As always, the Salmoiraghi Automatic Handling Group was present at the prestigious ITMA Asia & CITME 2016 exhibition held during October 21-25.
Salmoiraghi is the internationally reputed market leader in automated handling and storage systems for man-made yarn bobbins and other textile products. More than 50 years of experience in this highly specialised field and a creative engineering approach are just two of the many factors contributing to the company success.
Salmoiraghi field-proven technology works in more than 170 automation systems installed in 15 countries, augmenting plant efficiency and profitability worldwide. Every day, its automated handling systems process over 2.800.000 synthetic yarn bobbins.
Salmoiraghi also exhibited the “IGV 2 Automatic Doffing System”. This is a driverless, automatically guided, battery-powered vehicle equipped with a special doffing module with twin bobbin mandrels. The vehicle features a state-of-the-art inertial guidance system, ensuring millimeter positioning accuracy.
It is designed to perform the task of the Salmoiraghi automatic doffers, namely, travelling to the required locations in front of the winders, doffing the yarn bobbins from the winders and transferring the doffed bobbins to the next machine/device in the automated handling chain.
The IGV 2 is the only feasible automatic doffing solution in winding aisles characterized by low ceilings and tight spaces, which preclude the use of classic doffers. It is also an excellent solution when it is desired to avoid the fabrication and installation of complex overhead supporting structures.
The IGV 2 doffing system is specifically designed to serve the latest generation double-chuck winders (TMT “MANTA”, and BARMAG “WINGS” and “I-QOON”) for synthetic continuous yarn, as well as classic single chuck types.
Visitors to the company stand had the opportunity to discuss their specific textile automation needs with the Salmoiraghi team.
Extensive multimedia documentation was available to show the various automation solutions for small, medium and large textile plants.
The Salmoiraghi production range covers automated handling and warehousing systems for the textile industry, autowarehouses for bobbin pallets, bales and fabric rolls, automated logistic terminals, internal handling and storage systems for industrial plants, overhead transport systems with payloads from 10 to 1,000 kg, various types of ground conveyors and load transport vehicles, product bulk packing lines, machine control and system supervision software and factory automation systems.