Established in 1938, Juki Sewing Machine Corporation has over the years established a reputation of a world leader in sewing technologies. Present at the booth of IIGM, at the GTE, Juki was represented by Kokichi Shirota, MD, Juki India. “India is a huge market for us and though we are already the biggest shareholder here, our customers are increasing every day.
A proactive company, Juki has been involved deeply with the industry, both at the domestic and export end, by organizing and participating in seminars, workshops and various other forums, and not only educating them about the latest sewing technologies but about various issues related to garment manufacturing. “The export market although facing a slow-down as of now, has already achieved a significant position in the Indian economy. Now for Juki the focus is the domestic market, which is doing quite well lately and is seriously looking towards installing better technologies, but at an affordable price. For the same purpose we have downsized a few of our machine and made economical versions of the same, only for India,” explained Kokichi Shirota, who was quite upbeat about the rising domestic market.
The Japanese pioneer has solutions for every sewing-need – be it a household tailor or a mass producer of apparels, now the company is re-established itself in the field of high-end machines and management systems by introducing the new AE-200 ALD edge stitching machine and the Intelligent Sewing System (ISS) for monitoring production floors.
The Real Time Data Management System ISS can be built into the sewing machines to keep track of an operator’s efficiency, productivity and performance. The ISS is made of two components, the IA-1 (the data analysis software) and the IT series (the data measuring terminal). The operator logs in at the data collection terminal and all kinds of production related data like operators’ efficiency, number of pieces made and left, standard time, off-standard time and other similar parameters is generated. The terminal is further connected to a central server and the data is recorded by the IA-1 software, on the server. A seminar regarding the ISS was conducted at Juki’s booth, during the GTE fair.
Another path-breaking innovation at the Juki stall was the Juki AE-200 edge stitching machine, configured with JUKI’s unique sensor and manipulator control mechanisms allowing inexperienced operators to handle difficult curves smoothly. It divides the sewing length into 10 different sections and with the use of sensors fabric edges are detected, and the machine actually pulls the fabric inside the sewing area in case it goes out of it. For flexibility, the edge stitching machine can be changed to a pin tucking machine by installing a pin tuck device which can achieve a crest height of 30 mm and can maintain a root width of 25 mm; moreover it enables selective pin tucking, not possible with any sewing automate.
