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Loepfe invests in its corporate headquarters in Switzerland
Developed and manufactured in Switzerland – this is one of the key
USPs of products from Loepfe Brothers Ltd. The company
announced a substantial investment in the extension of its
headquarters in Wetzikon, Switzerland. Construction of the new
headquarters building, which will add two additional stories on top
of the existing production building, started earlier this month. With
a total of 2,500 m2 floor space it will have enough room for some
60 offices in combination with modern meeting facilities and a
canteen for the employees. The building will accommodate the
general management, R&D, the service teams, product
management, financial management, and HR. “The new building Growing demand for quality control of high-tech the running threads, the WeftMaster FALCON-I is
materials. The producers are keen to find simple
installed before or after a weft feeder. The yarn control
will open up the opportunity for all departments within Loepfe to solutions, which ensures reliable control of latest system ensures reliable control of latest high-tech
further grow, to work together much closer, to enjoy modern offices high-tech materials such as carbon fibers, materials such as carbon fibers, monofilaments,
and labs and to offer customer and supplier trainings in state of the monofilaments, multi-filaments as well as spun multi-filaments as well as spun yarns in any material
art facilities.”, says Daniel Link, CEO of Loepfe Brothers Ltd., yarns in any material composition. composition. Even conductive yarns can be processed
during a barbeque, which was organized to celebrate the official The market for technical textiles is steadily growing without any restriction. The sensor works reliably with
start of the construction phase for the new building together with since several years. Typical applications include the colored yarns and measures unaffected by vibrations.
Static electricity or electromagnetic fields have also no
Loepfe´s staff. production of fabrics for airbags, tire cords, filtration influence on the results, as the sensor housing is made Loepfe Brothers Ltd. at ITMA Asia + CITME 2018 materials such as carbon fibers, monofilaments,
materials, architectural fabrics, sailcloth, and many from shielding material. Loepfe will present a comprehensive portfolio of multi-filaments as well as spun yarns in all material
The extension will be built in a modern wooden construction, which others. The quality requirements for many of these quality control solutions for the textile industry at compositions. The optical yarn defect sensor
reflects the commitment of the company to environmental fields – especially for safety-critical applications – are The sensitivity level of the FALCON-i can be set either ITMA Asia, which will be held in Shanghai from the removes smallest knots, fluff, filamentation, thick
very high. The challenge for weaving mills is the
sustainability. With the investment in its headquarters Loepfe production with zero-defects. After the growing manually or automatically. The thread to be 15th to 19th October and will include the well-known places and capillary breaks before being interwoven
into the fabric. The sensor is being used more and
YarnMaster ZENIT+ for winding and the WeftMaster
renews its commitment to the Swiss based operation. The new demand noticed from North America, Loepfe sees a monitored is guided through the optical measuring FALCON-i for quality control of high-tech materials. more for safety-critical applications such as fabrics
field by yarn guides placed before and after the
corporate headquarters is also a strong sign to present the similar growth in the Asian market for reliable yarn sensor virtually contact-free. An output signal triggers for airbags, tire cords, filtration materials,
company as a modern and attractive high tech employer in the quality control of latest high-tech materials. “Today, the required action, as soon as a defect has been Various innovative solutions in different areas of yarn architectural fabrics and sailcloth where quality
region. “We are looking forward to a promising future in the coming technical textiles are included in nearly every aspect detected. The microprocessor-controlled sensor quality control will be shown to ensure an interesting requirements are very high.
decades here in the Zurich Oberland region”, says Daniel Link. of human lives covering a variety of different needs. provides many options for connection to machine visit to the Loepfe booth for all visitors. New The Laboratory Solutions corner will also provide
The producers are keen to find simple solutions,
measuring results of the highly precise YarnMaster
which contribute to high-quality end products. The controls. Furthermore, the weft sensor function can ZENIT+ OffColor feature collected in cooperation interesting information. With Swiss precision, Loepfe
be integrated into FALCON-i. This option allows
reliable quality control of high-tech materials through elimination of a further yarn guiding contact before with a customer will be available. The case study works systematically on its revolutionary laboratory
the precise sensor technology of FALCON-i has the fabric production. shows impressive results in detection of shade test instruments. The focus during the ITMA Asia will
satisfied many of our customer’s needs”, says Luc variations in polyester. The Loepfe employees will be be on the YARNMAP which provides a tremendous
Vanoverschelde, Product Manager at Loepfe. Loepfe’s optical yarn defect sensor FALCON-i is not pleased to provide more detailed information. increase in yarn testing efficiency with regard to time,
only complementing the various available knotless space, maintenance and operator attendance. All
In quality sensitive applications even smallest knots, weaving concepts, but can also be used in many The increasingly popular yarn defect sensor kinds of short and long staple yarns are tested fully
fluff, filamentation, thick places and capillary breaks different processes down the textile production chain, WeftMaster FALCON-i will also be displayed. After automatically while, at the same time, preparation
have to be eliminated before being interwoven into wherever an individual yarn monitoring should the growing demand noticed from North America, products of the spinning mill can be tested on a
the fabric. To monitor such unwanted yarn faults on ensure quality. Loepfe sees a similar growth in the Asian market for second measuring sensor.
reliable yarn quality control of latest high-tech Loepfe Brothers Ltd. Hall 1 Booth C24

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