the Relanit family and has an improved yarn guide for a perfect yarn feed. The stripe patterns can be programmed swiftly and simply on a touch display. On this and other exhibits the manufacturer will be presenting its patented Quick Change easy (QCe) for a very fast and simplified gauge change.
A high performance interlock (HPI) machine will also be put up in the show. The D4-2.2 II’s forte is its peak productivity. With 4.4 systems per inch it produces up to 400 kg of fabric per day. And this machine is now also perfectly familiar with handling fibre yarns such as cotton. MCT has also continued to improve the D4-2.2 II in respect of both surface and distance.
In keeping with the popularity of its machines for manufacturing mattress covers, the company will also be featuring a further development in the double jersey double face department in the show. The model on exhibit will perform with maximum flexibility for all patterns and weights with 1.6 systems per inch. Thanks to a higher rotational speed, customers can expect higher productivity here too, along with best fabric quality and the lowest error rate.
Another machine that will be on show outside fair grounds, knits a product that is also highly popular again at the moment. It is a jacquard plus machine. Interested trade visitors are welcome to take a look at it at Savio Macchine, Via Milano, I 20020 Lainate (Milan).
Mayer & Cie. goes for sustainability
Except for the spin-knit machine, all MCTs machines mentioned share a common feature. All these machines are equipped with the SENSOBlueRS needle oil recycling system developed by Mayer & Cie. Which means it requires significantly less fresh needle oil to run perfectly than knitting machines running on conventional systems that consume about 2.5 to three litres of oil a day on the basis of a 20-hour working day.
The patent pending recycling process developed by Mayer & Cie. is based on cleaning and reusing the needle oil that has already been used by the knitting machine in question. Used oil is cleansed of dirt particles in a filter unit that is housed in the machine and then returned to the machine’s oil circuit. Much less fresh oil is required as a result. With the recycling system oil consumption can be reduced by up to 30 per cent, depending on the machine.
To make sure that the needle oil always gets to where it is needed, Mayer uses the SensoBlue process, thereby ensuring that the right places are oiled and no oil is wasted. That makes handling the machine easier for the knitter too.
spinitsystems – Spinning and knitting with one machine
spinitsystems is Mayer & Cie.’s spin-knit technology. Based on this technology, Mayer & Cie. presented its prototype of a spin-knit machine at ITMA 2011 in Barcelona. Right on time for ITMA 2015, the company stages a marketable and fully functional model and starts bringing the machine into the market.
A spin-knit machine combines the spinning and the circular knitting process. Single knitwear is manufactured not from yarn but from spinning mill roving. That makes the production process much shorter because ring spinning, cleaning and rewinding are no longer required lowering production costs. For the customer this leads to significantly lower investment in machinery. Furthermore, using spin-knit machines, which are similar in size to conventional knitting machines, saves space and energy while also producing less carbon dioxide and less waste.
spinitsystems is able to process a big variety of short-cut and staple fibres. Raw materials in its pure form can also be used, such as 100 percent combed cotton or other natural and synthetic fibres. Standard blends can also be used on the spinitsystems. The finished knitwear is soft, smooth and very pleasant to wear, making the fabric ideal for anything that’s worn close to the body, such as Tshirts, underwear and nightwear.
“ITMA is a calendar highlight for all companies in the textile industry. We look forward to presenting our machines and new developments to customers, prospective customers and visitors there. We are also, of course, interested in all the other innovations, ideas and new features that will be on show in Milan this autumn” says Mr. Benjamin Mayer, Managing Director of Mayer & Cie.