The machine is executed with a split frame – ready for the Picanol Quick Style Change system. The quick harness connections, the roll-away filling creel, the hand-operated quick snap locks for warp beam and cloth rolls, and a microprocessor for modifying crossing time settings for selvedges and shed are all standard on the Picanol OptiMax looms and keep machine downtimes ultra-short.

OptiMax 8-R 340 – fancy voile

Warp   yarn count            : dtex 22/1
            material                : polyester
            density                 : 37 ends/cm
Weft    yarn count            :dtex 78 up to Nm 4
            material                : PES, PES/CO, chenille
            density                 : varies
            Drawing-in width  : 314 cm

The Free Flight system (FF) is specially designed for weaving delicate fabrics, providing maximum filling versatility and warp friendliness. The system is covered by raceboard for gentle treatment of the filament warp yarns.

The Electronic Selvedge System (ELSY) full leno selvedge motions are electrically driven by individual stepper motors. The selvedge crossing and pattern are programmed on the microprocessor independently of the shed crossing, even while the machine is in operation, so the result of a resetting can be checked immediately.

The Electronic Filling Tensioner (EFT) is a completely new active brake. By using long lamellas, the braking force is distributed over a long filling length. The combination of the long braking plates and the damping properties of the spring system allows to decrease the static tension to an absolute minimum.

With the SmartEye, Picanol launches a filling detector with extra functionalities. The SmartEye filling detector allows individual sensitivity setting per eyelet and verification of a correct channel insertion.

About the Picanol Group

The Picanol Group is an international, customer-oriented group specialized in the development, production and sale of weaving machines and other high-technology products, systems and services.?Division Weaving Machines: Picanol develops, manufactures and sells high-tech weaving machines based on air (airjet) or rapier technology.

Picanol supplies weaving machines to weaving mills worldwide, and also offers its customers such products and services as weaving accessories, training, upgrade kits and spare parts. For more than 75 years, Picanol has played a pioneering role in the industry worldwide, and is one of the current world leaders in weaving machine production.

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