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Fabric quality,

automatically assured

How fabric producers can enhance

both customer satisfaction and

employee appeal

USTER® EVS FABRIQ SHADE is the third element in Inspection is likely to appeal to potential employees
the USTER® Fabric Inspection program. It already familiar with IT-based systems. It also makes
automatically monitors color and shade variations in companies more future-oriented, by improving the
dyed fabrics, where color consistency is critical. quality and dynamism of their workforce.
Working throughout the length and breadth of the
fabric roll – and on different rolls from the same lot – The high-tech solutions from USTER® EVS can
it operates in any process where color and shade provide fabric producers with unmatched value for
uniformity are paramount. The result is consistent
quality, with no seconds…and satisfied customers.

USTER® EVS FABRIQ VISION and USTER® EVS
The highly-competitive nature of today’s textile sustainable performance. FABRIQ SHADE also provide options for improving
markets is a fact of life fabric producers know only process efficiency and optimizing fabric yield.
too well. The technical challenge is to deliver unique The quality challenge: consistency Features such as the infrared marker, the
products that meet customers’ quality requirements Fabric inspection under the USTER® EVS brand cutting-table control and the laser pointer underline
and are free from unacceptable defects. The comprises three automated solutions, for quality the superior technology of USTER® systems. Smart
business challenge is to achieve those aims as assurance and optimization of fabric yield in the final automation, process optimization and
economically as possible, making best use of costly product. user-friendliness all lead to the goal of managing a
resources such as raw materials and labor. textile mill with quality in mind.
The USTER approach begins by avoiding off-quality
Success in these demanding objectives clearly calls at the earliest possible stage. The USTER® EVS These automated fabric inspection and vision-based
for comprehensive and sophisticated mill Q-BAR detects faults during manufacturing, process monitoring systems now come under the
management strategies, embracing the opportunities preventing long-running defects. This minimizes USTER® EVS branding, after EVS was acquired in
presented by latest technologies. A striking example material losses and removes the need for manual 2018. The technology is founded on more than 25 their business. They tackle the urgent need to reduce
is the use of automated systems for fabric inspection. inspection after production. This is starting point for years of pioneering development in this field. With material waste and avoid seconds, across the entire
Automation makes producers less dependent on consistent and reliable quality – a key factor in the 1,000 installations in wide-ranging textile segments spectrum of apparel and home textiles. The precision
human judgment, on varying levels of operative ability mill‘s ultimate market competitiveness. worldwide, EVS customers today inspect over 40 and reliability guaranteed by automated systems will
and experience, or on differences related to times of million meters of fabric per day. differentiate mills from their competitors and ensure
day and shift. These are all risk factors in trying to USTER® EVS FABRIQ VISION delivers the the long-term quality standards required for strong
produce consistent, reliable quality to satisfy customers. consistently high rate of defect detection that is Tech-appeal for talented recruits partnerships with big-brand customers.
essential for optimum fabric quality. It applies The recruitment of talented, younger staff members
USTER® Fabric Inspection systems bring the Think automated control during intermediate and final can be difficult for textile companies. A modern, With the best technology and the talented staff, mills
Quality approach to fabric production. They offer inspection – eradicating the need for manual high-tech working environment is seen as an can confidently meet the technical and business
potential for further automation and reconfiguration of checking. This system is able to capture any visible attractive inducement, so the introduction of challenges of the future, with the quality and flexibility
processes, leading to increased efficiency and defects, so that fabric yield can be optimized and automated equipment such as USTER® EVS Fabric to react to changing markets worldwide.
claims for off-quality avoided.

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