25th March 2009, Obertshausen – Karl Mayer Malimo
is to present its latest generation Malitronic Multiaxial machine for textile
composites during the second quarter of 2009. The multiaxial weft insertion warp
knitting machine is to be made available for viewing at the company’s technical
centre.
Warp-knitted multiaxial constructions are multi-purpose
textiles with a wide range of applications. As load-bearing composites, for
example, they are used in the rotors of wind turbines, as well as in machine
components, tanks, strengthening elements for cars and pressure vessels, and
these are specific applications, which make high demands of the textiles and
especially of the machines used to produce them.
One of the most efficient and accurate of these machines is
the Multiaxial from Karl Mayer Malimo. This impressive, high-tech warp knitting
machine operates with several freely adjustable weft insertion systems, offers
maximum flexibility for its simple, sturdy design, and is extremely
user-friendly, Karl Mayer says. The company also says that the Multiaxial is
also highly productive and produces a top-quality textile and that these
performance features are the result of implementing a number of innovations.
Modern materials used in the technically sophisticated,
intelligent systems, especially for the drive technology and weft insertion
systems, guarantee optimum weft insertion frequency and machine speeds, and
also ensure that the yarns are handled gently. The Multiaxial was also designed
to minimise operating costs. Another important component in terms of efficiency
and textile quality is the optional compensating yarn storage system for the
weft insertion systems. This clever yarn storage system guarantees continuous
take-off of the weft yarns and constant equalisation of the weft yarn tension,
both within the yarn sheet as well as during the entire insertion cycle.
Special hooking elements on the transport chain ensure that
the yarn sheet is hooked-up evenly and securely, even at high weft insertion
frequencies and large insertion widths. The yarn-specific modifications that
have to be made to produce the required fabric weights are made by changing the
weft insertion cam, among other things. Karl Mayer Malimo has developed a new
generation of Multiaxial machines in order to cater for the ever-growing market
for glass-fibre composites and the huge demand for Karl Mayer Malimo’s technology.
The new machine is known as the Malitronic Multiaxial, and the design has been
completely revised, which has led to an obvious improvement in productivity,
textile quality and machine handling.
More details will be available during the second quarter of
2009, when this innovative, pioneering technology will be available for viewing
in operation in Karl Mayer Malimo’s technical centre.
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