Gualchieri e Gualchieri’s Fancy Yarn Machines Offer Quality and Energy Saving
Recently a mobile App “Yarn G Lab” has been created to help all yarn technicians working on any fancy yarn machine to manage the yarn production process and to allow the control of Gualchieri e Gualchieri’s machines in real time from any device and from any location using their own user name and password.
Gualchieri e Gualchieri, based in Prato, Italy, is a leading manufacturer of machinery for the production of fancy yarns, special yarns, high performance technical yarns and chenille yarns, that are well known and appreciated all over the world since 1973.
Machinery Quality, Versatility and Flexibility
With manufacturing in Italy, machinery quality, versatility and flexibility have always been the main priority to ensure customers the best working and production conditions. Besides with the mechanical design the company also deals directly with the machines management and control softwares, continuously developping and updating new programmes, so as to keep the machinery always up to date, satisfy any production requirement and make Industry 4.0 possible. The company also supplies machinery in small size for universities and laboratories and to produce samples or small lots of different yarns.
The yarns produced are used both in weaving and in knitting, the largest application areas being upholstery fabrics, garment fabrics, machine knitted and hand-knitted garments.
The machines are also suitable to process Kevlar, nomex, abratex, glass, modacrylic, carbon fiber, bekinox, polyester, polyamide, nylon, dyneem, aramid, steel for the production of high performance technical yarns to be used in Protech (in the form of cut resistant gloves, fire retardant fabrics & upholstery, ballistic protective clothing, bullet proof jackets ….).and Mobiltech (in the form of interior carpets and covers ….).
Machines has ‘Green Certified’
Gualchieri e Gualchieri‘s machines are successfully running in the biggest companies all over the world and are Green Certified.
Remote assistance is provided by Gualchieri e Gualchieri to improve customers’ efficiency and fix problems faster. Recently a mobile App “Yarn G Lab” has been created to help all yarn technicians working on any fancy yarn machine to manage the yarn production process and to allow the control of Gualchieri e Gualchieri’s machines in real time from any device and from any location using their own user name and password. This App is free and easy to use.
One of the Most appreciated machine is Model Fantafilo
Nowadays one of the most appreciated machine manufactured by Gualchieri e Gualchieri is Model Fantafilo to produce fancy twisted yarns particularly soft and bulky for knitting and hand knitting, like bouclé yarn, in the wide count range from 0.5 to 40 Nm.
The machine features one hollow spindle and take-up on bobbin, feeding can be either from yarn or from roving or sliver with 1, 2 or 3 drafts. 2 drafts is specially developed and patented for both long (woolen) and short (cotton) fibers. 3 drafts is specially developed and patented for very heavy slivers. Additionally a more precise and stable drafting arm has been also developed and patented to better control the fiber.
It is also possible to use the machine as a spinning frame to produce classical or slub yarns by-passing the hollow spindle. The working modality is easily selectable from the software (Fantafilo for fancy yarns and Fantaspin for classical or slub yarns).
The machine features a robust central headstock that contains the drive motors and the various transmission parts that is designed and realized for a minimum maintenance requirement plus an electrical control cabinet that contains the various control buttons and switches, signals, panel PC (touch screen), new technology Lenze drives and air conditioning unit to maintain an ideal temperature level for the electric and electronic components.
The central programming module PLC digitally controls all the machine axis and guarantees the highest precision and respect of all the inserted data. The insertion of all data relevant to each single shaft, of all working parameters and of all machine functions is carried out on the PC. The data are visualized on monitor and can be memorized. The software is developed by Gualchieri e Gualchieri and is constantly updated. A vacuum unit for fibers and broken ends is placed at machine end with possibility of adjusting the vacuum power. One suction pipe is placed on each position.
MAIN MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS:
Number of spindles: from 8 to 168
Yarn to yarn: 1 Draft, 2 drafts or 3 drafts
Flanged bobbin height: 220 mm
Take-up bobbin height: 450 mm
Max. draft (times): 999
Max. twists (tpm): 0-9999
Hollow spindle max. speed (rpm): 13000
Take-up spindle max. speed (rpm): 8800
