High-tech airjet and rapier weaving machines manufacturer Picanol will exhibit its latest solutions at ITM 2022, to be held at TÜYAP Fair Convention & Congress Center in Istanbul on June 14-18. Visitors will have the opportunity to personally experience the developments that the company has has released at the end of 2021 during the exhibition, in Hall 2, booth 219. Not only will four machines from the Connect generation be on display at the Picanol booth but the new and fully digital platform PicConnect will also be demonstrated.
Among the weaving machines that will be on display at the Picanol booth during the exhibition are; OptiMax-i Connect-4-R-220 Fancy denim relying on smart performance and driven by data, with sustainability always in mind; OptiMax-i Connect-8-R-360 Curtain, enabling home textiles to be woven without compromise; TerryMax-i Connect-8-R-260 Terry Towel, combining maximum performance and ultimate versatility in terry weaving; and OmniPlus-i Connect-4-D-220 Double face, the airjet machine equipped with SmartShed, providing performance, flexibility and energy efficiency. Besides, an additional OptiMax-i-12-J-190 will be presented to visitors at Bonas booth 215A in Hall 2.
Picanol digitizes weaving with the PicConnect platform
One of the innovations highlighted at the Picanol booth will be the recently launched PicConnect platform. The platform, acting as a gateway to all of the company’s digital services, offers Picanol customers a wide range of features, from industrial IoT to service-related applications. This includes, for example, the new webshop for Picanol Original Quality Parts called PartsLine. In addition, other applications include production monitoring, which enables production monitoring of weaving machines; energy monitoring that allows monitoring of the power consumption of machines and air consumption in airjet weaving machines, and style administration which allows users to swiftly open, edit and manage Picanol machine settings through a central repository. The cloud-based platform, closing up the distance between machines, can be accessed via a web browser on any device.
Picanol Worldwide Sales Manager Kurt Lamkowski said that going a step further and connecting Picanol weaving machines to PicConnect will allow their customers to leverage the full extent of the machine possibilities.
Lamkowski stated that they want to make a clear statement on the importance of this market for Picanol with their strong presence at this exhibition and disclosed; “Our team is really excited and looking forward to explaining how our innovations will ensure we continue to grow together with the Turkish textile industry and our customers in particular.”