The VSi32 Velvet Smart Innovator with jacquard is a fully electronic velvet weaving machine, built to weave design fabrics according to the double rapier, face-to-face weaving technique with a reliable and high operating speed. In this 3-minute video the following features are shown:
00:08 Jacquard with direct servo drive, mounted on the superstructure of the weaving machine
00:19 Weft selector up to 2x4 different wefts
00:36 Rapier heads and air guidance. Each machine cycle the rapiers are going in and out to insert the wefts into the shed
00:42 In-house developed harness, forming the connection between jacquard and weaving machine
00:49 Smart Cutting Motion for optimal pile cut
01:02 IRO/ROJ Weft feeders with active tension control
01:10 HMI with user-friendly pictogram language
01:18 Modular bobbin creel with running-in rosts for pile yarns
01:42 Take-up rolls driven by separate servomotors
01:48 In-house development of electronics