Oerlikon plans new product launches at ITME

 Oerlikon Textile Components will launch at ITME 2012 its Texparts PK 2630 SEH, the weighting arm adapted for Rieter and LMW machines. Further product attractions are spindles with Texparts Zero Underwinding system, Accotex cots and aprons for finest quality yarns and the Daytex shrinkage belt with the novel curved edge.

The PK 2630 SE series is based on many years of practical experience. Experts from Oerlikon Textile Components who are familiar with customer requirements have a broad understanding of textile processes and are therefore valuable partners in the world of textiles. This competence is also evident in the advancement of high-tech components enabling the company to respond to market changes in a flexible manner.

Years of experience and innovation culminated into the new PK SE series with six new patents. The series has excellent paralleled top rollers and individually adjustable single elements. The arms are manufactured in Germany on a fully automated line, with 100 per cent quality control.

The PK 2600 SE is available as a 3-top-toller of a 4-top-roller version, for spinning applications from standard to compact yarn. The new star in the portfolio of the PK 2600 SE series – the world’s most versatile weighting arm series – is the PK 2630 SEH adapted for a hexagonal support rod as found in Rieter and LMW ring frames.

Oerlikon Textile Components has chosen ITME 2012 as the platform to launch the PK 2630 SHE.

Texparts Zero Underwinding is a system to prevent underwound ends. There are four outstanding arguments for the Texparts Zero Underwinding system. The first advantage is a reliable clamping of the yarn ends. The smart design provides sufficient clamping force at all times. A pre-loaded spring ensures secure yarn clamping.

The second advantage is a fail-safe yarn cutting. With the steel yarn cutter safe cutting is achieved. The solid metal yarn cutter retains its superior cutting quality. Even challenging yarns can be cut simply and safely.

The third advantage is a precise and long-lasting function. The centrifugal ball principle ensures a precisely defined opening and closing speed. A uniform and sufficiently large clamping and opening gap is guaranteed at all times. The fourth advantage is an easy handling. In case of maintenance the easy and quick replacement of the Texparts Zero Underwinding system is possible by maintaining the spindle upper part.

Daytex Shrinkage Belt helps optimize customer benefit. Today about 80 per cent of all textiles, which are sold on the market, undergo a shrinking process. The main application still lies in the area of heavy fabrics such as denim for example. But today dress shirt fabrics are also being pre-shrunk. The majority of knitted fabrics are systematically protected from shrinkage with the aid of this process.

To achieve the best price-performance ratio for a belt, two factors are taken into consideration. An efficient utilization of area as well as a maximum lifetime of the belt. Belts all over the world are sold per unit length. This means that finding the right belt width also means finding the optimum price and/or area usage. The smaller the difference between the overall belt width and the working face width, the more efficient the use of the belt. This difference is defined by the belt edge shape.

The latest development from Oerlikon Textile Components, the Daytex Curved Edge, optimizes the area usage. Alongside area utilization, the edge shape also has a decisive effect on the lifetime of the belt. The new Daytex Curved Edge shape greatly supports the durability of the belt. The new shape is completely free of sharp edges, which can easily become starting points for the formation of cracks.