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Uster to show EVS fabric inspection systems at Techtextil

03 May '19

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Uster and its German agent, Elmatex, will display the Uster EVS automated fabric inspection systems at Techtextil expo, in hall 3.0, booth D05. The trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will be held from May 14-17, 2019, in Frankfurt, Germany. The company will present the Uster EVS Q-BAR and other members of the Uster EVS fabric inspection family.

Automated visual fabric inspection is an essential asset in optimising quality for a wide range of technical textiles and performance apparel. Applications in architecture, automotive, construction, hazard protection, medicine, aviation, and aerospace have some of the most stringent quality criteria. But fabrics for furnishings, sports and functional clothing must also meet the perfect standards that major brands need to uphold their reputation and satisfy customer expectations.

All fabric producers aim to deliver the quality their customers specify, while also minimising scrap and seconds to protect their own efficiency and profitability. The different fabric production and finishing processes contain plenty of opportunities for fabric faults to arise. Uster’s automated fabric inspection system bring quality under control, regardless of the complexities of the manufacturing stages. Fallible human judgment and varying levels of operative ability and experience are no longer critical to the production of consistent, reliable quality. Accurate automatic quality control becomes an integral part of manufacturing, Uster said in a press release.

Early-stage control with Uster EVS Q-BAR eliminates the need for manual inspection after production. Uster EVS FABRIQ VISION ensures reliable monitoring, using automated control during intermediate and final inspection. The system’s ability to capture any visible faults – with a proven and consistently high rate of defect detection – and its optimised fabric grading protect the producer from the risk of damaging claims.

Dyed fabrics present the particular extra challenge of colour uniformity. Uster EVS FABRIQ SHADE has the solution, monitoring in-line shade variation in virtually any process where colour is critical, without the need to cut fabric swatches for laboratory tests.

Automatic fabric inspection is the way to achieve optimum quality, to reduce below-par and scrap fabrics and to maximise fabric yield. The cut optimisation software module of Uster EVS FABRIQ VISION and Uster EVS FABRIQ SHADE optimises fabric yield per class, according to the settings. The system works by marking any defects in the fabric during inspection. The position of each defect is synchronised with Optimised Cut Control (OCC), which stops the cutting table at precisely the right place, guaranteeing error-free cutting. OCC can also identify and highlight defects which require operator action, making the process more efficient.

Only one operator is needed to oversee the entire production, reviewing defects, and rejecting or accepting them. The system is self-learning, reducing unnecessary alarms over time. The operator sends the fabric roll, with its defect report, to the cutting station, where faults can be marked, mended or removed as required. This saves time, as the operator has only to manage roll processing, rather than actually inspecting the fabric.

Uster EVS automatic fabric inspection technology is founded on more than 25 years of pioneering development in the field. Today, more than 1,000 installations in wide-ranging textile segments worldwide acknowledge it as the key to cost savings and enhanced market competitiveness.

Uster EVS customers currently inspect over 60 million meters of fabric per day. Many companies which installed EVS lines in the mid-Nineties have recently upgraded their automatic fabric inspection systems with Uster EVS FABRIQ VISION and Uster EVS FABRIQ SHADE. (GK)

Fibre2Fashion News Desk – India

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