Tech Notes

Zünd Connect compiles data from integrated Zünd cutting systems into key performance indicators – cutter capacity, availability and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). The web-based monitoring tool records productivity levels over a freely definable period using Zünd Cut Center (ZCC) as a data source.  Zünd Connect consists of multiple dashboards, including an overview dash, a job …

Zünd PreCut Center (ZPC) software facilitates cut-file preparation for applications involving unprinted materials. With PreCut Center, fully nested cut files can be prepared in a few simple steps. The software significantly reduces the workload in file preparation, generates optimal material yield, and eliminates the potential for error. Zünd’s new software solution creates a simple and …

Pfaff Industrial participated in the A+A fair Oct. 26-29, in Düsseldorf, Germany, exhibiting several sewing and welding solutions. Pfaff exhibited its electronic posted shoe machine, the Pfaff 1591, driven by a stepping motor for assembly and decorative seams, and its large-area sewing unit, the Pfaff 3590, for full-automatic topstitching of work shoe uppers. The Pfaff …

The Crypton Companies (Crypton LLC and Nanotex LLC) have partnered with Hologenix to create Crypton Celliant, a woven upholstery fabric with Celliant. Celliant is ethically sourced minerals embedded into fibers to reflect natural body heat to use as infrared energy. The fabric is moisture-resistant, stain-resistant, spill-repellent, and odor-resistant. Crypton’s contract fabrics and its Crypton Home …

Bolger and O’Hearn introduced its Shell-Tech Free, a fluorine-free water repellent, engineered for sustainability and easy application at a mill. Shell-Tech Free is resistant to water, stains from soda, wine, sports drinks, mud, fruit juices, syrups and is durable up to fifty launderings and several dry cleanings. It does not change or interfere with an …