Pakistan Textile Journal. Ceam Group Seminar 2006

by Dr. H.R. Sheikh, Professor Emeritus, Textile Institute of Pakistan & Hony. Editor, Pakistan Textile Journal

The latest developments in the Italian textile machinery sector were highlighted at technical seminars organised jointly by the CEAM Group International, Pakistan Textile Journal (PTJ) and the Italian Trade Commission. The seminar at Karachi was held on the 19th of September, 2006. Similar seminars were also held at Faisalabad and Lahore on the 20th and 22nd of September, 2006 respectively. The companies who participated in this series of seminars were 1) Temporiti, represented by S. R. Khan & Co. 2) ETV, represented by Textile Engineers of Pakistan 3) Mario Crosta, represented by Al-Ameen Trading Corporation, 4) Salvade represented by Mustex Corporation. 5) Testa, represented by Mustex Corporation and 6) Ramish Guarneri represented by Acmatex Corporation.

CEAM Group Seminar started with an introduction of the CEAM Group and the member presenting companies by Nadeem Mazhar, editor, Pakistan Textile Journal. He mentioned that dissemination of information about latest developments in textile machinery was vital for the textile industry of Pakistan, as technological up-gradation of production requirements is imperative to meet the challenges of the WTO era. In this context the CEAM Group endeavour to hold seminars in Pakistan is a positive step towards that direction.

Mr. Mazhar, thanked the participants for sparing their valuable time in attending the seminar. He said that he was honoured by the presence of Mr. Muhammed Idress, the Textile Commissioner of the Government of Pakistan and Dr. Marco Pintus, the Italian Trade Commissioner. Dr. Marco Pintus was invited to deliver his welcome address which is reported below.

Dr. Marco Pintus welcomed six companies of the CEAM Group International, Italy and all the distinguished Pakistani guests attending the technical seminar. He also thanked Pakistan Textile Journal for special care in organising this event.

The growing value of trade between our two countries was a source of satisfaction. The Italian exports to Pakistan grew by 35% to 230 million Euros in January-May, 2006 over the same period last year. Similarly, Pakistan exports to Italy grew by 11% to 190 million Euros. Italian exports mainly comprises of machinery, electrical appliances, metal products and chemicals while 70% exports from Pakistan comprises of textile articles such as fabrics, garments, home textiles and yarn.

Globally, Italian textile machinery exports have grown by 7% this year and the share of Pakistani market is also increasing, the current level being 3.7%. However, Italian textile machinery imports in Pakistan last fiscal year dropped by 17% which caused concern to the Italian exporters who were now concentrating on improving post-sale assistance standards as required by prospective Pakistani buyers.

The six Italian companies visiting Pakistan were from an ancient industrial district in Northern Italy where textile expertise and proficiency was built through hard work and entrepreneurship spread over decades. These companies have pooled their expertise into a consortium to speak with one voice in foreign markets and at the same time preserving their individual flexibility and technical specialisation. The textile industry of Pakistan has made huge investment on modernisation, technological upgradation and expansion of its production facilities in order to become more competitive in the international textile export market. In these endeavours it can utilise the source of extraordinary experience and knowledge available with the new Italian consortium of textile machinery manufacturers for improving the quality of its textile and clothing products.

The Italian Trade Commission in Karachi has been active in promoting Italian textile technology over the years by setting up information offices in trade exhibitions in Pakistan and inviting Pakistani managers and technicians to exhibitions and training courses in Italy. We now wish to strengthen our commitment to Pakistani market by increasing our activity. The fact that Pakistan’s economy grew at an average rate of 7% during the last four years augers well for its prosperous future.

It is our firm intention to work hard to bridge information and knowledge gaps and to promote interaction between our business communities to discuss and enhance business prospects.

Mr. Mohammed Idrees, the chief guest, addressed the audience. Excerpts from his speach are reported as following:

The information disseminated by the Italian experts pertaining to the latest developments in the Italian textile machinery sector can prove useful to the textile industry of Pakistan and it can gain a lot from the CEAM Group International. Italian textile machinery sales are picking up in Pakistan.

Because of the complete phasing out of quotas textile industries of the developing countries such as Pakistan, India and China are passing through a revolution. The textile and clothing products can now be exported solely on the basis of quality and competitive price. Product development has become very important. The success rate is proportional to performance. The Government of Pakistan (GoP) is providing support in areas neglected in the past e.g. skill development, quality and value-addition.

Textile industry is very important and is the major economic sector of Pakistan. It contributes up-to 66%in foreign exchange earnings and 46% of employment. It has in-built competence for conventional products. In order to meet the challenges of the WTO era, the industry has invested during the last 5 years about $6.0 billion on modernization and technological upgradation of its production facilities creating 5,000 new jobs in the process. GoP is encouraging private/public partnership and garment cities are being set up in Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad and a textile city also in Karachi to promote the manufacture and export of Value-added textile products,

Mr. M. Idrees Ahmed concluded his address by requesting the Italian experts representing their respective companies of the CEAM Group International to convey his message to the Italian entrepreneurs to enter into partnership with the local Pakistani industrialists and locate textile mills in garment-textile cities and export processing zones in Pakistan.

A short video introduction of all the CEAM group companies followed the welcome address. Following the video, the representatives of six companies of the CEAM Group International participating in the seminar elaborated upon the manufacturing activities of their respective companies by giving presentations which are summarised on the following pages.

Mr. Luca Fabris informed that ‘Temporiti’ was founded after the end of second World War. Temporiti manufactures cradle trucks and fork trucks for transport and removal of cloth rolls from looms and also for transport and placing beams on looms. They also manufacture cloth rolls suitable for all types of looms. Maintenance and overhauling of all types of beams is also undertaken by them.

Over time Temporiti developed and specialized in beams and beam flanges for any type of loom and sizing machine as well as for any type of yarn and fibre. Aluminum flanges are produced by their in-house foundry department where they have developed the exclusive melting process named “centrifugal die casting”. This process allows them to obtain really high quality die casted flanges and, therefore, gave them the chance to serve the new sectors of the textile industries involved in synthetic and man-made fabric productions. Their production also includes steel / Aluminum canisters for felt and wire fabrics, cloth-rolls for any looms, and knitting beams. In 2003 they introduced the production of carrier for beams and cloth-rolls. Now they can offer a complete range of trucks suitable to transport cloth rolls and beams by any customer requirements.

Fork truck for transport and placing beams (diameter from 500 to 1000 mm, max weight kg 1000) on the loom. Wide possibility for the regulation of the forks’ opening.

Fork truck for removal from the warping machine, transport and placing beams (max diameter mm 800, max weight kg 1000) on the floor. It has got a beam shifter and a device for weighing beams directly on the forks. Wide possibility for the regulation of the forks’ opening. The lifting and the shifting of the beam are electrically executed.

Fork truck for lifting, transport, placing on the loom and removal of beams (max diameter mm 800, length mm 3900 and max weight kg 1500) from the warping machine. It has got a beam shifter and the lifting and the shifting of the beam are electrically executed.

Fork truck, uprights and double slide for transport and placing 1 or 2 beams (max diameter mm 800), heddles and thin plates on the loom. The max capacity is kg 1400.

Self –moving truck with longitudinal and transversal directions. It comes with infrared remote control for all the operations. It has a capacity 2000 kg.

To conclude Mr. Luca Fabris said, “Pakistan’s market is important for us and latest technology for beams and cloth carriers, with a complete range of trucks suitable to transport cloth, rolls,and beams are available to match the customers requirements”.

2. ETV- Elettronica Tessile Varese

ETV combines state-of-the-art technology with the experience gained during over 40 years with more than 10,000 systems installed in the textile and paper industry all over the world. Mr. Davide Mazzucchelli, Area Sales Manager made a presentation on innovative devices for monitoring and control of process parameters for the textile industry.

The ETV product range is mainly focused on moisture and Shrinkage control systems, addition to monitoring and tracing systems, width detectors, anti-static bars, metal detectors and several general automation systems upon request.

Applications of some of these devices in the spinning, weaving, dyeing, finishing and quality control as described by him are given here for the interest of our readers.

According to Davide Mazzucchelli, the ETV systems and solutions offers following benefits:

The company was founded by Mr. Mario Crosta in 1925.Mario Crosta possesses 81 years of experience and specializes in the manufacture of all types of dry finishing machines for raising , shearing and brushing of textile fabrics.

First fully automatic raising machine was marketed by Mario Crosta in 1945. Continuous Decatizing and Singeing Machines are also included in the product range. During dry finishing of the fabrics on these machines joints are not damaged or broken.

All process parameters are loaded in the machine controller and the process is carried out automatically. The operator only controls the machine operation and attends to maintenance. Thus, high speed and high production is achieved.

The Brushing Machines are equipped with special ceramic brush cylinders. Six brush cylinders are working in 3 different areas. The speed of the machine is very high and uniform effect is produced throughout the full length of the fabric. The operational data of the machine is stored in the computer for use later on. The brushing process does not produce any effect on the seams.

In 1975 Mario Crosta started equipping the machines with an Electronic Energy Saving System. This system reduces the normal energy consumption of the machine by 30%.
Very large Shearing Machines from 3 to 6 meters in width are speciality products of Mario Crosta. These machines are also equipped with dust extraction device. During the last two years 45 machines have been sold world-wide.

The company was established in 1950. The product range of Salvade includes polymerising, steaming and washing lines. stenter and tenter frames, coating and laminating machines and continuous fabric washing and scouring machines.

Mr. Marco Salvade said, “Sample steamers are manufactured in 1 to 7 metre and 1.8 to metre sizes. Process parameters are optimized on the sample steamers before textiles are steamed on production machines. Fabrics are steamed in loops. Chains are used for moving the fabrics and temperature is precisely controlled by a new system developed recently. Pigment printed fabrics can also be steamed.”

Tensionless Dryer AMW with single / double pass facility is another Salvade machine. One such machine is working in ‘Nakhsbandi Industries’ in Karachi for drying terry towels.

The machine is equipped with special ventilation device to control shrinkage. With high capacity Dryer Mach 5, Two kinds of fabrics can be cycled in the Tumbler at the same time and consequently production is doubled.

Mr. Marco Salvadè said, “ the new “MACH 5” Tumbler is suitable for all fabric types thanks to its versatility and the possibility of regulating fan speed and thus the kind of tumbler effect on the fabric itself. As final result, and naturally according to the type of fabric, the extremely high fabric transport speed and the vibration induced by the special transport blower (PATENTED), give a soft, bulky feel, dimensional stability, ageing effect, bouclé raising and volume to sponge and chenille fabrics”.

The machine is compact and modular, split into perfectly identical 2.2 metre sections. Each section has a fan mounted co-axially with a 45 kW inverter controlled motor.

“It is a high technology machine designed and built using the best materials available on the market. As heat source it can use steam batteries, diathermic oil systems or, alternatively, gas burners. It can be used free-standing or in line with other Salvadè machines, like the air-vibration dryers or miller, to increase production capacity. Its constructional simplicity and ease of operation put the MACH 5 in a class of its own,” concluded Mr. Salvade in his presentation.

Established in 1969, Testa specializes in designing and manufacturing of inspection and winding machines, packing machines, folders, doubling devices, accessories and special equipment for the textile industry.

Mr. Fabio Testa said, “ From 1999 Testa Spa is UNI-EN-ISO 9001 attested, and we are proud to have more than 30 years of experience, characterised by a remarkable background in the manufacturing of textile machinery and equipment for the fabric inspection, winding and packing, with about 4000 plants sold all over the world.”

Testa specializes in the manufacturer of fabric inspection machines e.g. Super Tester Rossa 1, 2 and 3. These machines facilitate optimization of checking cuts, cutting and rejection of fabrics. Super Tester Rossa-1 Checks, cuts and rejects the fabric in 25 seconds.

Testa operates a clear strategy, working closely with the customer. This allows to offer not only standard machines but also personalised and designed equipment that give full satisfaction to all the customers’ needs.

Testa can make use, inside its group, of TESTA SYSTEMS, a firm that develops and carries out software programmes linked to devices for the industrial automation and for the quality control of the fabric, as well as connections with the customers’ existing computerised systems.

Ramisch Guarneri from Italy is known for its Nipco Technology and conventional calenders. They are represented in Pakistan by Acamatex Corporation.
Several NIPCO “L” calendars in wide width have been sold and delivered to highly reputed local companies in Pakistan.

Ramisch Guarneri consolidates his presence in the market and in cooperation with his agent Acmatex cover all market demands in terms of assistance and after sales service for all Nipco end users. A new local unit for mechanical and electrical services is already present in Karachi and serving the whole territory.

According to Ettore Guarneri, “The brand ramischGuarneri® world-wide leader in textile calender is the sole and exclusive supplier for NIPCO® SYSTEM. Our production program includes 2 bowl calender NIPCO® I, 3 bowl calender NIPCO® L and the calender/embossing NIPCO® FLEX. Furthermore, the RamischGuarneri® is also responsible for services and spare parts for all NIPCO® rolls already delivered in the past”.

There are more than 770 Nipco® Rollers already sold worldwide and ramischGuarneri® is the only calender manufacturer to offer the ORIGINAL NIPCO® bowl with the deflection control made by VOITH PAPER for textile finishing.

All Ramish machines are equipped with the famous RACOLAN® SLEEVE from the original formula of Dott. Walter Ramisch. The RamischGuarneri® also supply conventional calenders (from 2 up to 5 bowl) and embossing machines with different configuration for all textile applications and finishing.Ramisch Guarneri specializes in the manufacture of ‘Pinnacle Calenders’. Two Machines 3.4 meters wide and fitted with 2- Bowl calendars are working in Turkey. The operating pressure on these machines can be steplessly adjusted from 50 to 300 N/m.m. while the machines are in operation. The calendar speed is around 100MPM. The 3.4 metre wide calendar can handle 2 metre wide fabrics.