The global textile industry is valued at more than $1 trillion USD, with a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5% through 2030. The total market includes apparel, home furnishings and technical textiles (which include products for the construction, transportation and healthcare industries).
The fashion segment, where HKP motion solutions are used, dominates the textile market. Growth in this market is fueled by consumer spending on formal, casual and functional clothing. The industry is supported by advancements in synthetic fibers like polyester and nylon, along with continued reliance on natural fibers like cotton.
Rolling Feeders Play an Essential Role in the Textile Market:
HKP motors support rolling feeders, which are essential machines used to move and feed fabrics or other materials through various stages of processing, such as cutting, dyeing, knitting and weaving. These feeders ensure precision, speed and consistency, which are crucial for maintaining the quality of textile products.
Rolling Feeders work by unwinding fabric or other materials from large rolls and guiding it (smoothly without wrinkles or tension issues) into Control Systems that are equipped with sensors and automated tension control mechanisms. Rolling feeders are often synchronized with downstream machines, such as screen printers, cutters or rollers, to maintain consistent throughput and precision in processing.
A wide range of HKP motors are used in the manufacturing process, to help feed fabric into printing machines for patterns or designs without misalignment or fabric distortion. Other motors guide materials through dyeing equipment that is used to ensure uniform color application to fabrics. HKP motors also power the feeders that supply fabric to cutting or embossing machines, to ensure precise cutting and sizing of garments.
Rolling feeders are essential to modern textile production, enabling high-speed, high-volume manufacturing while also ensuring product quality, efficiency and versatility with minimal waste of the feedstock fabrics.
Application Challenges:
- Precise torque adjustment controls and programmable tension from: 0.5 gr. ~ 50 gr.
- Maximum motor speed: 6,000 rpm up to 1000 mt/min (@ 24 V / 36 V), to control Yarn Feeding speed
- High precision sensors with Linear Feedback Arrangement function measures the exact yarn consumption with resolution of 0.1 mm
- Absolute stitch matching and top-quality production repeatability
- Large axial and radial forces capabilities, so that the wire will not slip
- More than 20,000 hours of service.
Typical Current Motion Solutions:
- EC044A BLDC motor with Sine/cosine Hall or High precision Absolute encoder.
- The hollow screw hole on the shaft is more conducive to the installation of the mechanical structure
- Corrosion-resistant housing design
- Special connector
HKP’s EC044A series brushless motor is a medium torque density 4 pole model designed as an economical upgrade to brushed motors. The EC044A is an excellent choice for both power transmission and precision motion control applications. It is offered in 3 motor lengths with continuous torque from 0.043 - 0.081 Nm in a 44 mm diameter.
Features:
- Speeds up to 15,000 RPM possible
- DC bus voltage up to 48 Vdc
- Metric mounting
- Eight standard windings – Special windings available
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