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                                                                    Rana Zafar Iqbal. General Manager - New Projects. Ibrahim Fibres Limited, Pakistan
            used in the system which makes it an extraordinary   with improved system reliability and further eliminated
            combination. This technology is user-friendly and its   individual expertise for the identification of faulty
            easy-to-understand interface has been a convincing   cones and ultimately the human dependency.
            factor for selection of Neuenhauser’s automated   Furthermore, handling different varieties in an
            system.                                           automated and efficient way is an important key
                                                              factor. Automatic formation of pallets and
            TEXtalks: What benefits has the Neuenhauser       de-palletization with the use of robotic arms has
            system brought to your spinning mill in terms of   eliminated the chances of product mixing. Through
            transport solutions and the overall operating     these automated systems, the automatic
            process?                                          conditioning of cones is being done by interfacing
            Zafar Iqbal: The transport solution by Neuenhauser   Neuenhauser systems with yarn conditioning
            has significantly improved our operational efficiency   machines. As an added advantage, the product is
            by reducing manual interventions, minimizing errors,   readily available in the form of bags as soon as it
            and optimizing production processes. With the     exits the system. The waiting period for 16-20 hours
            availability of real-time data analytics, making   of manual yarn conditioning is completely
            data-driven decisions has become more viable.     diminished. In the future sack pallets can be linked
            Automatic transport systems like Lap Transport    with the warehouse management system through the
            Systems in the Comber department and Cone &       use of AGVs.
            Sack Transport system have eliminated manual
            material handling which has resulted in better quality   TEXtalks: As labor is becoming increasingly
            and reduced labour work. In CTS & SPS systems, on   expensive, to what extent has Neuenhauser's
            one hand online quality monitoring systems (material   automated transport system contributed to reducing
            variation and paper cone color) and dynamic       wage costs?
            weighing of cones have standardized the process   Zafar Iqbal: The implementation of Neuenhauser’s


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