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Perfect control of the weft at

all times from IRO

“The response to these new innovations at ITMA 2019 was much better than we expected, IRO Chrono X3
particularly since overall business in the weaving sector is currently going through a
downturn,” said IRO AB Sales and Marketing Manager Pär Hedman. “We are now
anticipating a pick-up in business as a result of the interest in our new products that was
shown in Barcelona.”
Following significant investment in the R&D electromagnet controlling a specially-developed and
capabilities at its base in Ulricehamn, Sweden, IRO self-cleaning flex brake which ensures the correct
AB introduced a range of new Industry 4.0-ready weft tension at all times.
yarn feeding and tension control innovations for
weaving looms at the recent ITMA 2019 in Barcelona, In the field of advanced tension control, the
Spain. constantly-regulating new ATC-W unit has been
designed for use with Luna X3, Chrono X3 and XD X3
IRO AB, a Vandewiele company, has been the market weft feeders. It automatically maintains consistent
leader in this field for many decades, supplying yarn tension at a pre-determined level, unaffected by
systems to the majority of the leading weaving variable external factors such as bobbin size or yarn
machine manufacturers, as well as advanced new quality.
products for retrofitting to working mills around the
world. For X3 weft feeding systems, the TED is a new
tension display unit that allows weft tension settings
The new Blue11 EasySet airjet feeder for the latest to be easily transferred from one machine to another,
Picanol OMNIPlus Summum airjet weaving while the Wi-Feeder is a wireless access point for
machines, for example, allows the pick length of weft mobile phones, tablets and PCs allowing remote
yarns to be set in millimetres from the loom panel at access to X3 feeders. The Wi-Feeder is a useful tool
the start-up of a new style and to be fully adjusted for troubleshooting and maintenance, providing easy
while the machine is running. Automatic calculations access to key data during the weaving process.
and perfect synchronization between the spool body
and the oscillating fingers of the Blue 11 result in The Super Elf S3 weft feeder for air and water-jet
reduced and simplified settings on the weaving looms benefits from the latest optical sensor
machine. technology based on the principle of “signal
reflection”, for reliable reading of very fine yarns
The new PosiFlex weft tensioner system, meanwhile, down to 7 denier. It ensures accurate measurement
is now an integral part of the Chrono X3 weft feeder of the weft insertion length, with a double check
and is currently available for use on Picanol OptiMax-i sensor for both Z and S winding directions. Real time
rapier machines. Allowing perfectly reproducible and control of the yarn take-off point by a reserve sensor
transferable settings for complete weft insertion ensures the yarn flight time is as fast and consistent
cycles, it is equipped with an integrated as possible.

July/August 2019