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54 companies, such as full-service enterprises or in the cylinder and two-way technology in the rib dial. 55
Mayer & Cie. to exhibit three spinning mills with forward integration, are constantly That ensures a very wide range of patterns for the

looking for ways in which to set themselves apart
multi-colour jacquard machine, which can at the
e-machines at ITMA Asia from the competition. same time produce a hole structure look by means of
multiple tuck loops. It also produces plain and
“With spinitsystems we can give our customers
something new,” Tuschak says. By that he means, for multi-coloured spacer fabrics up to 5 mm thick, which
Bühler says is very much in demand for shoe uppers.
one, the product the machine makes. Spinit Fancy Producing spacer fabrics on a circular knitting
Jersey with its characteristic pattern variations can machine makes sense for several reasons. For one,
only be made on the Mayer & Cie. machine. For set-up times are much shorter than when using other
another, the Spinit 3.0 E offers benefits in the manu- means of production. A circular knitter also uses
facturing process. To produce single jersey it requires much less yarn to make multi-coloured spacer
much less energy, time and space than the conven- fabrics. That above all, Bühler says, makes manufac-
tional process, and that recently won spinitsystems turing small batches of spacer on a circular knitting
the German Environment Ministry’s Innovation Prize machine a winner.
for the Climate and the Environment (IKU).
In addition to the OVJA 1.6 EE 3/2 WT, the Mayer &
The OVJA1.6 EE 3/2 WT The Spinit 3.0 E
OVJA 1.6 EE 3/2 WT: a shoe upper fabric specialist Cie. portfolio includes several machines that are
At this year’s ITMA Asia, to be held from 15 to 19 E relies on electronic individual needle selection on “The OVJA 1.6 EE 3/2 WT is our first ‘real’ shoe suitable for making shoe upper fabric, especially
October in combination with the CITME, Mayer & Cie. one track via control board and the Chinese model machine,” says Hardy Bühler, Mayer & Cie.’s Key OVJA machines. The Technit D3, in contrast, is a
(MCT) is focusing entirely on electronic machines. All uses 16 athermal electromagnetic actuators on eight Account Manager Brands. He is keenly concerned spacer specialist. It knits with three threads on the
three machines scheduled to be on show in Shang- tracks. “That has advantages in terms of user friendli- with the requirements of the shoe upper fabric growth cylinder side and produces spacer structures with
hai – the Spinit 3.0 E, the OVJA1.6 EE 3/2 WT and the ness because gauge changes are faster and easier,” market. The new machine uses three-way technology four needle tracks.
OVJA 2.4 EC – come in this category. It will be the Crass explains. “It is also more attractive in terms of
first time the Spinit spinning and knitting machine and pricing combined with high productivity. Not to
the OVJA1.6 EE 3/2 WT, designed specially for mention easy spare parts availability for it being
knitting shoe uppers, have been exhibited in China. domestic system.”
And it will be the first time ever that the OVJA 2.4 EC
has been on show. It is an electronic jacquard The OVJA 2.4 EC is the first electronic machine to be
machine that Mayer & Cie. China (MCN) has added finally assembled at Mayer & Cie. China. During the Quality makes the difference!
to its product line. past years, the Chinese works have continually
expanded their portfolio. The most successful – and
OVJA 2.4 EC: Mayer & Cie. China’s first electronic first – Chinese model is the MSC 3.2 II single jersey
machine machine and its double jersey counterpart our
“We have noticed for some time an increase in performance for your profit the MDC 2.2. Since the
demand in the high-end machine segment in China,” end of 2017, a Relanit 3.2 SC with Mayer & Cie.’s
says Rudolf Crass, Mayer & Cie.’s regional sales tried and trusted relative technology has completed
manager with responsibility for China. “High-output the portfolio for the domestic market. All four
circular knitting machines are trending too.” The new machines come with a knitting head made in Germa-
OVJA 2.4 EC that Mayer & Cie. China will present to ny. Different frame and control panel components are
trade visitors for the first time at ITMA Asia is just manufactured in Shanghai for final assembly.
such a machine. With its 2.4 systems per inch it is a
full jacquard machine that outperforms Chinese Spinit 3.0 E: making the potential of spinning and
manufacturers’ conventional models in productivity. knitting tangible
Thanks to its three-way-technology, the OVJA 2.4 EC “We are delighted to be able to present our Spinit 3.0
offers great variety in design patterns. It is aimed at E spinning and knitting machine ‘in the flesh’ at this
discerning Chinese customers who produce fabrics year’s ITMA Asia,” says Michael A. Tuschak, Mayer &
for outer garments, sports and leisurewear. Cie.’s spinitsystems marketing and sales manager. Visit us at the
“The technology, how it works and above all the result
Its design is borrowed from that of the successful are always demonstrated the most impressively on ITMA Asia
OVJA 2.4 SE mini-jacquard machine and its function- the machine itself.” Tuschak anticipates visitors to the H6B21
ality is based on that of the OVJA 2.4 E full jacquard Mayer & Cie. stand at ITMA Asia with a strong interest
machine. The most important difference between it in the spinning and knitting technology. Experience,
and the two machines on which it is modelled is the he says, has shown that the technology is mainly of
implementation of the needle selection. The OVJA 2.4 relevance in established textile markets. Larger
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