Founded in 1969, Stamperia Olonia is now an integral part of the Liberty Group and has been a leader in printing on natural fabrics for home textiles and clothing fabrics from the very beginning. New technologies, high quality, innovation and certifications are Olonia's ingredients for further growth.
This is why the printing specialist has also equipped several stenter frames and printing lines with systems from Mahlo. This helps to produce a high and continuously consistent quality. At the same time, Olonia saves costs and resources and can document and improve its processes.
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Flat bed printing & Rotary printing
Stamperia Pezzoli offers printing and finishing services for textiles for more than 35 years, maintaining the highest quality standards in every step of the manufacturing process and ensuring a highly competitive service in terms of technology and styling. Stamperia Pezzoli's finished textiles are used worldwide mainly for furniture and linen in households, hotels and hospitals. They are also used in the shipping industry and in the outdoor sector.
Pezzoli relies on Mahlo technology for straight-thread fabrics as well as process control and quality control during the finishing processes on the stenter frame. In the installation shown, a combination of Orthopac weft straighteners at the inlet and outlet of the stenter frame ensures perfect straightening results. For the best printing results, the Patcontrol system also monitors the pattern repeat and pattern distortion. The parameters in the stenter frame - dwell time, exhaust air moisture, residual moisture, fabric width - are monitored by the Optipac process control system.
Images courtesy of Stamperia Pezzoli, Italy
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 needs to be attached on one side of the product. The compact design allows it to be installed even in the tightest mounting spaces. Retrofitting is possible virtually anywhere.
Product Highlights
- Non-contact and continuous
- Digital signal processing helps it determine product width with the utmost accuracy
- Universal application
Customer benefits
- High standard of repeatability
- Homogenous product appearance
- Documentation of product quality
IR LEDs used as retro-reflective devices determine the product width. The operator can set the sensitivity of the sensors from the included control panel, and specify the maximum and minimum product width for alarm functions. Since the sensor module only needs to be attached on one side of the product, mounting options are very flexible.
The unit consists of:
- Sensor module
- Electronics
- Control panel
- Digital display (optional)
The system is very versatile. Stenters and levelling stenters represent the main application areas.
The Wilot WMR is a reliable instrument for non-contacting, inprocess determination of the product width, especially at the stenter delivery end. The Wilot WMR helps suppliers to maintain the quality specifications of their customers and reduce costs from scrap and quality problems.