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Article: SFT Vibrating Wire Weighing Technology

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:55:00 GMT

In the mid-1970s K-Tron revolutionized bulk solids feeding with its introduction of the first truly digital load cell specially designed for process weighing applications. Based on an innovative vibrating wire concept, the new digital technology soon proved to be a significant advance over the analog LVDTs and strain gauges then in widespread use. By K-Tron Process Group

Article: Economics Of Feeding: Total Cost Approach To ROI

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:43:00 GMT

Feeding systems perform the important function of dosing ingredients into a food, plastics, pharmaceutical or other product in exactly the correct proportion-an extremely critical function for one small piece of the manufacturing line. An efficient and accurate feeding system, whether gravimetric or volumetric, can pay for itself quickly by producing material cost savings and keeping the process line up and running reliably. By K-Tron Process Group

VeriColor Spectro - Non-Contact Color Spectrophotometer

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:27:58 GMT

Improve quality control and reduce operating expense with this cost-efficient, in-line non-contact color measurement solution that provides absolute spectral and colorimetric data for process control.

Datasheet: ColorMunki Design

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:06:00 GMT

The innovative new way to create your own world of color. Ideal for agencies, corporate in-house and freelance designers, this do-everything solution gives you the freedom to design with any color from the visible spectrum, even ones you never thought possible.

SP Family Brochure

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:02:49 GMT

The full line of SP Portable Sphere Spectrophotometers offers convenient, cost-efficient solutions designed to provide fast, precise color measurement information on a wide range of materials, such as paper, paint, plastics, and textiles.

Flyer: Higher Short-term Accuracy With K-Tron's Electronic Screw Speed Modulation

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:40:00 GMT

Single screw feeders, particularly at low rates, can have an unsteady feed rate within one revolution of the screw, resulting in mass flow pulsation. Spiral or full flight single screw feeders exhibit this pulsation more commonly than other screw configurations.

Flyer: Gravimetric Continuous Blenders

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:23:00 GMT

Premier ProRate™/Gravimetric blenders consist of one to eight ingredient feeders and a microprocessor-based controller.

Brochure: Bag Dump Station

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:16:00 GMT

The manual Bag Dump Station is designed to ensure a clean, dust-controlled environment while making it easy to unload material received in bags. As the operator unloads material, the bag dump station's fan draws dust-laden air away from the operator with its direct drive fan.

Datasheet: X-Rite MA98™ Measured Material

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:42:00 GMT

New functionality allows Autodesk software to complete measurements of complex, multi-layered metallic automotive paint, including flake through, by using the X-Rite MA98.

Datasheet: X-Rite ColorMunki Measured Material

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:42:00 GMT

3D design technology is enhanced and validated through Autodesk 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design integrated with ColorMunki's easy-to-use, all-in-one calibration technology that creates a unified interface between design peripherals using exact material representation.

Datasheet: Ma9x Multi-Angle Instrument Family

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:55:35 GMT

X-Rite handheld spectrophotometers give you the ability to easily, accurately, and consistently measure traditional and special effect paints and coatings. Small, but powerful, all three instruments share core features that quickly produce precise, reliable color measurements anywhere.

Datasheet: 962 0�/45� Portable Spectrophotometer

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:51:48 GMT

A 0/45 handheld spectrophotometer designed to address a wide range of industry specific color needs, ensuring consistent color quality in the plant, laboratory or field.

Datasheet: Overhead Luminaires

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:05:00 GMT

Macbeth overhead luminaries are convenient overhead lighting fixtures that can be suspended above your viewing area or inserted into any standard ceiling grid to accommodate evaluation rooms or harmony rooms. Used for quality control, grading, sorting, metamerism testing and product evaluations, these overhead luminaires provide accurate simulated daylight illumination for visual evaluation of color.

White Paper: Demystifying Daylight: Four Myths And Misconceptions About Daylight Simulation That Everyone Evaluating Color Should Know

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:19:00 GMT

It's commonly known that natural daylight is the only light source that will not distort our ability to evaluate color. Any well-managed color program specifies a form of daylight as the light source of choice for making accurate color evaluations. By X-Rite, Inc.

Datasheet: Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue Test

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:50:00 GMT

The FM100 Hue Test is an easy-to-administer test and a highly effective method for measuring an individual's color vision. Used by industry for over 40 years, the test is used to evaluate and rank color acuity.

Datasheet: VS450 - Non Contact Spectrophotometer

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:20:00 GMT

This non-contact benchtop spectrophotometer is designed for color and gloss measurement on wet and dry samples including cosmetics, paints, and soil, as well as plastics, powders, and other common samples.

Datasheet: Judge II Lightbooth

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:14:17 GMT

This compact visual color evaluation system provides the closest fluorescent daylight simulation available today in a construction that will meet your needs.

Datasheet: X-Color QC

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:05:27 GMT

Organize and control color data for all types of surfaces, materials, and coatings in a single, flexible platform with X-Color QC, a new generation of color management technology from X-Rite.

Datasheet: Spectralight III

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:54:01 GMT

The SpectraLight III color viewing booth is the reference viewing system most widely specified by major brand owners globally.

MacBeth Lighting Brochure

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:10:07 GMT

Macbeth lighting solutions are recognized as the industry standard for visual color evaluation and specified by the world's leading brand owners for critical color decisions.

Case Study: Century-Old Finlay's Future Looks Bright With X-Rite

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:40:00 GMT

Originally founded in Hartford CT at the end of the 19th century, Finlay is now in its 133rd year in business. Today, the award-winning company employs over 100 people and is one of the most successful and innovative printing and marketing solution firms in North America. Finlay's customers tend to be highly branded companies in a variety of markets including: education, corporate, retail point-of-sale, financial services and design. By X-Rite, Inc.

ASSIST Holds Awareness Sessions For Vietnam's Textile, Garment And Leather Manufacturers

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:08:00 GMT

Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) held three awareness sessions for the for members of Vietnam textile, garment and leather industries under the CONSERV (Conservation of Environment Resources in Vietnam) Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project last November 23, 24 and 25 in Ho Chi Minh, Bien Hoa and Long An

Natural Fibered Fabrics Featured At Norman S Bernie

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:39:00 GMT

Norman S. Bernie Co. is announcing the arrival, just in the last few days, of some of the most exquisite decorative fabrics in 100% hemp, 100% linen, and 100% cotton, for upholstery fabric as well as curtain fabric end uses

Huntsman Textile Effects Forms Strategic Partnership With Ramatex Toward Zero Discharge Of Hazardous Chemicals

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:33:00 GMT

Huntsman Textile Effects recently announced a strategic partnership with Ramatex Group, based in Singapore, to become the world's first textile company dedicated to and capable of enabling the brands to deliver the commitments contained in the Joint Roadmap: Toward Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals

Council For Textile Recycling Launches Education Initiative Promoting Clothing Recycling

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:36:00 GMT

For the first time ever clothing brands, retailers, consumers, municipalities, charitable organizations, academics and recyclers are joining forces to promote the recycling of clothing and textiles

Patti Engineering Provides Textile Automation Technology To Inman Mills Manufacturing Facility

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:40:00 GMT

Today, Patti Engineering, Inc. - a control systems integration company based in Auburn Hills, MI with offices in Massachusetts and Texas - announced the successful completion of an automation project at Inman Mills, South Carolina Plant. Inman Mills manufactures a wide variety of yarns and fabrics

koreatextile.org - Textile Outsourcing Information In Korea On The Web

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:30:00 GMT

koreatextile.org is leading portal site for textile outsourcing information in Korea on the web at http://www.koreatextile.org and has been actually promoting Korean textile companies and its products

Schweiter Technologies To Strengthen SSM Textile Machinery

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:02:00 GMT

SSM Textile Machinery will take over the activities of the Italian firm Giudici S.p.A. The purchase price is in the single-digit million range. The transaction should be concluded by the end of January 2012

Textile And Clothing Industry In Brazil Examined In New Topical Research Report Now Available At MarketPublishers.com

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:02:00 GMT

The textile and clothing industry forms a major part of Brazilian manufacturing sector and the domestic market has grown significantly in recent years. The industry benefits largely from local sources of raw materials, especially cotton, and yields have risen to the point where Brazil has become a major cotton exporter

TenCate Geosynthetics Introduces Woven Geosynthetic For Soil Stabilization

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:01:00 GMT

TenCate Geosynthetics North America has developed a patented, woven geosynthetic for soil stabilization and base course reinforcement applications when differential settlement occurs due to heaving in the subgrade soils

PolyOne Introduces Improved Solution For Vinyl Inks, Hot Melt And Caulking Markets

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:22:00 GMT

PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, recently introduced Geon Adept homopolymer vinyl dispersion resin, featuring high clarity, fast fusion, low melt viscosity, and non-settling characteristics

Leading Textile Machinery Manufacturers Snap Up ITMA ASIA + CITME 2012 Exhibition Space

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:55:00 GMT

Despite the current global economic slowdown, leading textile machinery manufacturers around the world are still attracted to prospects offered by the world's largest textile producer - China

X-Rite - Enterprise Color Management (ECM) Solutions

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 04:00:00 GMT

When it comes to color technology, industry leaders are choosing X-Rite Enterprise Color Management (ECM) solutions - solutions that ensure accurate, repeatable color throughout global supply chains. From color measurement and control to communication and compliance, we are helping today's global specifiers and suppliers improve and enhance their color approval programs.

67th All India Textile Conference On The Theme "Textile & Clothing - Emerging Global Scenario"

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:47:00 GMT

Delhi unit of Textile Association (India) will be hosting 67th All India Textile Conference this year in February. The conference is an annual event which has been held regularly since 1944. Delhi unit is hosting the conference after a gap of 24 years. The theme for this year's conference is "Textile and Clothing - Emerging Global Scenario"

Burlington Worldwide Chooses Agion Active To Deliver Next Generation Odor Control To High Performance Fabrics

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Sciessent, makers of the Agion Active brand of odor elimination technology announces its partnership with Burlington Worldwide, global textile leader to offer the Agion Active branded finish on new high performance fabric

Lectra And Walter Wilhelm Associates (WWA) Renew Their Global Partnership

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:39:00 GMT

Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials-textiles, leather, industrial fabrics and composite materials-is pleased to announce the renewal of its global partnership with Walter Wilhelm Associates (WWA) for a three year period

Kornit Digital Receives GOTS Approval For Its CMYK And White Inks

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:50:00 GMT

Kornit Digital, the world's leading producer of industrial and commercial digital printers for the textile industry, today announced it has received GOTSV3 approval for its CMYK and White water-based ink

Teijin Aramid Launches Finest Filament Yarn In The World

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:34:00 GMT

Teijin Aramid announced today that they will launch a new higher performing lightweight aramid yarn, Twaron 550f1000

LYCRA Sport Fabric Is On The Move - New Performance Standards To Be Unveiled At Upcoming Tradeshows, Outdoor Retailer Winter Market And ISPO Munich

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:18:00 GMT

INVISTA, owner of the LYCRA fiber brand, set new textile technology standards in high-performance active wear and outdoor apparel standards when it initially launched its LYCRA� SPORT fabric certification program two years ago

Teijin's Nanofront Polyester Offers Unprecedented 400nm Diameter

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:53:00 GMT

Teijin Fibers Limited, the core company of the Teijin Group's polyester fibers business, announced recently that it has decided to commercialize a new version of its Nanofront high-strength polyester nanofiber with a diameter of 400 nanometers, or 22,500 times smaller than the cross-sectional area of a strand of hair, an unprecedented achievement for a commercial polyester fiber

Global Textile Fiber Market To Reach 93 Million Tons By 2015, According To A New Industry Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:04:00 GMT

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global outlook on the Textiles Industry. Global textile industry dynamics are shaped by a wide range of demographic factors such as disposable income levels, degree of consumer confidence and other general economic variables

Lenzing Will Continue To Supply Flame-Resistant Fibers To The U.S. Army

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:44:00 GMT

The Lenzing Group will continue to supply flame-resistant specialty fibers for a new generation of U.S. Army combat uniforms