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The new YarnMaster ZENIT+with the OffColor feature is an absolute must for spinning mills, which are aiming for constantly high quality in the production of mélange yarns or coloured yarns.

Mélange yarns and colour-effect yarns are a growing trend in the garment industry. In order to have an optimum mélange yarn, the fibres have to be mixed carefully in the right proportions at the beginning of the spinning process. Even small shade variations or colour deviations of the yarns may result in poor quality of the fabric after knitting or weaving.

With the MAG SPinFO, an online individual spindle monitoring system for spinning mills, operators can effortlessly find the end breaks or stoppages and prioritise their patrolling pattern to increase the productivity.

A.T.E. Enterprises in collaboration with their principal MAG Solvics has launched SPinFO, online spindle monitoring systems in ITMA 2015 and till date supplied more than four lakh spindles and have many bulk orders under supply.

Single-end Sytec One is recommended for processes with high breakage rates, fine filaments, frequent colour changes or in general when demanding processes take up an increasing share in the business.

The market for the production of carpet yarn is increasingly evolving towards more demanding processes. However, beyond commodity products, standard plants can no longer fully exploit their advantages. From March 20-22, 2018, Oerlikon Neumag presented an economical alternative in Shanghai in hall W3, booth F03 at the Domotex asia/Chinafloor, the leading floor covering trade fair in the Asia-Pacific region: the BCF plant Sytec One with single-end technology.

Rieter posted an order intake of CHF 1,051.5 million in FY2017. This represents an increase of 16% compared to the previous year (increase of CHF 146.3 million).

A significant increase in order intake and order backlog at the end of the year marked the 2017 financial year. In terms of sales, Rieter posted a slight increase. The EBIT margin before restructuring charges was 5.4 per cent. Despite special effects, the company’s dividend policy and solid financial position allow the payment of an attractive dividend. Therefore, the Board of Directors proposes to the shareholders to leave the dividend unchanged at CHF 5.00.

Regent Machine & Servicing is an exclusive agent in the Indian textile industry for Condair, the world’s leading humidification specialist. Jaydeep Dasgupta, Managing Director, Regent Machine & Servicing, speaks on the importance of air engineering in the textile industry, and special machines and technologies in this field.

The fourth edition of B&R India’s “Innovation Day” once again provided a platform for thought leaders, industry experts and decision makers to share ideas on the Industrial IoT, smart manufacturing, design efficiencies, Industry 4.0 and digitalisation. This year’s event welcomed more than 200 attendees with a mix of technical presentations, live demos and a panel discussion – whose members agreed unanimously that digitalisation is not an option, but an imperative step forward for every organisation.

Rockwell Automation has updated its HMI software to equip industrial workers with better information to run and maintain their systems. New features in the FactoryTalk View software version 10.0 include greater access to information, new mobile device support and better cross-software integration to improve productivity.

Operators can now use the TrendPro tool in FactoryTalk View Site Edition (SE) software to overlay alarm information on trend data. This feature can help them connect alarm occurrences with data-point values to speed up troubleshooting. They can also use the tool to save and share ad hoc trends with other workers.