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Groz-Beckert Showcased New Products And Services In Texprocess Americas, Techtextil North America And IDEA Show

Groz-Beckert participated in Texprocess Americas and Techtextil North America exhibition from 3 to 5 May 2016 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta showcasing its products from the sewing and felting areas. During the same dates, Groz-Beckert also participated at the International Engineered Fabrics Conference and Exposition (IDEA) which is to be held in Boston, USA with their carding products. In the sewing product area, the special application needle SAN® 5.2 (a development of the SAN® 5) took the center stage. SAN® 5.2 is the ideal needle for the sewing of technical textiles characterised by its unique design geometry. To meet the increasing customer demands, SAN® 5.2 was fitted with improved, new features which includes double groove in the point area, reinforced blade and a larger eye. Further SAN® 5.2 ensures higher productivity, protection of the sewing material and uniform seam appearance.

Groz-Beckert also presented a customer portal with integrated online shop for the sewing sector. The online platform offers host of information on sewing technology and includes a comprehensive knowledge base. The portal also provides processing status of orders and shipments can be checked and invoices or order confirmations can be viewed. Groz-Beckert also presented its patented service INH (Ideal Needle Handling) process. It allows a trouble-free and time-saving handling of broken and damaged sewing machine needles. The INH quality management assists the brand owners to meet the different specifications uniformly. Together with the customer, Groz-Beckert defines the appropriate process and puts the required equipment at the customer's disposal.The felting product area highlighted a special needle solution for different applications of the nonwovens industry. Groz-Beckert GEBECON® and EcoStar® felting needles are characterised by an increased stability compared to a conventional standard felting needles and, at the same time, provides high needle elasticity and produces a good surface quality in the pre-needling process.

The EcoStar® needle, used for intermediate and finish needling, guarantees a high surface quality of the end product. For products that require high tensile strength, the twisted needle is the most suitable choice. Its special feature – the twisted working part – ensures efficient needling. It is used in the production of automotive textiles, geotextiles and other such applications. In addition, Groz-Beckert also presented three jet strip versions made of different materials at the exhibitions: HyTec® Standard, HyTec® D and HyTec® GEBEDUR®. The material used for the HyTec® Standard is characterised by an excellent corrosion resistance. The material used for HyTec® D additionally provides an increased stability and protects the jet strip even better. Moreover, its surface quality prevents the accumulation of dirt. The GEBEDUR® version is characterised by a special treatment giving the jet strip a high surface resistance in the area of the capillary edges.

At the IDEA 2016, in addition to the above products, Groz-Beckert showcased their carding products and services for the nonwovens industry at IDEA 2016. The highlights are SiroLock® metallic wires as well as EvoStep® doffer and worker rollers. In the nonwovens process they conjointly guarantee a homogenous fiber distribution and reduced fiber consumption. Metallic wires of the SiroLock® and EvoStep® series are characterised by a distinctive step under the tip of the tooth front. The optimised geometries of these wires allow an up to 30 % better fiber taking and holding, while reducing fiber fly and improving the fiber blending even at high production speeds. The better fiber control significantly improves the fiber transfer from the main cylinder to the worker or doffer rollers and, therefore, saves unnecessary fiber circulation around the main cylinder. The reduced maintenance effort enables a quicker and trouble-free restart. SiroLock® and EvoStep®, provide a clearly better fiber blending and, therefore, allow to produce a higher nonwoven quality than with conventional wires while reducing fiber consumption.