Get the most out of

Airbag
Awning and light tent fabrics
Car seats
Coating fabrics
Gauze
Heavy filament fabrics
High-speed leno weaving
Industrial glass fiber
Light filament fabrics
Tire cord
Workcloth

Technical fabrics


 OMNIplus 800

OMNIplus 800 TC


Picanol weaving machines for
technical fabrics
Picanol develops, produces and markets high-
tech weaving machines. Certainly for weavers
who want to get the most out of technical
fabrics, Picanol weaving machines provide the
platform to stay ahead. Always.
Although weaving machines for technical
fabrics are produced in smaller quantities,
Picanol supports them with a strong, worldwide
service organization. Picanol operates from
Gravity Points with service centers in all the
major textile regions.
The Technical Fabrics Cell of the Picanol Group
focuses on win-win relations with its customers.
Its specialized team of product managers
and technicians is constantly on the look-out
for better solutions and for exciting, new
applications in the field of technical textiles.
OptiMax
All Picanol weaving machines have the latest
electronics on board. They all have the Sumo
direct-drive main motor, which reduces power
consumption and diminishes the need for
expensive maintenance schedules. And they
all have electronic speed control, among many
other features.
For some dedicated machines, like the
OMNIplus 800 TC airjet weaving machine for
tire cord, Picanol works with selected partners,
all of them offering best-in-class solutions.
This brochure highlights just some of the
many segments for which Picanol provides
solutions.

Airbag, including
one-piece-woven
cushions
Both OptiMax rapier or OMNIplus 800 airjet weaving
machines can be used for weaving airbag fabric. Both
machine types can also be equipped with Jacquard to
weave one-piece-woven (OPW) cushions.
OptiMax rapier weaving machines are equipped with Free
Flight rapiers. The warp yarns do not necessarily have to
be sized. OptiMax also make it possible to produce denser
fabrics without giving up much on speed.
Awning and light
tent fabrics
Thanks to their flexibility, both the OptiMax rapier and
OMNIplus 800 airjet weaving machines are ideal for the
seasons-dependent manufacturing of awning fabrics.
Both machines can weave curtains or garden furniture
fabrics with minimal adjustments. OptiMax rapier
weaving machines are preferred when the number of
harnesses is high or when extreme densities are required.
Both machines can handle slub yarns. Temple rollers and
full-width temples are easily interchangeable. Knot-free
weaving is available as an option.

Both the OptiMax and OMNIplus 800 weaving machines

have a reinforced backrest and reinforced cloth take-
up – perfect for the high warp tensions typical of airbag
weaving. The full-width temple does not need to be cut
to length. Laser warp stop motions are available as an
option.

With the patented Autospeed

system, the OMNIplus 800
airjet machine adjusts its
speed for optimum quality,
regardless of the yarn
characteristics throughout
the bobbins.

The fabric is guided over the

first pressure roller to avoid
distortion of the pick (on The cloth take-up on heavy
OptiMax). styling is reinforced.

Car seats
When weft variety is no big issue, car seat fabrics are
best woven with the high-speed OMNIplus 800 airjet
weaving machines. For taslanized weft yarns that
can deposit spin finish or oligomeres, OptiMax rapier
weaving machines are recommended.
Thanks to the reinforced backrest and cloth take-up,
the hand of the fabric remains consistent over the
whole width. Temple rollers and full-width temples are
easily interchangeable. As an option on OMNIplus 800
airjets, the selvedge yarns can be drawn from normal
bobbins when using Klöcker Propeller splits. Beams
up to 1,100 mm are standard.
Coating fabrics
Free Flight OptiMax rapier weaving machines are ideal
for coating fabrics up tot 360 cm wide. This high-speed
weaving machine can handle T0, V0 and T60 yarns in
weft and warp, in single and double insertion (up to
1,100 dTex). Also monofil yarns up to 0.3 mm diameter
can be woven with the standard set of grippers. OptiMax
rapier weaving machines can handle the widest variety
of yarn types, supplied by the widest range of yarn
suppliers.
For very open constructions, a turning spreader bar is
installed to safeguard the integrity of the fabric during
take-up. Knot-free weaving is available as an option.
The fabric cover is always fine thanks to the small shed
opening, which keeps warp tensions low. The warp
tension is controlled by a very accurate tension meter.
Temple rollers can be positioned outside the machine’s
useful width so as not to distort the pick line.
Picanol recommends its OMNIplus 800 airjet weaving
machines for lighter-weight yarns (up to 550 dTex) or for
smaller widths (up to 280 cm wide). In this range, the
quality and the power usage remain within the physical
reach of today’s airjet technology.

Tire cord
Just-in-time requirements and cost reduction have
become absolutely imperative in the tire cord weaving
business. Margins for error are smaller than ever before.
Operators are therefore looking for dependability and
performance in their equipment.
The OMNIplus 800 TC is the most advanced tire cord
weaving machine currently available. It has an integrated
design of mechanical and electronic components, all
engineered and produced at Picanol and based on its
latest OMNIplus 800 airjet weaving technology.
OMNIplus 800 TC sets an example of ergonomics
design. It is extremely easy to operate, has dedicated
functionalities eliminating all possible errors, and
requires only a very strict minimum of maintenance. The
Sumo direct-drive technology in the weaving machine,
the drawing-in unit and batching motion make for very
low power consumption.
Equipped with air tuckers, the OMNIplus 800 TC reaches
speeds of up to 900 rpm. With the new ATI-CR tuckers,
continuous reeds can be used, reducing the stock of
profiled reeds to a minimum.
A fully operational OMNIplus 800 TC machine is available
at the Picanol training center in Belgium.

Ergonomic drawing-in unit: split in yarn entry section
and drive section
Yarn-entry-section:
• Aligned compensator
• Lease rods
• Warp stop motion
• Optional expansion reed
• Weaver’s platform
Double traction roll set-up in the drive section:
• More friction surface
• Better equalizing of yarn tensions
• Cords are aligned absolutely parallel thanks to slightly
different speed of the rollers
• Better ergonomics as operators can reach around each
individual roller
• Optional pneumatically operated press roller
• New synthetic rubber covering for better performance
and longer life-time
Weight-compensated batching motion
• Precision spindles and guides for lifting
• Gear-driven: no chains are used, eliminating the need
for maintenance
• Symmetric loading thanks to slides under the batching
motion
• Precision measurements of the length of the clothroll
Integrated design
• All parts are engineered and built within the Picanol
Group
• Self-diagnostics are possible
• The graphical display gives easy access to all settings
• Original spare parts remain available over time from
one source
Gauze, flocking Industrial glass
backing, Osnaburg fiber
or tape backing
Picanol recommends its OMNIplus 800 airjet weaving
machines for these fabric types. Positive camboxes make
it possible to weave at very high speeds. Thanks to the
weft detector in front of the reed, there is no need to cut
the profiled reed to length, and different fabric widths can
be produced with the same reed. The efficiency of the
machine is increased with the automatic pick remover
(PRA). Machine adaptations for elastic yarns are available,
as well as for plaster reinforcement fabrics. When closed
selvedges are required, high-speed pneumatic tuckers or
ATI can be installed. Tuckers are mostly used for flocking
backings or Osnaburg fabrics.
OptiMax rapier weaving machines are also used to weave
these open fabrics. They offer more flexibility and make
it easier to produce a wider range of fabrics.
OptiMax rapier weaving machines are available in widths
from 190 cm up to 340 cm for all types of glass, from
5 to 1.200 Tex, Silica, Basalt and ceramic yarns. Many
configurations are available: split beams and top beam
configurations, multipanel-weaving, weaving from creels
by means of a drawing-in unit behind the machine…
The OptiMax weaving machines have a very small shed-
opening, wear-resistant grippers and scissors, and can
run with a very low warp tension. Further features and
options for glass weaving include:
• Motor-assisted 3-end glass split motion
• Optispeed for difficult yarns in a pattern
• Configurations for open weaving without distortion of
the fabric
• Glass take-up with double chrome-plated press
rollers
• Ready for center and surface winders
• Special prewinders with high low-friction finish and
programmable brakes
• Sumo direct drive main motor in a dust-tight construction
• Temples and full-width temples
• No setting points or grease points under the warp line
Picanol advises GTP reeds, dropper-pins and heddles for
glass fiber – they have the right finish and hardness.

High-speed leno Needle-bar

weaving, Optileno
High-speed leno weaving is available on
OptiMax rapier weaving machine. The range
of yarns that can be processed in warp and
weft direction is very wide: monofil up to
0.3 mm, PP tapes, multifilaments, glass
fiber, spun yarns…

The standard and leno ends do not cross in the back

shed and thanks to the straight path of the yarns through
the eyelets, warp tensions can be kept extremely low.
All elements in contact with the yarns are polished and
hardened. The leno system combines a Stäubli positive
cambox for the vertical component of the shed formation
with an electric motor for the selection. Weft insertion
is carried out by Free Flight or guided rapier systems.
For the production of crimp-free fabrics, a double-beam
solution is available.

The system has been designed to make drawing-in and

style changes very user-friendly. The high-speed Optileno
system can be exchanged with common harness frames
in only a few hours, thanks to the modular design. The
harness suspension elements just stay in the machine.


 Standard ends

Light filament
fabrics, spinnaker,
Pilot-bar
parachute,
Leno ends
computer ribbon
Picanol recommends its OMNIplus 800 airjet weaving
machines for light filament fabrics. The sensors in the
prewinders and the weft detectors perfectly deal with
the very fine mono- and multi-filament yarns being
processed at very high speeds. The electronic let-off,
take-up and Sumo direct drive system make it easy to
eliminate starting marks or weaving marks completely.
The air consumption can by reduced to a minimum by
means of the Adaptive Relay Valve Drive system (ARVD,
option).
Supporting
shaft-profile Picanol recommends GTP hybrid harness frames with
heddle dampers for these fabrics. Split beams can be
used on double-width machines.

Free Flight OptiMax rapier weaving machines can also be

used for these fabric types.


Workcloth, Heavy filament
protective clothing fabrics, Cordura,
shoe fabrics
From simple cotton fabrics to fire-retardant workcloth,
the OMNIplus 800 airjet and OptiMax rapier weaving
machines can weave it all. Thanks to the Sumo direct
drive, maintenance is reduced to the bare minimum and The robust construction of the OMNIplus 800 airjet and
the operator can concentrate on what is most important: OptiMax rapier weaving machines makes them truly
produce fault-free fabric with the highest productivity. appropriate for weaving heavy-filament fabrics. Roller
The Quick Style Change system enables a style change to temples are interchangeable with a Picanol-type full-
be carried out by a single person in less than 30 minutes. width temples. The take-up is always reinforced and
Power consumption is exceptionally low with the energy- the backrest is equipped with heavy-duty rollers. A drag
efficient Sumo main motor. roller or a third roller can be positioned as an option.
Warp beams up to class 4 can be specified. Cut or slit
This kind of fabrics are utmost suitable for the Picanol selvedges are also available.
QSC (Quick Style Change) system, allowing complete
style changes by one person in less than 30 minutes.

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Picanol weaving machines for Yarns processed
technical fabrics
Spun
OMNIplus 800 airjet weaving machine Multifilaments (twisted, entangled, without torsion)
(widths: 190, 220, 250, 280, 340, 360 cm) Cabled yarns
Tapes
OMNIplus 800 TC airjet tire cord weaving machine Monofilament
(width: 190 cm) Glass fiber (cabled, twisted, voluminised)
Glass rovings
OptiMax rapier weaving machine
(widths: 190, 210, 220, 230, 250, 300, 320, 340, 360, 380, For details about the range of yarns that can be processed,
400, 430, 460 cm) please contact your Picanol representative.

OptiMax weaving machines are avaible with Free Flight

or guided rapiers (interchangeable). Machines of 380 cm
and wider are available with guided rapiers only.
OptiMax weaving machines can be equipped with the
Optileno high-speed leno system.

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 Get the most out of
weaving
We commit ourselves to deve-

loping the most advanced

weaving technology in order

to get and keep our customers

“ahead”.

specifications may change as a result of developments in engineering and materials. US04.2009.

The illustrations and descriptions in this publication do not commit Picanol in any way:

Picanol nv
Ter Waarde 50
BE-8900 Ieper
Belgium
Tel. +32 57 222 111
Fax +32 57 222 001
www.picanol.be
info@picanol.be

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