The scope of value add machine seems limitless with embroidery, beading, sequins, ribbons, cording, chenille, metallic, appliqué, cut work, etc. often carried out on the same machine, albeit with various attachments. The garment industry’s new drive towards high-value added products is also prompted by increasing competition from other countries. Garment Technology Expo 2010 witnessed the latest technologies to supplement ornamentation.
Cheran Machines – Latest washcare machine to consume less power
Cheran Machines are one of the few in the garment industry, which are manufacturing and exporting high performance textile/garment printing machines for various applications. “Since, we manufacture our machines in India, we have the advantage of keeping our price reasonably low,” says Sudheer V. Nair, CEO, Cheran Machines. Garment exporters make their products addressing the design needs and quality requirement of the buyers.
Heat/label transfer machines, the latest wash care label transfer machines offered by Cheran, comes with its small size of heater bed due to which it consumes less power. Besides, the company also manufactures screen printing machines, manual chest printing machines, flash/spot curer, stretching clamps, exposing machine and sublimation transfer machines, among others products. Cheran’s Heat/label transfer press CF2030 has two heater bed and four bottom bed for the heavy and fast production. Multi-head option is also available for customers with higher production requirements.
Vision Tech displays VT 103 SM/4535 an automatic computerized hot-fix sequin motif maker
Company has been manufacturing and exporting a broad range of embroidery related accessories such as thread, pre-wound bobbin, sequin device, tape spangles, cap frame, clip and heat transfer related machinery and accessories such as hotfix setting machine, nailhead setting machine, heat press, rhinestone, rhinestud, transfer paper, motif and motif making machine.
It’s highly popular “VT 103 SM/4535”, the automatic computerized hotfix sequin motif maker comes with three heads facility. The machine is easy to operate as it comes with a touch screen monitor and an automatic lift and down device. The machine can attain a maximum speed of 600 pieces per minute of 5 mm size.
Phoenix’s rotary hook quilting machine
Phoenix, the specialty manufacturer of two needle bar quilting and embroidery machines from Korea, showcased its Rotary hook quilting machine. The machine allows a quilting system of 2” and 3” patterns simultaneously.
The machine can stitch all the patterns uniformly, delicately and precisely with an excellent finish. The simultaneous movement of the multi-needle head and thread stand prevents fabric leaning to one side. As compared to the conventional CAM type and press foot machines, Phoenix computerized quilting machine produces less noise and achieves the production 2 to 4 times higher than the existing quilting machines.
The accurate design making is possible due to the replacement of the press foot device with the Shuttle.
The machine equips each design with a space saving and self-editing function. The input and output of design data, data mining, editing and storing can be done with a USB flash memory or 3.5” floppy disk drive making the operation simple.
Sheen displays simple and flexible 3-in-1 mixed type embroidery machines
Zhejiang Sheen Electromechanic Manufacturing Co. Ltd. produces “Sheen” brand computerized embroidery machines. It showcased its simple cording (coiling) embroidery three-in-one mixed type embroidery machine. Compared with the traditional cording embroidery machines, it has a simpler structure and an enhanced flexibility. The machine simplifies and combines the performance of the traditional cording embroidery machine and is also suitable for using the bead and pipe thread for embroidery.
The efficiency of the machine improves significantly to reach a maximum speed of 1000 RPM/min.
Sheen also provides a self-designed sequin device for which it has obtained patents.
