Consuming less energy
The combination of the highly energy efficient Sumo motor with the direct drive of main shaft and shedding motion results in power savings of more than 10% in comparison with conventional clutch and brake configurations. Moreover, the energy cost for air conditioning is also reduced as the Sumo motor dissipates less heat in the weaving mill.
Minimum maintenance with fewer spare parts
The Sumo system requires no extra downtime of the machine and no workload of the staff for mechanical checking and maintenance, as is required by conventional clutch/brake systems. With the Sumo direct-drive, on the contrary, there is no clutch, no brake coils, no flywheel, and no separate motor for slow motion movements ... The absence of all these parts means that both their maintenance and spare parts consumption are eliminated: this is the “savings by design” philosophy.
Picanol develops, produces and markets high-tech weaving machines. Picanol weaving machines are a synthesis of technological know-how and experience built up over more than half a century. Today, about 2,600 weaving mills around the world use Picanol machinery, totalling some 110,000 weaving machines.
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