SMIT presents brand-new model of GS900 series

New SMIT GS980 is the fastest free flight rapier machine of the market and has improved in terms of versatility, performance, production quality, efficiency and sustainability. The free flight ribbons system marks out SMIT weaving machine since years: smart and flexible, SMIT GS980 has been designed and manufactured in Italy combining some of the most reliable SMIT features with groundbreaking function solutions that make SMIT GS980 an asset that will keep its value for a long time.

Fabrics for apparel, home textile, technical applications and exclusive yarns and patterns can today be woven with excellent quality on SMIT GS980.

The year 2018 represents a significant milestone for SMIT which celebrates 80 years after the foundation in 1938. The machine name has been given after the 80th anniversary of SMIT which was founded in Italy and soon turned out to be an estimated leading manufacturer of weaving machines.

“SMIT GS980 brings more value to our customers and the best ratio between productivity versus running costs. At our booth we are weaving denim, curtains and our famous high-quality terry towel fabric” says Simone Rancan, SMIT CEO, who concludes: “The quality of the fabric produced with our machines has always been a reference for the market and with the new SMIT GS980 we surely continue to exploit this advantage. The general trend of moving towards productions of higher quality fabrics is already happening and some of our customers at the moment are exploiting some market niches where they can find more profitability: in these circumstances our new SMIT GS980 is the right technology for forward momentum”.

Santex Rimar Group & Has Group
SANTEX RIMAR GROUP and HAS GROUP presented the following best-seller textile finishing products: CSM6: New generation vertical Brushing Machine with brand new technologies applied: Moving parts and Free action. Thanks to these two features customers will be able to solve the wing-gap problem and be able to obtain different brush effects on the same fabric.

DECOFAST 3.5: The evolution of the continuous decatizing process under pressure for finishing polyester-viscose, polyester-cotton, wool & wool blend and synthetics blends, knitted and woven fabrics adds value to the whole finishing process. Sperotto Rimar Decofast 3.5, with already almost 140 units installed worldwide, is the answer to the actual market demand of growth through value.

HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM: Another product exhibited at the fair was the Electrostatic Filter and Heat Recovery System. The unit is produced to heat the environment in the cabins and to save energy taking advantage of the hot air coming from exhaust shafts of Ram machines working at very high temperature.

RAM-X: RAM-X series stenter frames offers maximum operating efficiency for the best possible quality results with minimum energy consumption for treatment of textile products. The new reinforced chain and rail system is the benchmark for heavy weight fabrics such as knitted, woven, nonwovens, denim and technical textiles applications.
Thanks to the modular and compact machine design, RAM-X is easy to ship and needs less maintenance.

RCM-D: Suitable for all kinds of natural and synthetic woven and knitted fabrics, RCM-D guarantees raising flexibility. Drums and working rollers can be operated in different rotation directions and pile and counter pile raising rollers work at independently adjustable speed. Double drum raising machine alternatively consists of 24 or 28 working rollers.

STM-X: The new STM-X stainless steel improved in terms of corrosion-oxidation resistance and makes the machine lifetime longer. Less maintenance is required. Patented storage chain automatically reduces the number of sticks and adjustable stick distance solves the rubbing issue with sensitive fabrics, especially digitally printed fabrics.