| Technical embroiderers | Tajima & ZSK | TLMX‐1201 N°1027 | - Classic head with 12 colors
- Fiber Placement Head (TFP):
- Carbon-proof system
- 1m² of embroidery area
- Substrate thickness up to 10 mm
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| Straight knitting machine | Universal | MC-835 | - 2 needle bed
- Fully Fashion (Jacquard)
- Gauge: E14
- Width: 120 cm
- 4 IRO Meminger
- 16 thread guides
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| Jacquard narrow loom | Jakob Muller | NFJK 2 53 | - 12 bundles or on stationary creel (384 coils)
- 2 weaving positions: 130 mm each
- Weft insertion: loop
- Channel selection:
- Jacquard selection (300 hooks each)
- 10 frames
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| Yarn sizing | Itema America | SS565 | - Yarn preparation to make it slide and protect it.
- Heated bath with stirrer
- Drying up to 95°C
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| Warping | Itema America | Mini Lutan | - Max beam width: 50 cm
- Chain length: min 7.5 to max 30 m
- Stationary creel
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| Weaving loom | Itema America | SL8900 Evergreen | - Possibility of 6 different weft selections
- Up to 3 beams
- Up to 16 frames
- Weaving width: 20 inches
- Up to 32 picks/min
- Leno edges
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| Nonwoven Needlepunch Pilot line | Automatex | | - 670 mm wide
- Carding machine
- Needling machine
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| Finishing line | Ernst Benz AG | KFTV 500-DOPPEL,
KST 500SPE2,
KLF HU 500 | - Max fabric width: 50 cm
- Scarf:
- Crushing pressure: 0-30 kPa / cm
- Adjustable speed: 0.2 - 2 m / min
- Coating system
- selection of knife profiles and angles
- Checking the winding tension
- Control of the dough thickness deposit: 0-5 mm
- Ovens:
- Infrared preheating
- Drying and crosslinking ovens up to 250°C
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| Press | Stahl’s Hotronix | Auto-open clam 16x20 | - Upper press heated up to 220°C
- Adjustable pressure
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| Calander | Roaches | | - Infrared preheating
- Heated roller press
- Pressure up to 80 psi
- Roll speed from 0.5 to 8.0 m / min
- 48 cm wide
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| Extrusion line | Thermo Scientific | Process 11 with accessories | - Transformable raw materials:
- Granules, powders, liquids and inert gases
- Rheological analysis to simplify scaling
- Heat treatment:
- Fusion pump
- Water cooling bath
- Shapes:
- Capillary and slit die: 1 mm to 6 mm
- Granules: size from 1 mm to 6 mm
- Sheets: width 25 mm to 150 mm, thickness 25 μm to 500 μm (1-20 mils)
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| Automated braiding platform | Herzog | RF-1/44-100 | - Three-axis radial braiding machine
- Precise handling of the chucks by a robotic arm
- Manufacture of n of hollow parts with variable sections and multiple shapes.
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| Automated sewing and cutting | Keilmann | Tufting Head RS 522,
two needles head RS 530,
Rc 590 Ultrasonic cutting head | - Tufting:
- Stitch length from 3 to 18 mm. Needle size: NM 250
- Material thickness: 2 to 35 mm
- Entry angle: adjustable from 45o to 135o.
- Two-needle sewing:
- Stitch type: modified chain stitch
- Stitch length: 4-8 mm
- Material thickness: 2-15 mm
- Cut
- Cutting speed: max 20 m / min
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| 3D printers | MODIX | MODIX 120X – Format large | - Large dimension printing: 1200 x 600 x 600 mm
- Resolution of 100 microns on the XY plane and layer height of 400 microns on the Z plane
- Possibility of modification for high temperature materials (eg PEEK, EKK, PEI)
- Works with the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) process
- Compatible with common materials:
- PLA, ABS, CPE, HIPS, PVA, PA, etc.
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| 3D printers | Ultimake | Ultimaker S5 - Tabletop | - Volume capacity: 330 x 240 x 300 mm
- Resolution up to 20 microns (0.79 mils)
- Works with Fused Filament Manufacturing (FFF)
- Double printhead
- Compatible with common materials:
- PLA, ABS, CPE, HIPS, PVA, PA, etc.
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| Electrospinning | | | - External collaboration
- Maximum width: 1.6m
- Lenght: according to needs
- Capacities: Custom formulation of nanofibers with synthetic polymers, natural & water-soluble polymers.
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