In the highly demanding market scenario, volatile pricing, fluctuating power rates and growing labor cost, it is not so easy for a spinner to keep up business.
SAVIO Macchine Tessili S.p.A., Italy
Being a pioneer in introducing the innovative systems from time to time, SAVIO remains fully committed to catering to these areas with its latest developments, particularly in linking.
In an exclusive interview to The Textile Magazine, Mr. Valter De Carli, Regional Vice President (India) of SAVIO Macchine Tessili S.p.A., Italy, shared details of SAVIO paying special attention to these critical areas of customer concern.
According to him, SAVIO has a worldwide group turnover of nearly 400 million euro. Since committed to continuous developments and technological implementation, SAVIO is spending about five per cent of the turnover for R&D activities.
In direct link system, SAVIO offers unlimited flexibility of extending spindles, thanks to the new modular layout, the preparator stations sit near to the spindles to provide better bobbin distribution till 72 bobbins/minute.
The unique Smart Back Up Station is making process truly handsfree, saving further 25 per cent manpower dedicated to handle all the rejected bobbins.
A wide range of splicers is available from the renowned splicer manufacturer MESDAN, from air splicing to heat splicing. The newly-developed Moist Air Splicer is the solution for the special applications like processing tencel, modal and fine count elastomeric core yarn applications and double yarn applications.
The Polar round magazine machine, now available up to 80 spindles long, is well received by the industry which has booked a considerable number of units in a short span.
Asked about its plans for the Indian market, Mr. K. Mohanraj, Vice President – National Sales, said: “For SAVIO, India is the next largest market for winders as well as twisters. With newly emerging regions, the future is promising. Cotton belts like Gujarat and Maharashtra are our focus areas, and further the new industrial policies of the new States of Andhra and Telangana will kick-start business in the coming years.”
SAVIO has established its direct investment in India, SAVIO India Ltd. near Pollachi at Thamaraikulam, Coimbatore the setup now produces TFO twisters – both SIRIUS and COSMOS to the entire world market under the authority of Dr. Gabriele Checchini, CEO and Managing Director.
Mr. De Carli also said SAVIO is focusing with confidence on new ideas, a few of which will be materializing at ITMA 2015 in Milan. One can also expect an entirely new concept in automatic winding, something only a pioneer in innovative winding can produce.
Ahmedabad seminar well attended
Savio India recently hosted a technical seminar in Ahmedabad at which it made a presentation on winding and splicing technologies. Savio was represented at the seminar by Dr. Gabriele Checchini, CEO of the Indian operations, Mr. Valter De Carli, its Regional Sales Vice President, and Mr. K. Mohanraj, Vice President – National Sales. Altogether there were 140 delegates.
According to Mr. Carli, who made the presentation, considering the demand for more automated technology for processing special and value-added yarns, Savio has concentrated in the area of splicing, which serves the special needs of processing value-added yarns. Savio has recently added a new splicer range which has five models.a There is no yarn which cannot be expertly spliced through the use of one of these splicer technologies ensuring high consistency and maximum strength.
Speaking about the Polar M winder, he observed that it is equipped with manual bobbin feeding and manual package doffing, while in the L model the package doffing is automatically made by a patrolling robot. The MR/LR version allows rewinding of packages of any taper, producing packages ideal for any subsequent use. The LR model is equipped with automatic feeding package change, while the MR model is without automatic doffing trolley.
The Polar E model is an automatic winder with automatic bobbin feeding and automatic package doffing. Ring spinning frame bobbins are loaded into the hopper box and then placed on the Flexitray or peg to be transferred to the preparation station. Each bobbin placed on the Flexitray is automatically moved to the “yarn finder station” in order to prepare it for the following winding process, with the entire operation being automised and operator free.
The Polar E Premium model has been designed to evenly process those yarn bobbins whose formation is not originally favourable to reach efficiency, while also retaining minimum number of operators. The bobbin capacity has been increased due to the “double alternate” loading system on the peg. As a result, the higher loading would cover winding heads of up to 72 spindles.
Mr. Carli further observed that the Polar E Premium model can also be provided with a ‘Duo-Lot’ feeding system, allowing the process of two different bobbin lots concurrently on the same machine. The machine is equipped with two independent hoppers, each of which feeding the dedicated winding sections accordingly. The solution of the independent end finder stations, embedded on the frame, offers the possibility to split the feeding of both lots to the winding heads selected sections.
In the Polar/I Direct Link System, the automatic winder is linked directly to the spinning frames where bobbins are uninterruptedly moved from the ring-frame to the winder. The Polar/I DLS has a direct feeding of the ring frame bobbins thus practically becoming an extension of the ring frame itself, ensuring total free flow of the materials. This solution enables a quick and efficient bobbin feeding together with a flexible interface, he added.