Texprocess, the leading international trade fair for the garment and textile processing industry, once again opened its doors in Frankfurt. 317 exhibitors from 34 countries are presenting their innovations in textile processing at the largest edition of the fair to date.
The main theme of the fair is Impact 4.0, tangible and visible advancement of Industrie 4.0. “For several years, digitisation along the value chain has been an important topic for manufacturers of garment technology and of machines for processing technical textiles, on which intensive and successful work has been carried out,” said Elgar Straub, Managing Director of VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather
Technologies (TFL), at the VDMA press conference at Texprocess. “Solutions in the fields of digitization, automation and robotization, for example with 3D product development, robots and gripping systems in the cutting area or the networking of entire production lines across national borders, are already firmly established in the industry. Machine manufacturers are also taking on future topics such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, for example in the form of predictive maintenance or cloud based interface solutions,” said Straub.
Impact 4.0 – the next concrete steps of Industrie 4.0
At the press conference, Dürkopp Adler, ZSK Stickmaschinen and Morgan Tecnica provided an exemplary overview of the next steps in Industrie 4.0 developments in sewing and garment technology as well as in machines for processing technical textiles.
The new sewing solution M-Type-Delta from Dürkopp Adler can be integrated into a fully digitized sewing production, guides the user with maximum use of digital solutions and constantly expands its functions as well as its “knowledge”.
ZSK Embroidery Machines presented the first Industrie 4.0 solution for embroidery machines already in 2011 with My.ZSK, to make the next step to Impact 4.0 in 2018 with My.ZSK 4.0. My.ZSK was a mere data collector that collected the status data of the machines and wrote the data onto a server, whereas
MY.ZSK 4.0 (introduced in 2018) introduced analysis functions, extended reporting functionality, supports the OPC UA protocol and includes first preventive maintenance functions.
The next step for ZSK after the
data analysis will be Machine Learning. Based on the data collected, the machines learn to recognizeand understand patterns and to react accordingly.
With the new Morgan Analytics software, Morgan Tecnica supports its cutting machines, which thus are able to communicate with each other, provide complete control of the cutting room and program, control and analyse production at any time.
VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies is conceptual partner of Texprocess
Texprocess is the leading international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials. From May 14 – 17, 2019, international exhibitors present to the trade visitors at Texprocess their latest machinery, systems, processes and services for the manufacture of garment, textile and flexible materials for the fifth time. Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, is taking place together with Texprocess.
