Textile - Solutions for the textile industry
Weft straighteners and textile process control for stenter frames & Co.
We provide machinery for processing, measuring and controlling fabrics, to control and refine garments and cloth to your individual needs.
The textile industry consists of a wide range of numerous processes: producing the fibers, yarn and fabric, dyeing it, using printing techniques or applying finishing coats: today there are specially designed machines for every step. Whether it is a high-end cotton garment for clothing or nonwovens for the space industry - refining and finishing textiles is a highly specialized branch of the textile industry. International manufacturers need to meet high quality standards and requirements.
Many major textile brands trust Mahlo’s long-lasting experience in on-line process monitoring and control technologies for the textile industry. Our expertise stretches for several decades, and we still strive to improve ourselves every day.
Mahlo systems supply virtally the entire textile industry and related sectors:
Products for Textile & Textile Finishing
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Devices
Systems for on-line measurement and control of distortions in textiles and continuous web processes
Orthopac RVMC-20 plus New
Automatic weft straightener with double scanning
Feed Forward and Closed Loop Control at the same time!
Two scanning units, one before and one after the straightening rollers, combined with an AI-based controller concept, guarantee the…
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Orthopac RVMC-15 Bestseller
Classic optical weft straightener
Weft straightening the way it should be ...
The Orthopac RVMC is the universally employable straightening system from Mahlo for the correction of fabric distortions for nearly all applications.…
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Orthopac FMC-15 Bestseller
Distortion control system
Bow and skew detection and control
The Orthopac FMC automatic straightener is the heart and core of the Orthopac. The device consists of an optical scanning system and electronic control for…
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Orthomax RFMB-15 Bestseller
Fusion of pin wheel and roller straightening
Removing all types of distortions
The fusion of pin wheel and roller straightening technology perfectly combines the advantages of both technologies and provides amazing straightening results.…
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Qualiscan QMS-12 Bestseller
Traversing quality control system
Web process control
The Qualiscan QMS is a modular system for measuring, logging and controlling critical process parameters over the entire width of the product, including basis weight,…
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Orthopac MFRC-15
Fine tune straightener
Fine-tune straightening of residual distortion
This model represents a compact fine-straightening system for the correction of residual distortions. The special strength of the Orthopac MFRC is…
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Orthopac GMFRC-15
Heavy-duty fine tune straightener
Fine-tune straightening for heavyweight fabrics
The special strength of the Orthopac GMFRC is the extremely high straightening accuracy at relatively small distortions. Thanks to reinforced…
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Orthopac GRVMC-15
Modular straightening and process control system for heavyweight materials
Heavy-duty weft straightening
The heavy duty version. High demands due to large product widths (e.g. carpet) or dimensionally stable textiles with defined skew settings (e.g. denim) require a…
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Orthopac CRVMC-12
Special weft straightener for carpets and technical textiles
When the going gets rough ...
The Orthopac CRVMC is especially designed for high mechanical load. Thanks to reinforced components, it is ideal for processing very heavyweight and wide…
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Orthopac RXVMC-20
High-end straightening and process control system
Precision straightening machine
Control and actuation at the same time: The Orthopac RXVMC is the only straightening system worldwide to offer this unique combination. This completely new…
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Orthofact RMB-15
Automatic pin wheel straightening system
Removing irregular distortions
Asymmetrical distortions (wavy, S-shaped, etc.) in textiles have always represented a huge challenge in the textile industry. A special straightening approach is…
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Optipac VMC-15
Modular process control system
Optimizes finishing
The Orthopac VMC is a modular process control system for textile refinement. It optimises drying or fixing processes as well as the processes all about the stenter. The…
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Ecopac EMC-15
Process control system for drying processes
Optimizes drying
The Ecopac EMC uses the state of the art microprocessor technology to ensure product quality and optimise the energy balance for drying processes. The modular system for…
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Famacont PMC-15
Control of thread density / course density / basis weight
Optolectronic sensor / camera sensor
The Famacont PMC determines the thread density by means of a non-contacting, optoelectronic or imaging process. With the optoelectronic process individual…
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Gravimat FMI-15
Control of basis weight / thickness
Transmission of beta rays
The weight monitoring and control system measures the weight continuously, without contact, destruction-free and on moving product. The measurement is based on the…
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Wilot WMR-12
Measurement of product width
Reflexion of infrared light
Automatic width measurement on a running product web. IR LEDs used in reflective mode continuously and precisely determine the product width. The sensor module only…
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Atmoset SMT-15
Drum dryer control optimises heating performance
Condensate temperature control
The Atmoset SMT regulates the residual moisture of the tissue with steam-heated cylinder dryers. The deviation of the condensate temperature from a preset…
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Patcontrol PCS-20
Pattern detection, skew correction, pattern repeat control
Pattern and distortion control
The leading pattern detection system using camera technology. The repetitions of printed, woven or tufted patterns are evaluated according to certain algorithms…
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mLog enhanced
Data analysis and management
The mLog software is an application for data logging and interactive analysis of historical data for Mahlo equipment. The desktop application runs on an office PC and provides a comfortable…
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Ceremat MMZ-12
Guiding and stentering roller
Keeps web safely on track
Drifting of the product web lateral to the running direction of product is unavoidable in some stages of textile finishing. The Ceremat system brings the product back…
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mLog
Data logging
The mLog software is a data logging application for Mahlo equipment. The desktop application runs on an office PC and provides comfortable creation and archiving of PDF protocols of running…
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mPilot
Visualization of several Mahlo devices
mPilot is a control room application for Mahlo equipment. The software allows the user to configure up to ten Mahlo devices with one control centre. Individually selected data of several devices…
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Antistat AMW-12
Discharge system for static charge
Ionisation of the air
The Antistat AMW ioniser for trouble-free processing of synthetic materials and of textiles with high charge separation. By ionising the ambient air, the electrostatic…
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Ecosense ZS-12
Control of exhaust air humidity
Measurement of steam
Much unused energy is wasted through the exhaust air during drying processes without appropriate control. The Ecomat AML optimises the heating energy required by monitoring…
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Thermosense HP270
Measurement of the fabric temperature
Infrared pyrometer
The Thermosense HP270 is used for non-contacting temperature measurement in driers and stenters and records the temperature of running product webs. The sensor is…
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Textometer DMB-15
Portable moisture meter
The Textometer DMB is a mobile handy device for measuring moisture on textile webs and bobbins on a wide variety of versions. It determines the moisture content of raw materials, semi-finished…
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Samplecut FSC-12
Sample cutting on-line – without having to stop the machine
Compressed air blade
To monitor the progress of certain processes, there is no alternative but to take frequent samples at the machine itself.
This is normally possible only while the product…
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Sensors
Sensors for the detection of distortion and product quality in textiles
The precise and correct determination of distortion on running textile webs is the basis for successful weft straightening. Mahlo offers a wide range of sensors for this task. Thus, all conceivable applications and requirements can be covered.
The versatile sensors and measuring devices of the Qualiscan QMS series can sense, log and continuously control such parameters as weight per unit area (basis weight), coating weight, thickness and moisture in a variety of web-type products.
Scanner TK-12
Optoelectronic scanning
Optoelectronic scanning according to the modulation principle
A photocell behind an oscillating lens registers the light-dark modulations generated by the weft position of the textile web…
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Airpro APM
Measurement of permeability / pressure drops
Measurement of pressure drop / permeability
Airpro APM allows for a highly dynamic and traversing measurement of air permeability and pressure drops on the running product web across the…
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Aqualot AMF
Measurement of moisture
Microwave damping / phase shifting
The Aqualot AMF sends microwaves through the moist product web. The water in the product causes damping and phase shifting of the microwaves. The material…
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Aqualot HMF-T
Measurement of moisture
Microwave resonance
The Aqualot HMF use microwave technology to measure moisture without contact. The system measures regardless of the composition of the water, pH value changes in the…
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Calipro DML
Measurement of thickness (contactless)
Laser triangulation
The Calipro DML optical system uses laser triangulation online to measure the thickness or coating thickness of various materials with the highest accuracy.
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Calipro DMS
Measurement of thickness (contactless)
LED micrometer
Calipro DMS measures the material thickness of the product using a light curtain. It is insensitive to colour, transparency and opacity as well as largely independent of the…
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Gravimat FMI/DFI
Measurement of basis weight (mass per unit area) / thickness /density
Transmission of beta rays
The weight monitoring and control system measures the weight continuously, without contact, destruction-free and on moving product. The measurement is based on the…
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Gravimat FMX
Measurement of basis weight (mass per unit area) / thickness
Backscattering of X-rays
The weight monitoring and control system measures the weight continuously, without contact, destruction-free and on moving product. The X-ray radiation from an X-ray…
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Gravimat FMX-T
Measurement of basis weight (mass per unit area) / thickness / density
Transmission of X-rays
The Gravimat FMX-T permits the contactless and traversing measurement of basis weight (grammage) / thickness of the running product webs over the entire product width.…
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Infralot IMF
Measurement of moisture / organic compound
Absorption/reflexion of infrared light
Infralot IMF uses optical evaluation of the absorbed/reflected light energy in the near-infrared range to continuously measure and control material…
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Infrascope NIR
Measurement of basis weight (mass per unit area) / moisture
Absorption of infrared light
The Infrascope NIR monitors the absorption of infrared energy of all components on or in the web in the near infrared range. Measuring over the entire spectrum…
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Scanner CK-15
Imaging scanning
Camera sensor
A high-resolution camera determines the angle of the weft thread of a running textile web.
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Webtemp WTP
Measurement of web temperature
Infrared measurement
Infrared sensor for the surface temperature in the measuring gap of the quality control system Qualiscan QMS. For some applications an even temperature distribution in the…
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Scanner CTK-15
Imaging scanning (carpet & technical textiles)
Camera sensor for carpet and technical textiles
A high-resolution camera determines the angle of the weft thread of a running textile web. The camera image here is larger than with the…
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Hybridscanning
Imaging & optoelectronic Scanning
Optoelectronic and camera sensor combined
Combining two independent processes creates a superior scanning system which utilises existing synergies to an optimal degree.
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Patcontrol PCS
Pattern detection
Distortion correction for textiles that are difficult to detect
The camera-supported pattern detection Patcontrol PCS serves as an external distortion detection system and sends control…
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Famacont PMC TK
Control of thread density / course density
Optoelectronic scanning according to the modulation principle
A photocell behind an oscillating lens registers the light-dark modulations generated by the weft position of the textile web…
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Famacont PMC CK
Control of thread density / course density / basis weight
Camera sensor
A high-resolution camera determines the angle of the weft thread of a running textile web.
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Ecomat AML
Control of exhaust air humidity
Measurement of steam
Much unused energy is wasted through the exhaust air during drying processes without appropriate control. The Ecomat AML optimises the heating energy required by…
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Famacont PMC
Control of thread density / course density / basis weight
Optolectronic sensor / camera sensor
The Famacont PMC determines the thread density by means of a non-contacting, optoelectronic or imaging process. With the optoelectronic process individual…
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Gravimat FMI
Control of basis weight / thickness
Transmission of beta rays
The weight monitoring and control system measures the weight continuously, without contact, destruction-free and on moving product. The measurement is based on the…
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Textometer RMS
Control of residual moisture
Measuring electrical conductivity
Moisture retention (residual moisture) is an important criterion in terms of later finishing, finished product scrap and energy optimizing. Electrodes…
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Permaset VMT
Control of dwell time and fixing time
Infrared pyrometer
To determine the dwell time or fixing time for a desired product temperature, the surface temperature of the product is measured without contact at several locations in the…
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Thermoset OMT
Control of web temperature
Infrared pyrometer
The product temperature at the dryer delivery depends on the residual moisture. To determine the residual moisture the surface temperature of the product is measured at the…
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Wilot WMR
Measurement of product width
Reflexion of infrared light
Automatic width measurement on a running product web. IR LEDs used in reflective mode continuously and precisely determine the product width. The sensor module only…
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Scanners
Universal application
The measuring frame traverses the sensors on-line across the whole product width and provides a cross-machine direction profile of basis weight, thickness or moisture on the display console that is a crosssection of the manufactured product.
One or more different measuring frames can be connected to a Qualiscan QMS system. Connection is made via a normal network cable, a standard 230/115 V source supplies the power.
Webpro L-II
Double-sided measuring frame for large widths
Big O-frame, many sensors
The WebPro L traversing frames represent the pinnacle of the Mahlo scanning frame family. They are available in traverse widths of up to 6,6 meters, and can run up to…
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Webpro LC-II
O-frame with C-frame function
O-frame for existing transport chains
The WebPro L scanners represent the pinnacle of the Mahlo measuring frame family. They are available in traverse widths of up to 6,6 meter. With the…
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Webpro M
Double-sided measuring frame for normal widths
Medium O-frame
WebPro M traversing scanners are found on a wide variety of web processing applications in an assortment of industries, and are legendary for their robust construction and…
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Webpro S-II
Double-sided measuring frame for confined installation spaces
Extremely compact O-frame
The WebPro S traversing frames have been designed specifically to provide an exceedingly compact but rugged and reliable traversing platform for situations where…
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Webpro XS-II
Double sided measuring frame for narrow webs
Compact O-frame for small widths
The traversing frames of the type WebPro XS are used for many applications in various industries and are distinguished especially by their rugged, reliable and…
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Webpro XSH-II
Double sided measuring frame for narrow webs and thick products
Compact O-frame for small widths
The traversing frames of the type WebPro XS are used for many applications in various industries and are distinguished especially by their rugged, reliable and…
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Uniscan M
Single sided scanner for large widths
Single sided measurement of wide webs
The UniScan traversing scanners are the single-sided counterpart to the double-sided O-frames of the WebPro series. They are specially designed to…
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Uniscan S
Single sided scanner for normal widths
Single sided measurement of normally wide webs
The UniScan traversing scanners are the single-sided counterpart to the double-sided O-frames of the WebPro series. They are specially designed…
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Uniscan XS-II
Single sided measuring frame for narrow webs
Single-sided scanner for small widths
The UniScan traversing scanners are the single-sided counterpart to the double-sided O-frames of the WebPro series. They are specially designed to…
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Profix
For fixed measuring points
Fixed measuring point
A fixed measuring point is used in simple applications where no cross-section of the entire web has to be measured.
As standard, the mounting frame consists of aluminum…
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Accessories
Little helpers
Accessories and add-on devices for improving accuracy, quality and performance
Gap Conditioning Device
Temperature control in the measuring gap
Measuring gap heating
The Gap Conditioning Device facilitates consistent temperature conditions for increased measuring accuracy.
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Short Needle electrode (11-010310)
Needle length 10.5 mm
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Special bale electrode (11-013271)
For hard-pressed bales
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Quality control
On-line Measurement and Control for continuous web processes
Distortion correction
On-line correction of distortion in textile fabrics
Process control
Measurement and control technology
Data Management
Software for logging and data analysis
Patter detection
Detection, correction and repeat control for patterns
Hand-held meters
Small and mobile meters
Upgrades
Upgrades for existing Mahlo systems
Web guiding
Devices for web guiding
Web inspection
Product web inspection systems
Success Stories
Success stories: How customers achieve their goals with Mahlo
Application Reports
Solutions for specific tasks
News
New information on Mahlo technology, products and service
Info
In-depth information on various products
Press
Mahlo in the media
Mahlo is the only supplier who is offering the entire spectrum of sensors in the market - optoelectronic as well as camera-based technology. This means for our customers that we can really choose the best way to detect their fabric.
Over the decades, the name Mahlo has become equivalent to straight goods. With special applications for carpets, denim, woolen, printed and other special fabric Mahlo is a partner for all possible processes and plenty of applications.
In addition to our centerpiece, the straightening machine, we also manufacture systems for fine straightening, special devices for heavy or wide fabrics and needle straightening devices for knitted fabrics.
As a customer, you choose the suitable solution individually according to your requirements. Together we optimize your process and achieve the highest quality.