Raymond to use Barco System for loom inspection

26 Sep '06

2 min read

Barco is pleased to announce that Raymond Ltd, India's leading producer of worsted suiting fabric, has purchased Barco's WEAVEMASTER and QUALIMASTER manufacturing execution systems for two of its operations in India.

Linking the two facilities to the company-wide ERP system, Barco's WEAVEMASTER and QUALIMASTER systems will allow Raymond Ltd. to optimize its production cycle.

The first Barco system will be installed in Raymond Ltd. Textile Division located in VAPI (suiting). In addition to the rapier weaving machines, the warp preparation and finishing machines will be also monitored by the WEAVEMASTER system.

With the installation of the QUALIMASTER system, the fabric inspection department will be computerized to include optimized cutting of the finished fabric rolls.

For the joint venture company Raymond Zambaiti Pvt Ltd, KOLHAPUR (shirting) the same WEAVEMASTER - QUALIMASTER combination has been ordered.

The weaving machines will communicate to the server system by means of Barco's wireless data communication technology based on Bluetooth.

On the inspection frames, touch screen fabric inspection terminals will be used for user-friendly data entry by the inspectors.

In both mills, the Barco system will be linked to the corporate ERP system. This will allow Raymond Ltd to download order data to the WEAVEMASTER production management system.

With the WEAVEMASTER “Planboard” module, mill management willbe in a position to schedule the individual warping and weaving manufacturing orders.

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