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This year’s show attracted a large number of visitors. The Swiss based SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG, the inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system, was present on the booth of their agent Union Trading as well as on the booth of Rieter Components. Two machines for the dye package/rewinding process of high elastic yarns had been exhibited successfully.

The best solution to maintain a high residual elasticity of elastic Polyamide (PA) and Polyester (PES) Draw Textured Yarns (DTY) after dyeing is the muff dyeing process with integrated SSM leading yarn winding technology. The new SSM PWX-CTM enables the preparation of low-density muffs, while maintaining the highest possible elasticity of the yarn throughout the dyeing process. For the highest flexible and productive rewinding, SSM PWX-MTC offers the proper solution – regardless whether muffs, hanks, dye packages on dye tubes or coreless dye packages are to be rewound.

Besides the displayed applications, SSM provides a wide range of renowned textile machines. A detailed overview about SSM machinery and supported applications of the textile process chain can be found under Winding Solutions at www.ssm.ch

SSM would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who visited the booth and is looking forward to future partnerships and collaborations.

For more information please contact:
SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
Phone: +41 44 718 33 11
Fax: +41 44 718 34 52
E-Mail: L_hc__mss--ofni

Founded in 1977, Alphalex Ltd. looks back on more than 40 years of experience with international textile machinery brands. After representing SSM GIUDICI S.r.l. from 2010 onwards, Jonathan Pears (Director) and his team will now take over full responsibility for SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG business in the UK and in Ireland. With this step SSM is convinced to have found the best solution for British and Irish customers.

For further information please contact:
SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
Neugasse 10, CH-8810 Horgen / Switzerland
L_hc__mss--ofni, www.ssm.ch

Only a couple of days lay between the two exhibitions in Iran and Uzbekistan. However, both shows are important for their region and therefore SSM was pleased to present their products on both fairs.

In Tehran, SSM joined the booth of the Swiss Textile Machinery association (Swissmem). Together with other high quality textile machine producers from Switzerland, the local industry could profit from their experience and services. SSM, known as innovative leader in yarn processing and winding – Swiss developer, leader and inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system, impressed their visitors with a wide range of solutions and applications.

For CAITME, Textima (SSM representative for Uzbekistan) was the host. The 11th edition of the exhibition was well visited. The visitors had been keen about the latest technology from SSM.

A detailed overview about SSM machinery and supported applications of the textile process chain can be found under Winding Solutions at www.ssm.ch

SSM would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody that visited the booth and looks forward to future partnerships and collaborations.

For further information please contact:
SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
Neugasse 10, CH-8810 Horgen / Switzerland
L_hc__mss--ofni, www.ssm.ch

Rieter is the world’s leading supplier of systems for short-staple fiber spinning. Based in Winterthur (Switzerland), the company develops and manufactures machinery, systems and components used to convert natural and manmade fibers and their blends into yarns. Rieter is the only supplier worldwide to cover spinning preparation processes as well as all four end spinning processes currently established on the market. With 15 manufacturing locations in nine countries, the company employs a global workforce of some 5 020, about 20% of whom are based in Switzerland. Rieter is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under ticker symbol RIEN.

• Webpage Rieter

What’s a stable electricity supply?

An electricity supply is characterized by frequency, magnitude, waveform and symmetry of the three-phase-voltages. If the following disturbances exceed certain limits then the quality will be affected:

• main power shortages
• jitter light
• voltage variations
• frequency variations
• slow and rapid voltage changes (over-voltage, spikes)
• unbalance of three phase voltage
• harmonic distortion

An exact definition of a stable supply is given in the European Norm (ex. EN50160). SSM assures its machine function correctly if the norm is fulfilled.

How to test the electricity supply

To test if a supply is inside the norm you have to analyse your net over a long time. Variations over the seasons have to be taken into consideration (summer/winter influences etc.). Often a weekly analyse will give you sufficient information about your net. SSM can offer a short analyse of your net. Very often though consumers know their supply. Important are the amount of main power shortages and voltage variations.

How to connect the machine to the supply

A lot of errors can be avoided by connecting a machine correctly:

• Is the grounding system of the machine correct?
• Sufficient cross section of the supply pipe?
• Avoid connecting machines of different power classes to the same main distributor.

How to protect a machine

There are a number of devices that can help to protect a machine, e.g. UPS (unbreakable power interrupt), power stabiliser, flash protector, or net filter. It is important to choose the best and most economical solution. The beside checklist will help you to choose appropriate equipment.

The spinning operation comprises six spinning mills having 225,000 spindles. A wide variety of yarns are produced in these mills. The spinning mills annually produce approx. 42’000 tons of yarn. In their twisting set up they have 100 TFO machines with a daily production of approx. 66’543 kg. Main count range is Ne 6/2 to 80/2. So far, Indus Group is working with around 600 spindles of SSM assembly winding machines: CW1-D, TW2-D and the latest TWX-D

To find out what impact the SSM machines had on their success, MAKVIZ (SSM agent) have interviewed Mian Shahwaiz Ahmed (one of the owners):

What made you believe that SSM AG was the best for achieving your desired result?

In 2005 we bought the first machine CW1-D assembly winder from SSM AG. Since it is a drum winder we didn’t get many extra benefits comparing to other options available in the market, however we found the best after sales service and support from SSM. Later on we bought some Japanese and Indian assembly winders which were not as good as the SSM drum winder machines.

In 2014 MAKVIZ came up with the new idea of knot-free packages on same size TFO pot. We bought the first TW2-D precision assembly winder from SSM and surprisingly with the help of the precision winder we got knot free package which helped us to improve the efficiency of our TFO machines and eliminated our major complaint of twist variation due to knots/splices.

Having this experience we bought seven SSM precision assembly winders (TW2-D / TWX-D) within our group up till now.

How did you find the machine/service of SSM and are you happy with the completed job?

With no second thought, SSM manufactures the most eligible machine to perform the desired job and we enjoy the best after sales services from SSM compared to any other supplier in the world.

Would you extend your production with SSM machines and recommend them to a friend?

We are in process to replace our old winders and SSM’ precision winders are our first and only choice, since we are proud to have the SSM brand in our production facility. We are already recommending SSM precision winders to other textile companies.

What are the two most significant improvements that have resulted from work with SSM AG?

We are able to achieve approximately 25-30% more weight on the same package dimensions, with the help of SSM precision winders, compared to random wound package. We are running SSM’s new model TWX-D at highest speed without any yarn breaks, due to proper tension control on all spindles, which helps to gain higher efficiency on the TFO process.

Mission statement of Indus group

We aim to provide superior products, financial security, high performance and quality services that fully meet the needs of our customers and maintain the financial strength of our company. We invite our valued Clients to come and see us how beautifully we are doing all this.

For more information about SSM solutions please contact:
SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
Neugasse 10, CH-8810 Horgen / Switzerland
L_hc__mss--ofni, www.ssm.ch

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG participated at the following exhibitions in April and May 2017:

SAIGONTEX from 05 – 08 April with supporting agent MELCHERS
INDO INTERTEX from 19 – 21 April with supporting agent NUTEK
IGATEX from 26 – 29 April with supporting agent MAKVIZ
TECHTEXTIL from 09 – 12 May with supporting agent ELMATEX

The exhibitions took place on joint booths of the SSM representatives. During the shows, SSM met many existing, and also potential new customers that showed interest in their products. Thanks to the great effort and support of the SSM agents the exhibitions have been a great success.

In Frankfurt, the visitors were impressed by the shown DURO-TW-TD. The DURO platform, for all kind of technical yarns up to 50’000 dtex, offers a new level of flexibility and winding quality in one machine; thereby ensuring the fulfilment of all customer requirements.

Another highlight was the application for spreading, splitting and winding of Carbon as well as the possibility to optimize the yarn dyeing production with the SSM DIGICONE® 2 winding algorithm, which saves time, resources and money. Besides this, SSM can provide solutions for a wide range of yarn winding and yarn processing to obtain best packages that combine all the desirable characteristics. Detailed information about textile machines with leading technology is available on SSMs webpage.

For more information about SSM applications please contact:
SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
Neugasse 10, CH-8810 Horgen / Switzerland
L_hc__mss--ofni, www.ssm.ch

The ratio between double strokes and number of revolutions is kept constant for a certain diameter range. The crossing angle varies only slightly within a range of ±1°. This results in an enhanced package density that does not change with increasing package diameter. So the building of pattern zones is avoided and the package maintains a stable structure without any ribbons. Due to this stable structure, the risk of complete layers “slipping off” during the unwinding process of dyed packages, as known with random winding, is completely eliminated.

The introduction of the XENO platform opened new possibilities for optimizing the winding algorithm. Thanks to this new machine platform, SSM could release DIGICONE® 2, enabling an increase of dye package density by another 10–24% with unchanged dyeing recipes.

For more information about SSM solutions please contact:
SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
Neugasse 10, CH-8810 Horgen / Switzerland
L_hc__mss--ofni, www.ssm.ch

At the ShanghaiTex 2013 SSM has introduced the x-view™ density analysis. Since then the state of the art method was used for further improvements of SSM’s winding technology for the benefit of their customers.

The first part of the density analysis is performed on an industrial x-ray CT (XRCT) scanner. Here the yarn package is digitally x-rayed from several directions. These recordings are then calculated for a three dimensional computer model of the yarn package. The computer model serves as raw-data source for the final analysis. Several cross sections are measured to form the mean density profile of the examined package. The density analysis with an XRCT scanner allows finding fine-tuned winding recipes for specific requirements. Furthermore it enables SSM to steadily improve their winding technology or to create customized yarn packages. With its customers in mind, SSM is in contact with material testing labs to make the x-view™ analysis better available.

Thanks to the commitment to technological innovation, focused on cooperation with best partners in the field and with industry leaders, nowadays SSM is recognized as innovative leader in Yarn Processing and Winding – Swiss developer, leader and inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system.

For more information about SSM solutions please contact:

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
Neugasse 10, CH-8810 Horgen / Switzerland
L_hc__mss--ofni, www.ssm.ch

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For more information about SSM solutions please contact:
SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG, Neugasse 10, CH-8810 Horgen / Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 718 33 11
Fax: +41 44 718 34 51
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