KARL MAYER, an authority in textile technology, recently paid tributes to Heinrich Mauersberger, the pioneer and inventor of the MALIMO stitch-bonding technology on his 100th birthday. A specialist in chemicals and dyeing, Heinrich, a qualified master weft knitter who built a flat weft knitting machine in 1949 and got it patented. The weft knitting machine that he invented was called MALIMO, a word made up of letters comprising his name and the place he lived – Limbach-Oberfrohna. KARL MAYER MALIMO Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH, the company named after him till today has been in active production of wide range of textile machineries besides investing in new innovations and R&D.
The consistent development work by Karl Mayer in diverse areas has kept the company as a forerunner in technology. Their latest development work is in the multi-axial machine sector due to rapid upward trend in the technical composites sector, and particularly because of the high growth rates in the wind power industry. Maltronic® Multiaxial machine, for example, which was introduced to the market in March this year, can produce bi-and multi-axial ply structures which find use in sailor yachts, fast patrol boats, passenger ships, wind power plants, aerospace and building materials. These machines ensure optimal conditions of weft insertion and layer fixation and permit high production speeds along with excellent fabric uniformity. Multiaxial fabrics are surface structures fixed via a stitch system consisting of one or several parallel and stretched yarn layers with different orientations. Fibrous webs, unbonded chopped glass strands, film tapes, foams or other materials can be integrated with the machine.
Apart from Multiaxial machines, Raschel machine HighDistance® is proving to be best seller in Asia with six electronically controlled ground guide bars which can produce spacer fabrics with 60 mm thickness. The RSJ 5/1 EL High-speed Jacquard Raschel machine for knitted lingerie production has an ethernet interface which permits the data acquisition and teleservice modules to be connected up.
PBW 130/2 Pattern Beam Warping machine, the latest innovations for lace production from KARL MAYER has touch screen features, for easy input of all relevant warping parameters. It offers optimum productivity, process reliability, ergonomic features and high quality winding. The machine is particularly suitable for the simultaneous warping of two pattern beams having different yarn spacing values. The beam length is 330 cm or 130”, and the maximum diameter is 140 mm. The associated creel is a standard creel with 128 take-off points arranged in eight levels, each having 16 packages. The infinitely variable warping speed of 0 to 400 m/min makes it suitable for producing short runs and test fabrics, as well as for large-scale production.
Another innovative warping machine, DS 21/30 EC is ideal for producing the sectional warp beams that enables a warping speed of up to 1,000 m/min and yarn tension values up to a maximum of 200 N to be achieved. The special technical features include computer-controlled band build-up, a master beam/successive beam control system, an integrated MMI operator console, an intelligent, synchronized braking system, the tried-and-tested KAMCOS control system, and facilities for connecting-up additional units. An easy-to-use touch screen interface displays the process parameters and allows easy input of the beam data. A range of different functions can also be activated and master lists can be stored – simply by pressing buttons.
