Carlson Design
Booth 2229
Ultrasonic Cutting uses a hard cutting blade that vibrates at a high frequency to produce a sealed edge cut without smoke or burning. Suitable for cutting shades, window blinds, acrylics and hard-to-cut materials where speed and accuracy are essential.
Advanced Testing Instruments (ATI)
Booth A743
A fifth-generation Universal Strength Tester from U.K.-based James Heal, Titan 5 features increased strength up to 5kN, new tooling and automatic parameter setup including automatic jaw separation, quick change jaws, jaw faces and load cells.
Nanoscience Instruments
Booth A833
SEM imaging is a non-destructive and direct technology for quantitative fiber analysis. It uses a backscattered electron detector and high-brightness electron source that yields unparalleled SEM images for threshold analysis, allowing for automated determination of fiber diameter and orientation. Fast sample loading, fast image capture, fast frame refresh rates.
SMRE America Ltd.
Booth 2401
With a top speed of 80 meters/minute and an acceleration up to 1G (10m/s²), a perfectly flat machined cutting surface, high precision industrial cutting tools and a series of specifically developed software programs, SM-330-TA is a cutting solution for specialty fabrics and industrial textiles.
Advanced Testing Instruments (ATI)
Booth A743
Pneumatic bursting strength tester provides automatic flow control for M&S P27 and Adidas 4.09 test methods. It utilizes an accurate contactless laser distension measurement that ensures pinpoint accuracy and extended diaphragm life. TruBurst has five interchangeable domes with automatic recognition of dome size, which accelerates testing and minimizes downtime.
Advanced Testing Instruments (ATI)
Booth A743
The FX3500 CombiScan is used for continuous measurement of the air permeability, pressure drop and thickness on a moving web. It can be integrated directly into the production line, and the traversing test head provides high density zigzag profiles, cross web profiles or down web profiles. Results are available in real time.
NC Netting Machines
Booth A423
The 81200SN Netting Machine is able to apply any tape to the border of any net. Available in twin needle, the 81200SN-2 is heavy enough for carpet and turf, sewing windscreens and nets. The unit is bobbinless and sews two parallel stitches in a single pass.
Advanced Testing Instruments (ATI)
Booth A743
The Hanatek FT3 Precision Thickness Gauge measures the thickness of a variety of materials. It is available in four configurations: the FT3 Standard Instrument, the FT3-V Variable Instrument, the FT3-U Ultra High precision Instrument and the FT3-LAB Laboratory Instrument.
Miller Weldmaster
Booth 1009
Drop stitch products include gym mats, paddle boards and floors of inflatable products. Using current technologies, it is now possible for customers making drop stitch products to assemble their products with limited to no use of adhesives. The newly developed process enables businesses to produce drop stitch products with a significant savings in labor costs.
Gerber Technology
Booth 1529
Gerber’s Z1 Cutter with AutoMatch is a stripe, plaid and 5-star pattern matching solution that aligns patterns across cut parts with accuracy. AutoMatch system uses vision technology to make adjustments to bows, skews and repeat variations automatically, improving throughput up to 75 percent.
Autometrix Inc.
Booth 805
Allows a phone or tablet to take a picture and, with PatternSmith software, process it into a complete CAD pattern with an accuracy of 1/16 of an inch or better. Notches are automatically recognized, geometry is fit with curves and splines and the pattern will be optimized for machine cutting.
Consew
Booth 1221
The decorative stitch machine (DSM), model CN2073R-DSM, uses a servo motor to control the zig zag stitch. There are 100 different stitch patterns available.
Carlson Design
Booth 2229
The closed-loop cutting system’s servo-stepper motors, rigid chassis and steel track system make it fast, smooth and powerful for cutting composite materials that require high torque and accuracy. PTi Servo shares many of its body components without standard PTi Stepper system, making it affordable and easy to support.
Edward Segal Inc.
Booth 1947
Handheld tool is designed to install snap fasteners and/or self-piercing grommets. It comes complete with a C-frame, adapter and Impact Driver. Tooling for various snap fasteners and self-piercing grommets is available. Portable, battery-powered and functional in a standard fabrication area.
Henderson Machinery Inc.
Booth A1346
Allows covering of conductive fibers and other technical fibers to produce a yarn that can be knit and/or molded into various products for use in smart fabrics, technical textiles, cut resistant products and other materials. Its capable of double covering with an S twist and a Z twist.
Leister Technologies
Booth 2133
All-in-one welder welds technical textiles and industrial fabrics. It is reliable when working on trim, hem pipe or open hems and features a multitude of configurations and freely adjustable settings like weld pressure, air volume, speed, warmup and return motion.
Advanced Testing Instruments (ATI)
Booth A743
Instruments offer access to every station from the front to reduce time to load and unload samples. The Maxi-Martindale has a hinged top plate to allow access to the nine stations without having to lift off the top plate. The 1300 series is available in three sizes.
Laser Products Industries
Booth 2333
Touchless, all-weather solution includes a camera for accuracy of ± 0.0625 inches and a range of up to 600 feet. Upgraded Pro software measures further with greater accuracy for use in more types of fabricating jobs. Comes with default layers specific for boats and awnings and a 40-hour rechargeable battery.
Thermetrics
Booth A741
Sensor technology generates instantaneous surface heat-flux measurements and is capable of measuring heat loss and heat gain, which is necessary for tests of heated fabrics or for textile testing under high solar loads. Can be constructed with a smaller test zone.
Advanced Testing Instruments (ATI)
Booth A743
The temperature/humidity sensor and air velocity sensor allow for control of the selected chamber climate. The FX 3180 determines the water vapor transmission rate of up to 15 samples simultaneously. Once sample cups are loaded, all parameters are controlled. Remote control and remote monitoring by Virtual Network Computing is possible.
Adfast Corp.
Booth 3307
The touch screen comes standard with part ordering view, interactive adjustment, speed adjustment and the owner’s manual. The multi-size function of the Eagle III allows the user to set in fully automatic mode the main size grommet. High height clearance of almost 2 inches, easy maintenance, high volume brushless bowl.
GTI Graphic Technology Inc.
Booth A610
Designed to help detect metamerism and test color harmony by allowing a visual side-by-side comparison of colors under four different light sources. A UV light allows for the detection of optical brighteners, whitening agents and fluorescent dyes and pigments. The spring loaded viewing platform allows for thicker materials to be viewed.
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