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circulate systems of creel trolleys and combines a three-axis handling system and industrial robot system. Similar additions include RoboTrANS and RoboPiCK. Industrial interface platform The webinar finally explored the company’s SPSComm industrial interface platform. The platform acts as a bridge between machinery and other systems that come afterwards – building connectivity within processes and gathering data and insight from machines. A mobile app titled 4comm is available to allow users to monitor these processes.
process becomes easy, quick, and reliable. Zünd cutting systems are an integral part of a complete digital production workflow that allows garment and upholstery manufacturers to automate their production processes and simultaneously optimise the data flow. This results in significantly greater throughput, reduced error rates and production costs, which in turn enables much greater competitiveness, the company says. Visitors to the Zünd booth in Frankfurt will be able to experience performance and productivity. Two independently operating beams can each accommodate up to three different tool modules and enable significant increases in throughput. The intelligent cutter-control system the Zünd dual-beam D3 cutter which offers industry-leading A representative describes the platform as “Industrial IoT (IIoT) made practical,” since it allows the logging and tracing of manufactured parts, collection of process data, easy access to machine data in real-time and allows programmable trigger actions. These actions are described as custom plugins that can be written by companies to execute decisions. For example, a machine failure may alert a user via email, SMS or push notifications; or a function may be written that stops live video monitoring of machines if an operator has entered the view – catering to European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines.
blind spots, and the device can detect optical and acoustic indications of obstacles. Elsewhere, a 3D camera is used to detect and check bobbins, while an electrical gripper picks up bobbins from cardboard tubes. The device is autonomous and operates for eight hours (with one hour of charging time), company representatives noted. Functional expansions of the RoboSmART exist, too – for example, the RoboFiX. This stationary robot cell can be added to support the loading and unloading process. It integrates quality checking tools, can unpack bobbins,
Improving the cutting workflow Workflow automation is essential for standardised, economical production in textiles and garment manufacturing. At Texprocess Frankfurt, Zünd is presenting software tools for every phase of textile processing centered around Zünd high- performance digital cutting systems that are geared towards maximum efficiency, the company says. There are many ways to optimise sources of error. This is one of many insights attendees will gain from learning about MindCut Studio at Texprocess, according to the company. Zünd’s modular workflow suite contains all essential functions for every phase of textile production and garment manufacturing, the company continues. It can reliably detect patterns,
compensate for material distortions and nest parts for maximum material yield. In view of the rising cost of materials, maximum utilisation is an essential component of a productive and profitable workflow. In addition, the software also offers flexible options for pattern matching, no matter whether the fabric is striped, checkered, or digitally printed, Zünd adds. For efficient removal, cut parts must be quickly and clearly identifiable. Projected colour coding and parts information are a great way to help the operator identify and sort cut parts, the company says. With projection and monitor displays serving as visual aids, the parts removal
production and make it more efficient and profitable. Zünd, a Swiss digital cutting-system manufacturer, offers a variety of automation solutions designed specifically for digital textile cutting, many of which the company will be presenting at Texprocess. These solutions help automate and standardise print and cut-file preparation and also support production monitoring and analysis, control the cutting process and facilitate the removal of cut parts as well as logistics, says Zünd. Intelligently automated production offers enormous opportunity for savings and helps eliminate potential
optimally distributes jobs across the two beams, thereby ensuring maximum productivity. Visit Zünd at Booth C57 in Hall 8 . Swedish textile companies at Texprocess ACG Nyström, a member of TMAS,
with Eastman Machine Company, of Buffalo, New York, US, building on a partnership dating back over a century. Combined, the two companies have installed over 3,000 automated cutting systems worldwide and distributed hundreds of thousands of manual cutting machines, they say.
As a well-established full-service supplier of textile machinery and software, ACG Nyström, part of the ACG Group, will serve as a hub for imported Eastman equipment, parts and consumables, enabling shorter lead times and direct delivery within the European Union (EU).
the Swedish textile machinery association, will demonstrate the benefits of the automated Talon 75 multi-ply cutter at the forthcoming Texprocess exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, from June 21-24. This follows a new agreement
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