Although we cannot control the wind, we can adjust how the sails are set. About 2,500 years ago, the Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle made a realisation that is more relevant today than ever.
Despite the tumultuous circumstances we are in, the appropriate modifications might turn the headwind into a tailwind. The mantra for a prosperous future is “Master the Change – profitable, flexible, and sustainable,” which applies to both the Karl Mayer Group and its clients.
The market leader asked its clients from various industries and branches about their worries, priorities, and aspirations in light of the recent changes. Five issues came up in the conversations as being urgent and strategically important. The Karl Mayer Group will exhibit innovations and solutions to these problems at ITMA 2023 in Milan. client inquiries.
How can you remain profitable despite rising cost pressure?
Increased expenses for electricity, materials, and transportation services are drastically cutting into profitability. Many clients are asking themselves, “What can I do to increase my profitability?” and they have discovered the answer at the Karl Mayer Group. The quickest three-bar tricot machine on the market with new features and a compact warp sampling equipment with an even smaller space requirement are the answers for warp preparation.
By minimising weft yarn waste at high working breadth and speed, a warp knitting machine with magazine weft insertion for the manufacturing of technical textiles delivers greater efficiency.
Additionally, digital solutions provide new opportunities to enhance the bottom line. As an illustration, consider KM.ON’s Digital Production Management System, which, among other things, increases shop floor transparency for the analysis and optimisation of production by making production-specific critical information available on a dashboard. By incorporating, for example, electrical components directly into the knitted textile on the ADF machine of the knitelligence generation, a specific robotic function called STOLL-knitrobotic makes it possible to increase added value in the flat knitting industry without adding additional process stages.
How can I maintain my company’s operations in the face of a skills gap?
A quick check at the KM.ON dashboard also spares a tour of the machine park and consequently people capacities, which is a significant bonus given the worldwide skills gap. a Karl The Care Solutions segment of Mayer Group also considers reduced personnel needs. For instance, the Care X-Tend Package offers a yearly machine health check and remote service to guarantee high machine availability without requiring the assistance of the customer’s staff. The machine can function without trained employees present thanks to constructive optimisations. For instance, the Spring Motion Assistant makes changing the bars on HKS models a breeze. Likewise, the ON pattern drive allows for pattern changes via touch screen swipes without the need to handle pattern discs. A novel electronic feature on the warp knitting machine with magazine weft insertion ensures pattern changes without mechanical handling. STOLL’s ADF model optimisations speed up and simplify the flat knitting machine setting for pattern modifications. manipulations made during maintenance.
An inventive automation approach can greatly simplify batch changes on the indigo and sizing machines during warp preparation. Customers gain from decreased waste and error risk in addition to reduced operating effort.
With the current cost constraints, where do I locate new business opportunities (such applications)?
Customers all over the world are searching for fresh, profitable business prospects as a result of rising costs. A double bar raschel machine from The Karl Mayer Group, which employs perfected jacquard technology to produce spacer designs with an unheard-of play of colours, is one example of how they can help them in this regard. The vibrant 3D warp knitted fabrics have a particularly high potential for future use in the furniture, fashion, and automotive industries. a knitted warp comprised of demonstrates how technology textiles can be used to overcome our environmental concerns while simultaneously opening up new avenues of application. The grid structure made of warp knitting reduces temperature, creates oxygen, and binds CO2.
New business in the flat knitting industry is ensured by sophisticated features for ADF models, which, among other things, allow the employment of various STOLL technologies on one machine and hence more design flexibility.
Also, a cutting-edge device that combines multiple fabric technologies and creates whole new textile constructs will be demonstrated.
How do we handle the growing call for sustainability?
In today’s market, conserving resources and protecting the environment are critical success criteria. a tricot machine that puts energy conservation first It takes into account this progress by using cloud-based pattern data transfer rather than the resource- and transportation-intensive use of pattern discs.
A new function makes it possible to achieve significant waste savings in weft yarn on the warp knitting with weft insertion, and on an ADF model from STOLL, a package of targeted design changes led to lower energy consumption. These are just a few examples of the detailed sustainability optimisations.
An breakthrough that makes indigo dyeing twice as clean and three times as effective as traditional procedures is helping the denim industry. Using nitrogen (NOX) technology to regulate the chemical dyeing process is the basis for this.
textile alternatives, such a composite material composed of natural fibres for boat construction, More sustainability is also guaranteed by knitwear made on a STOLL knitting machine that is CO2-neutral and biodegradable. Karl Mayer will also demonstrate how knitting whole fashion items can reduce waste.
The ADF machines are also true all-rounders thanks to the different STOLL technologies like knit and wear, weave-in, or intarsia. With the slogan “all articles on one machine,” different clothes will be made on a single ADF model in front of ITMA attendees in Milan.
