Herzog will Showcase Its Next-Generation Braiding and Winding Technologies at ITM 2026
Herzog will be showcasing many of its latest developments in braiding and winding technology at ITM 2026 Exhibition, allowing customers to experience state-of-the-art technology up close.
Herzog will present braiding machines from its extensive product portfolio of over 900 machine types, covering virtually all industries and applications for braiding technology: fishing and shipping, sports and leisure, textiles, the offshore sector as well as medical and technical applications.
Another aspect of the mechanical engineering company’s product strategy is that, depending on customer requirements, both standard machines and customised special solutions can be designed and manufactured. In close cooperation with long-standing customers, machines are continuously improved, enhanced or redesigned. Over 40 new developments were presented at the in-house exhibition in 2025 and will now be explained and demonstrated in detail to all visitors at ITM 2026. The focus was on concepts such as automation, machine control, process reliability, user-friendliness and work ergonomics, as well as increasing production speed and reducing maintenance costs for certain machine types.
A key focus at ITM 2026 is the further development of machines in the 140 mm pitch size. The braiding body of these machines has been redesigned and now features a split top plate, which significantly reduces the effort required for mechanical maintenance and clearly increases machine availability. By adjusting the position of the control cabinet and the braid take-up, both the space requirement is reduced and the working ergonomics for the machine operator is improved. Furthermore, the production speed of this machine type could be increased by adapting specific components – up to 15–28%, depending on the material being processed.
Speed increases are now also possible for machines with a pitch size of 80 mm: depending on the material, up to 500 horn gear revolutions per minute can be reached increasing the output accordingly.
As of now, sleeve braiding machines in 140 mm pitch size are also available. As a result, the bobbin capacity is increased by 100% – this makes every second bobbin change obsolete and reduces production costs enormously!
Herzog understands ‘braiding’ as a holistic process with the winding process as a fundamentally important preliminary step. Only an optimally wound bobbin guarantees a perfect braiding result. For this reason, Herzog winding machines are also undergoing continuous development and are now operated with the electronic traverse system ‘Servo’ – for even more perfect and faultless winding of the material onto the bobbin.
