Under its motto “Progress through tradition and innovation,” Stäubli continues to develop new products and technologies that offer the textile industry more and greater benefits.
Since its introduction two years ago, the SX Jacquard machine has gained wide and enthusiastic approval by customers. This extremely versatile machine for broad use in modern Jacquard weaving mills meets the highest demands. Productivity of the SX surpasses that of other models. The machine is more compact and offers higher performance, meaning high loads and high speed. Its nearly vibration-free drive mechanism is extremely reliable.
The machine requires a minimum of maintenance and is available in two sizes, with 1,408 or 2,688 hooks. It is adaptable to rapier, airjet and projectile weft-insertion systems. Hundreds of SX machines are in daily use in weaving mills around the world, handling a variety of textile applications.
New type SX V Jacquard machine
Meanwhile, the SX has been further developed and modified for the production of velvet fabrics. In this model the machine is called SX V, and is equipped with 2,688 hooks driven by the M6.2 three-position module. The SX V can be adapted to any type of new or existing velvet weaving machine.
At ITMA Asia the SX, including Stäubli harness, was demonstrated at the Stäubli booth with 2,688 hooks weaving terry towel fabric on a 260 cm wide rapier weaving machine.
The principle of running a Jacquard machine with no mechanical link to the weaving machine was introduced by Stäubli more than 10 years ago, with the UNIVAL 100. Since then, the company is in a position to offer solutions for individual drive with no cardan shaft to the weaving machine for its complete range of Jacquard machines.
A Stäubli Jacquard machine with independent drive on a ra
pier weaving machine was exhibited at the Stäubli booth. The LX 3202, built for high speed and greater load capacity, and available in a range of 6,144 to 14,336 hooks, was also exhibited at the Stäubli booth. At ITMA it produced tapestry and upholstery fabric on a 180 cm wide rapier weaving machine, configured with 12,288 hooks.
The full range of Stäubli harness types were shown with a type DX Jacquard machine on a demonstration stand. The DX is suitable for any standard Jacquard application.
The CX 182 type Jacquard machine with servo-motor drive mechanism for weaving narrow fabrics such as ribbons and labels was shown with 192 hooks and harness with 4 repeats. Like other Stäubli narrow fabrics Jacquard machines, the CX 182 relies on the user-friendly DC1 controller that leaves all design options open.
S3060/S3260, new generation dobbies
Stäubli wa
s proud to present the newly developed dobby type 3060 for the first time in China. The 3060 is based on the success of the rotary dobby invented by Stäubli many decades ago. The new evolutionary principle with a new locking system features enhanced security for the selection of the heald frames, allowing higher running speeds as well as superior reliability. Despite its higher speed the new machine has less noise and vibration and is even more compact. It also has a built-in cooling system connexion and requires less maintenance.
Stäubli has adapted its range of cam motions to meet the latest requirements. The streamlined series of products now includes new types. With a high-performance cam-and-lever assembly and a broad range of symmetrical and asymmetrical cams, these advanced machines offer increased flexibility and performance.
From the streamlined series of cam motions type 1671/1681/1781 model 1681 was exhibited at the Stäubli booth. Furthermore, the high-mounted cam motion type S1352 – adaptable particularly on water jet weaving machines – as well as the universal positive rotary dobby type 2658 were
demonstrated at the booth.
Mobile automatic drawing-in machine
The mobile automatic drawing-in machine SAFIR S30, presented for the first time at ITMA Asia in 2010, has now been successfully introduced in several filament mills in China, and has proved to optimally integrate into the material flow of a drawing-in department. The unit is designed for extremely high productivity, especially of filament weavers with high drawing-in requirements.
SAFIR S30 moves along the stable warp during drawing-in, which is the contrary of traditional drawing-in machines where the warp sheet moves along the machine. The advantage is that heavy weights, as such of filament warps that sometimes weigh several tons, don’t need to move while precise manipulations like yarn separation are carried out.
OPAL multilayer leasing machine
OPAL applies a 1:1 lease to a warp sheet to ensure a perfect warp pattern. It can do this with one or several warp sheets. Available models are for 230 cm, 280 cm and 360 cm maximum working width. At ITMA, OPAL was demonstrated with a multi-colour warp, including colour detection.
Recent system optimizations allow the handling of especially fine yarns down to 10 den, transparent yarns, and fully drawn yarns (FDY), which are of particular interest to filament weavers. Shirting weavers working with multicoloured beam dyed warps benefit from OPAL’s colour detection feature to recognize up to 12 colours in a warp. In all applications faultless sequencing of the separated warp threads is guaranteed by the system’s yarn separation unit.
Warp-tying machine MAGMA T12 ties medium to coarse yarn types and is ideal for technical fabrics which are rapidly growing in importance. MAGMA ties monofilaments, coarse multifilaments, PP ribbons, bast fibres, coarse staple fibres, and many other fibre types. The machine is equipped with an optical system for double-end detection and has a patented yarn separation system with no need of specific separation needles.
To make operation even more convenient and to provide more information about the progress of the tying process, the MAGMA T12 is now equipped with a new touch-screen panel which is used to display information and enter parameters.
The proven TOPMATIC warp-tying machine was also demonstrated at the Stäubli booth. The model TOPMATIC 201 PC with integrated double-end-detection, even in warps without lease, will show its strengths in tying a cotton warp without 1:1 lease.
ALPHA 400 series
The ALPHA 400 series of carpet-weaving machines has proved its success with many customers who use it to efficiently produce area rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting for the residential, contract and transportation sectors. Available in five configurations and featuring state-of-the-art technology, the ALPHA 400 produces carpets of excellent qualities and impressive patterns at outstanding production rates.
At ITMA Asia Schönherr exhibited top-quality area rugs with very high reed densities produced on an ALPHA 400 machine.
Some carpet patterns have been produced by using the new Multi Weft Selector, adding even more flexibility to the ALPHA 400. It allows the insertion of up to six plus six different weft yarns in the same fabric, offering many new possibilities for designers and carpet weavers to create and produce new carpet qualities. The Multi Weft Selector features a modular design that allows scaleable configuration. Any ALPHA 400 machine can be upgraded by adding this new option.
The Stäubli Group’s DEIMO products include servo motors, drives, electronic control solutions, input/output devices, and related programming tools. Among others DEIMO supplies highly advanced technology for electronic controllers for circular knitting machinery for hosiery as well as control units for weaving machine devices such as main direct-drive motors, let-off and take-up motions, and for Jacquard machines.