PORDENONE, Italy — November 4,2015 —  Since 1911, Savio has specialized in the yarn-finishing segment, being the leading supplier of winding, twisting and rotor spinning machines, with manufacturing plants spanning over Italy, China, India and Czech Republic.
At Hall 4 Stand B101, Savio will highlight breakthrough innovations in the winding segment, which is today its core business. There are important novelties in the pipeline, all representing high-end and niche products with important technological content:

• Eco PulsarS, a quantum leap forward in automatic winding;
• the drumless Multicone technology;
• the Volufil Multicone automatic winder for continuous shrinkage, bulking and heat setting.

Eco PulsarS

Sustainable eco-green advantage. A quantum leap forward in automatic winding with energy savings of up to 30 percent and enhanced productivity of up to 10 percent.

Eco PulsarS, with its sustainable eco-green advantage, replies to the market demand of energy saving, including also room air conditioning, together with improved production performances, high quality packages and utmost flexibility. The combination of all new features and design has created an environment in which each part of the machine can operate at its optimum level and without limitations. Spindles and bobbins feeding systems set independently the level of suction required. Suction is generated as needed and used without losses. The new Controlled Cut System, Yarn Tension Control System, Waste Collection&Separation System and Upgraded Splicing Solutions, each contributing to the overall reduction of the process downtimes.

Polar Multicone

Multicone: The digital yarn layering technology

The Polar winder, extremely popular in all markets of the world, is absolutely the Savio bestseller. This state- of-the-art machine has been designed keeping in mind the demands of our customers in terms of increased productivity, reduced energy consumption, reduced waste and production of yarn package of top high quality.

Further emphasis has been given to realize machines friendly use and almost maintenance free for any type of working environments.

All POLAR models (manual feeding, automatic feeding free standing, automatic link) represent the utmost technology available: the previous success of the mechanical models has been followed by the last generation of the fully controlled electronic one, which is today the state-of-the-art.

Savio’s Multicone digital yarn layering technology (drumless) is available for Polar range and represents the proper solution to achieve flexibility, for an easy and fast change in the winding process to prepare all formats. Packages for dyeing, warping, weft, knitting, double twisting, require a different and flexible package formation in terms of geometry, edges shape and density.

Polar “Multicone” system represents today the proper solution to achieve this kind of flexibility in the package formation.
Volufil Multicone

Volufil Multicone combines thermic treatment and winding process on a single machine.
The consolidated success of the “Volufil technology” and the new demand of different yarns for diversified fabric applications, has requested several new developments on the machine technology. The new Volufil Multicone represents the proper reply to the new markets requirements.

We have extended the technological process on acrylic heat set yarns, on special yarns (chenille) and on traditional HB Acrylic fibers, also blended with wool and elastomeric filaments.

The new winding system “Multicone” allows the best solution for any yarn type and package format with different traverse take-up. The Multicone system allows the tailoring of package for different end use with simple settings on PC.

Posted January 19, 2016

Source: Savio Macchine Tessili

MILAN, Italy — November 16, 2015 — The 10th edition of India International Textile Machinery Exhibition 2016, the largest textile machinery and accessory exhibition in India is to be held from 3rd to 8th December 2016 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India.

The exhibition will be spread over 150,000 square meters, with participation from 93 countries and the strength of 1,000 exhibitors from across the globe. The exhibits will have 17 chapters spanning the textile segment from raw material to finished products, India ITME 2016 is the focal event for the textile and textile engineering industry in India and in the neighboring region.

Global Textile machinery market is witnessing tremendous growth buoyed by growing demand of textile & apparel market. The major manufacturers of textile machinery are Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France and now China. One of the major trends in the Global Textile Machinery market is the growing number of technological innovations.

In India, industry witnessed a growth of 8-10 per cent to Rs.22,000 crore in 2014 from Rs 20,000 crore in 2013.  The size of India’s textile machinery industry is poised to double to Rs 45,000 crore in the next 7 years from the present Rs.22,000 crore in light of new projects and emphasis on setting up textile parks. The textile machinery manufacturing section is one of the important segments of the machinery manufacturing industry in India.  This industry is nearly sixty years old and has more than 1000 machinery and component manufacturing units. Nearly 300 units produce complete machinery and the remaining produces various textile machinery components.

India’s textile and apparel industry (domestic + exports) is expected to grow from the current US $107 billion to US $223 billion by 2021.  India is expected to be a leading textile producing country in the world by 2020.

Growing domestic demand and export market presence:

The current domestic textile and apparel market is estimated to be US $68 billion which is expected to grow at 12 percent CAGR to become US $154 billion by 2020.  Apparel constitutes the majority share of the market with value of US $50 billion in 2013.  Technical textile is a promising segment which is expected to grow fast at 18 percent CAGR.

In global exports of textile and apparel in 2013, India occupied second position in textile exports with 7-percent share but ranked sixth in apparel exports with 3.7-percent share.  Overall, India held second position with 5.2-percent share of global exports.  India has potential to increase its export share from present 5 percent to 8 percent by 2020.

Largest Exporters of Textile and Apparel

Country
2013 Exports

(In US$ billion)
China 297
India 40
Italy 36
Germany 35
Turkey 28
USA 27
Bangladesh 26
Vietnam 22
Gradual diversification in apparel sourcing from China and compliance issues in Bangladesh:

With increasing manufacturing costs in China and issues of social compliance in Bangladesh in the recent past, global buyers are looking towards sourcing destinations with costs lower than China and reliability higher than Bangladesh.  China’s bulging domestic market will also need more attention than earlier from its textile and apparel manufacturers which will decelerate their export growth.  The trend of buyers diversifying their sourcing albeit recent, is reflected in the fact that apparel exports growth of Cambodia, Vietnam and India has outgrown that of China and Bangladesh over the last 2 years.  Even though exports from the competing countries will continue to grow, India stands to gain most in the long run with abundant availability of skilled manpower and a bigger and well integrated supply chain from fiber to finished product.

Investment worth US $100 billion will be required in India by 2020, to cater to the growing market:

The total domestic and export market of India will grow at a CAGR of 12 percent from present US $108 billion to US $243 billion in 2020 and investments worth US $100 billioin will be required for textile and apparel manufacturing in India to support this growth.  Besides the capacity addition by existing players, we envisage entry of new entities, including major international players, in manufacturing of textile and apparel in India.  Yarn manufacturing, weaving and processing are expected to attract-75 percent of the investments.

Advantage India:

India has the potential to become manufacturing hub in the textile machinery, with abundance of skilled labour, low cost and natural resources available, provided sufficient focus is given on research and development in order to ensure modern and innovative technologies are developed in our country.

Except spinning, majority of the textile and apparel machinery demand of India is being fulfilled through imports, especially for investments in latest technology machines by large/organized mills.  With a growing market and manufacturing scenario in India, textile machinery manufacturing in India will become more attractive and beneficial.  Following are some of the reasons:

India’s strong and improving manufacturing competitiveness:

Over the years, India has established a strong and vertically integrated supply chain in textile and apparel manufacturing and has become one of the leading manufacturing destinations for textile and apparel in the world.  India continues to be a competitive manufacturing destination for textiles as manufacturing costs in competing countries have increased.

Higher import cost of machinery due to currency devaluation:

In the last couple of years, the Indian currency has depreciated significantly with respect to US$ while Yuan has appreciated.  As almost 30% of total textile and apparel machinery is imported from China, this has caused a double impact.  Under such a scenario, cost of importing machinery has also increased significantly.  In coming years the trend is supposed to continue.

Costs in China are rising:

There is no doubt in the fact that China has been a strong manufacturing base in recent years but the production costs in China are rising at a faster rate than other developing countries.  Increase in manpower cost is the major factor which will impact cost of machinery manufacturing as well.

The labour wage cost index of China has almost doubled since 2002.  The wages are further set to increase in coming time.  In addition to it, the demographic shifts in China will limit the labour force in coming years due to ageing population.  This will further increase wage rate and availability of skilled manpower for machinery production will also be an issue.

In contrast, India has very favorable demographics with a young population base.  60% of population in India falls in the age group of 15-59 years and 49 percent of population is less than 25 years.  More number of people would be added in the productive age group of 20-60 years leading to abundant availability of skilled work force.  The favorable demographics and relatively lower wage cost make India as one of the favorable destinations for manufacturing machinery.

Better Service & availability of Spare Parts:

Apart from the cost advantage, manufacturing in India will give significant competitive advantage to the global machinery manufacturers in providing better service to buyers, especially in terms of spare parts.  Import of spare parts has shown significant growth in value terms with 7 percent CAGR from 2005 to 2013 directing towards rising requirement in India.

Once machinery manufacturers decide to set up their unit in India, spare parts suppliers will also follow them.  Even many Indian companies will also start manufacturing the machinery parts looking at the potential future demand size.  Similar scenario has already been observed in automobile industry.  Once spare parts availability becomes easier and quicker, it will also help in increasing market size of those machineries.

Export potential of textile machinery:

Indian subcontinent is increasingly becoming dominant in textile and apparel manufacturing.  India also has signed bilateral and multilateral treaties with different countries that have significant presence in textile manufacturing.  As the cost of manufacturing in China is increasing, India is coming out to be the export hub for this region for different product categories including automobiles.  Similar potential exist for textile machinery as well.  In cost of manufacturing of spinning machineries, India is already one of the lowest if not least.  Present textile machinery manufacturers are already exporting all over the world and the fresh investment in this sector will scale it up many times.

Indian Government supporting indigenous machinery manufacturing:

Government of India has recently proposed a drive in favor of indigenous manufacturing and taking several policy decisions to make its “Make in India” campaign successful.

Following action points have been proposed by the expert committee in their draft ‘Vision, Strategy and Action Plan’ document prepared for Indian textile sector.  All of those once implemented will motivate the textile and apparel manufacturers to purchase machineries made in India only.

• Incentives under Scheme of Hire-Purchase and TUFS in specific segments should be made available only on indigenous machinery after period of 3 years.
• Import of second hand machinery should not be encouraged except in case of select machinery.
• Basic customs duty of complete machinery should be at least 5 percent higher than that on raw material and components.

As per the union budget 2014-15, Indian Government has offered benefits for capital goods manufacturing in India with investment allowance at the rate of 15% to a manufacturing company that invests more than INR 25 crores in new plant and machinery.

India ITME Society, a 36 year old apex non-profit industry body has continuously strived through “ITME Series” to facilitate and push towards these goals. From 1980 onwards to ensure flow of latest technology and attract customized product launches for Indian market.

The 10th India  ITME to be held in December 2016 will serve as an ideal convergence point for all exhibitors, buyers, agents and dealers from Asian, Middle East and European countries.

India ITME 2016 is supported by Heavy Industries Department, Textile Ministry, NSIC and many other domestic and international organizers, making it one of the most anticipated exhibitions in the year of 2016. It is one of the premium events globally with 93 countries ensuring their presence as exhibitor and visitor.

India ITME-2016 is much anticipated & looked forward by Industry member, Technical Study Students Researches, Education of Textile & Textile Engineering Industry.  It’s a catalyst to realize our future goals and growth target for Indian Textile and Textile Engineering Industry.  This is a must participate, must visit, event, if you are in textile business.

Posted January 18, 2016

Source: India ITME Society

WETZIKON, Switzerland —  Loepfe Brothers Ltd. presented a comprehensive portfolio of quality control solutions for the textile industry at ITMA in Milan, which was held November 12-19, 2015. The company, which celebrates its 60^th anniversary this year, always played an important role over the past six decades as a technology innovator for yarn quality control in spinning and weaving mills.

Presented at ITMA for the first time, the brand new LabMaster series sets a new standard for laboratory measurements. The testing devices integrate the most important measurements into one system. LabMaster consists of the two measurement devices FiberMap and YarnMap as well as LabMaster Top. The integration of all fiber-related parameters into one instrument delivers the complete fiber profile throughout the whole preparation process of the spinning mill, from bale to finisher sliver. FiberMap provides data of standard HVI measurements and also neps, seed coat neps, trash and stickiness. The efficiency of yarn testing is increased considerably by synchronized measurement of the most relevant yarn properties, like count, evenness, hairiness, and strength. In addition, all preparation products can be checked for mass evenness at the same time as the yarn. User-friendly and intuitive operation of the instrument increases the efficiency even further. LabMaster Top delivers value-added reports directly on the management’s desk.

The new yarn clearer generation YarnMaster Zenit+ utilizes state-of-the-art technology, fastest processors, and measuring technology. This extremely reliable tool safely detects even the finest yarn irregularities. Just one sensing head covers the range of yarn counts from Nec 2.4 to Nec 320. The YarnMaster Zenit+ allows even more precise yarn clearing then ever before and delivers a multi-layered evaluation of the measuring results. The new yarn clearers have additional features like nep cluster channel, off-standard bobbin detection, and improved foreign matter detection. They enable a 100 % online quality control in the spinning mill. Many of expensive and lengthy laboratory measurements are incorporated in the yarn clearer. The easy to service and easy to operate central unit LZE-V provides a clearly structured user interface. When needed, Loepfe technicians have the possibility to remote control the system, to check the status of the central unit and to update the software. The result is an increased reliability.

For open-end spinning applications Loepfe offers YarnMaster 3N1. The yarn clearer combines three sensors: an optical sensor for diameter measurement, a F-sensor for detection of foreign matter, and a P-sensor for detection of synthetic foreign matter like polypropylene. In addition YarnMaster 1N1 is available, which has one sensor for diameter measurement. Both yarn clearers can communicate with the machine control of the open-end spinning machine. The graphical user interface provides comfortable access to all functions and reports. The user activates the yarn clearing by setting classes within the clearer matrix using the touch screen. The length and deviation limits of the classes can be set individually within certain limits. Repetitive quality stops or longer faults can be blocked for particular rotors. The YarnMaster 3N1/1N1 covers the range of yarn counts from Nec 3 to Nec 60 with maximum spinning speeds up to 400 m/min. The desired quality can be achieved with the maximum possible machine efficiency.

For weaving mill applications the new WeftMaster Falcon-i optical yarn defects sensor contributes to the quality of the end product. The sensor is able to detect and eliminate smallest knots, fluff or even filamentation from the weft yarn. A wide range from 20 to 3,000 dtex and yarn speeds of up to 30 m/s is possible. The WeftMaster Falcon-i can work with monofilament or multifilament yarns and is insensitive for yarn color. It is also suitable for high performance yarns such as glass fiber, aramid, carbon etc.

The new online data management system MillMaster TOP is able to monitor and analyse the quality data from Loepfe yarn clearers. The modern software can collect, visualise and analyse quality data from up to 7,200 spindles in real-time. The data management system has a comprehensive functionality. The shop mill floor view gives an overview of all winding machines. Traffic light colours indicate the performance of the different machines or yarn production lots. Setting-up MillMaster TOP is very easy, because all connected machines are recognised automatically. With its modern client server architecture the system is the ideal solution for winding machines. The data is not only available on the server, but can also be displayed on a handheld device, e.g. a tablet computer. MillMaster TOP can be customized with various options, which are installed automatically via Loepfe´s cloud service.

Posted January 18, 2016

Source: IFF Media /Loepfe Brothers Ltd. 

NEUMÜNSTER, Germany — November 2015 — For the production of bicomponent fibers, high take-up speeds are necessary in order to achieve homogenous filament formation. Previously, this was only possible with a two-step staple fiber process. With the Staple FORCE S 1000 from Oerlikon Neumag, bicomponent fibers can now also be produced in the compact spinning process.

Oerlikon Neumag has many years of experience in the production of bicomponent fibers in the two- step process. This competence has been successfully transferred to the Staple FORCE S 1000. It is a small, compact staple fiber line that works according to the one-step process. Spinning and defined drawing take place in direct succession without intermediate storage of the spun tow in cans. Compared to conventional one-step processes, which work with take-up speeds of approx. 80 meters per minute, the Staple FORCE S 1000 achieves a take-up speed of approx. 1000 meters per minute and is thus also suitable for the production of bicomponent fibers. For example, the production of core/sheath bonding fibers made of PET/CoPET is now possible in the compact spinning process.

Cost-effective, flexible and compact

With a throughput of up to 15 tons per day, its compact construction, easy handling and energy efficient operation, the Staple FORCE S 1000 is not only attractive for fiber manufacturers focusing on special applications and on ‘on-demand’ deliveries, it also enables nonwoven producers to efficiently integrate fiber manufacturing into their own production operations.

By means of virtual reality, interested parties at the ITMA in Milan can see the advantages of the system for themselves: the fact that installation is possible on a standard industrial floor minimizes investment costs. Energy and water savings through a dry drawing process lead to a reduction in operating cost and protect the environment. “Cost-effective, flexible and compact — this appeals to our customers and opens up diverse new market potential for them,” concludes Mathias Gröner- Rothermel, Senior Manager Business Development Plant Engineering from Oerlikon Neumag.

Posted January 18, 2016

Source: Oerlikon