Unique Challenges
Textile product manufacturers range from clothing to carpet and high-tech performance materials to non-wovens. There is a broad range of product applications and associated challenges. Although manufacturing plants have become highly automated, the textiles industries rely on a great deal of labor to produce their product. Efficiency and innovation are the keys to staying competitive.
In order to be truly efficient, the production environment must be managed in real-time. The display of real-time KPIs (key performance indicators) and informational data is critical. The sections below provide a brief list of just a few textiles applications and the customers we've helped.
Popular Applications
| Feet/meters per minute/hour display | |
|---|---|
| APPLICATION |
In a continuous process such as fabric or carpet manufacturing, production output is measured in feet/meters per minute/hour produced. Other closely tied and useful variables that can be show on a single display include total linear output and automatic display of downtime when the process is not running. |
| PRODUCT |
87/415 Rate display plus, XL400 Large digital, XL600 Multi-line |
| Production time (uptime/downtime/changeover time) display | |
| APPLICATION |
Making best use of manufacturing time is critical to efficiency. The real-time display of accumulated and event uptime, downtime and changeover time helps operators and maintenance teams stay alert and reduce the amount of lost manufacturing time. |
| PRODUCT |
87/705 Programmable timer display, XL400 Large digital, XL600 Multi-line |
| Message marquee | |
| APPLICATION |
Taking a fiber to finished product requires a significant amount of work. Real-time process monitoring is necessary for quality and efficiency. Safety messages, process variables and process fault indication can be displayed on a dynamic message display. |
| PRODUCT | |
Textiles Customers
The following represents just of few of the many customers in the textiles industry that we've helped with our solutions.
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• Asten Johnson |
• Haartz |
