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PicConnect: An industrial

A story, how a small Loepfe product has revolution from Picanol

become a part of the success

With the style
In an interview with administration app, you
Loepfe, Werner can easily manage all

Kaufmann of
Rohleder Germany, your Picanol machine

describes why a settings
small Loepfe product PicConnect - Style administration

is part of the Picanol is “Driven by data”, and as such it has set energy costs and to adhere to the Picanol principle of
“Sustainability Inside”.
itself the goal of tackling the next industrial revolution
company's success. for its customers with the launch of PicConnect. With
CUT-iT systems PicConnect, a new fully digital platform, Picanol is The style administration application allows the user to
offering a wide range of features, from industrial IoT swiftly open, edit, and manage Picanol machine
Loepfe since its establishment in 1955 by the Werner Kaufmann: We have very flexible employees to service-related applications. PicConnect is a settings through a central repository. A unique feature
brothers Helmut and Erich Loepfe, has been the with high-quality awareness - there would be no other web-based application that can be accessed through of PicConnect is that a weaver can now easily
pacesetter for innovation in textile quality control. way. Of course, our extensive design and R&D a web browser on any device and it functions as the compare and copy settings between different
They have established themselves in the field of competence is also an important building block, in gateway to all Picanol’s digital services. The platform machines, ensuring the machines are all using the
optical yarn clearers with pioneering achievements. addition to the constant maintenance and renewal of is cloud-based and it allows connecting the Picanol optimal settings.
Today, Loepfe is considered world-wide as the our machinery. weaving machines to the platform in order to
specialist for integral quality control systems. Fifty leverage its full extent of possibilities. The new webshop for original Picanol spare parts,
percent of the world-wide staple yarn production are Loepfe: Alongside the distinctive design requirements PartsLine, is a cornerstone of PicConnect. PartsLine
monitored by Loepfe yarn clearers. On the other side, at Rohleder, the quality concept is a mainstay running PicConnect enables weavers to quickly react to offers a seamless online shopping experience,
Rohleder the HITEX® Manufactory is much more through all process steps. Why is quality so important changes in the weaving room, and it will have an covering everything from quotations to reviewing
than a weaving mill. At their plant in Konradsreuth to you? immediate impact on the performance of the weaving orders and invoices.
Germany, they have been producing designer fabrics Werner Kaufmann: For us as a company with machines. It will not only change how weavers
of the highest level of quality, comfort, and durability production facilities in Germany, quality is a natural interact with their machines but also the way they In PicConnect, you can create a library of machine
since 1946. They manufacture sophisticated feature. interact with Picanol. For this reason, Picanol can settings using the file management system. When
upholstery and furnishing fabrics of the highest boldly state that PicConnect is bringing weavers into machines are connected, settings can easily be sent
quality in a wide range of colours, textures and Loepfe: You rely on modern technologies and machines the era of intuitive weaving. to and from the platform. Ensuring your machines all
patterns, implementing specialist knowledge of the and components customized especially for Rohleder. use the optimal settings is very convenient. Machine
highest level. Why did you choose a product from Loepfe for the In the production monitoring application, it is possible settings can be visualized in the style administration
fabric separation? to track the production of the weaving machines. app, where you get an intuitive overview of the most
Loepfe considers itself fortunate to have one of the Werner Kaufmann: The hot wire cutters prevent Real-time monitoring of the machine status enables relevant settings. They can also be edited, to finetune
most successful weaving mills in Europe as a unwanted problems in our thermal-mechanical the weaver to react quickly with regard to operational the performance of your machines.
customer. As a result, the weaving machines finishing process during further processing. The tasks and increase overall efficiency. The historical
specially modified for Rohleder have been equipped CUT-iT system gives the selvedge more stability, data, graphs, and tables provide the hard data to An additional feature is the ability to compare
with the WeftMaster CUT-iT thermal fabric cutter since which means we produce significantly less second pinpoint exactly where action is needed. settings of two different machines or compare the
mid-2019. choice. actual settings of a machine with a reference file.
Loepfe: Rohleder offers a wide variety of high quality The energy monitoring application keeps an eye on Differences between the two are highlighted, and
fabrics. Whether these are velvets or epinglé, Loepfe: How many CUT-iT systems are in use the power consumption of the machines. In the case settings can be copied from one file to another. After
furnishings or flat wovens, dobby or jacquard, Rohleder throughout your production? of airjet machines, also air consumption is monitored. settings have been changed or copied, you can start
offers a seemingly unlimited choice of materials, Werner Kaufmann: Six, possibly seven soon, all other It gives a better insight into the total energy flow in to synchronize all your machines with just a couple of
textures, colors and patterns. What challenges does machines run with the machine manufacturers cutting the weaving room, helping to reduce the overall clicks.
this pose for daily production? system.
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