Academy
VDW Academy - Myriad
The Myriad is the successful combination of the experience of Cobble and the constant drive for innovation by Vandewiele, which has led to the development of a completely new tufting machine with individual yarn control at high production speeds. Unlimited design flexibility is added to Cobble's robust, fast running tufting machines through a third dimension: the pattern attachment called "Myriad", where each pile yarn is controlled by a separate servomotor. The main features of the Myriad are explained in this 3-minute video:
00:47 Loop pile tufting principle explained: the looper picks up the pile yarn that is stitched through the backing cloth by the needle
01:19 The Myriad attachment with compact water-cooled servomotor modules. This pattern attachment can be built up on both sides of the machine, providing easy access to the yarns coming from the creel
01:53 Designs are transformed into a tufted carpet by the use of our in-house developed TuftLink software
02:59 Centralized Energy Bus, reducing energy consumption and allowing the machine to come to a controlled standstill during power disruption
03:20 For increased user-friendliness a new human machine interface or HMI was developed with 3 touch screen controlled main screens: Home, Explorer and Settings
03:33 ProTechna quality control
VDW Academy - ST Grass
The ST Grass is a state-of-the-art grass tufting machine available in both 4 and 5 meter versions. Due to its high productivity, the ST Grass is the ideal machine for sports and landscaping applications. With its fully cast iron frame, the use of a heavy yarn count, typically up to 16.000 dtex, is possible. In this 3-minute video the following features are shown:
00:27 Double-sided yarn feed for maximum flexibility
00:40 Optimal control of yarn feed by servomotors
00:53 In-house manufactured gauge parts to obtain maximum reliability
01:30 Servo-driven puller rolls with intermittent cloth feed: useful for tufting longer pile grass products. It avoids needle bending and elongated stitching holes, producing perfect pile fixation
01:46 The human machine interface HMI is equipped with 3 main screens: Home, Explorer and Setting
02:01 In-house developed electronics and Quad drives, integrated in water cooled cabinets, assures optimal control of all servomotor motions in combination with several detections (broken end detection, tight end detection)
02:14 Grass pile bobbins on a special tufting creel
02:20 Folding of the tufted grass carpet
VDW Academy - TuftFX L
The TuftFX L, equipped with the Myriad attachment, is designed to produce full density, multi-coloured loop pile carpet in high output.
This 3-minute video shows the main features of the TuftFX L:
00:17 The Myriad attachment with its compact water-cooled servomotor modules. This pattern attachment can be built up on both sides of the machine, providing easy access to the yarns coming from the creel.
00:36 Servo controlled Sliding Needlebar (SNB)
01:59 In-house developed servomotor technology
02:08 Vandewiele electronics and drives (02:13 Quad drives)
02:18 For increased user-friendliness a new Human Machine Interface or HMI was developed with 3 touch screen controlled main screens: Home, Explorer and Settings
02:38 Designs are processed by our own Tuftlink software