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Exhibitors & products at Techtextil 2024

The exhibitors & products at Techtextil 2026 will be available here from mid-January 2026.

Groz-Beckert KG

Digital Ecosystem for the Nonwovens Industry

Digital Ecosystem for the Nonwovens Industry

Description

To address the increasing shortage of qualified personnel, the Digital Ecosystem of Groz-Beckert's product area Nonwovens offers various digital tools. The Digital Ecosystem enables nonwovens producers to optimize and automate their production processes and thus achieve a high level of process reliability and transparency. Components include an app for controlling needle board changes and improving board management, as well as an inventory-managed needle dispensing system with an automated ordering function.

The Groz-Beckert needle dispenser supports your ordering process by automatically reordering when the defined minimum level is reached. At the same time, our needle inventory offers complete transparency about the current stock levels.

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INH Quality Management

The ideal handling of sewing machine needles in sewing plants

One of the biggest challenges for sewing companies is the risk of end users sustaining an injury from pieces of a broken sewing machine needle left in the garment. Such incidents can lead to compensation claims and loss of orders from brand owners and buying houses. The patented INH Quality Management (Ideal Needle Handling) developed by Groz-Beckert supports you in adhering to compliance regulations and facilitates the handling of sewing machine needles in your production plant.

INH Quality Management consists of several hardware and software components. The needle dispensing trolley and the needle return box improve the needle change process by providing all necessary tools and serving as a storage area for new needles as well as a collection point for broken and damaged needles.

To avoid manual documentation and physical storage of needle fragments, INH Quality Management offers two software components: the mobile app INH@site and the browser-based application INH@office. INH@site, installed on a tablet on the trolley, is used to take pictures of all used or broken needles and save them digitally to maintain a complete chain of evidence. INH@office is used to enter all data, such as production orders or sewing lines with machine inventory. Furthermore, it enables a data-based analysis of the needle consumption and helps to identify and solve problems such as incorrect machine settings. It also provides full transparency for buyers and brand owners, allowing them to conduct online audits.

Your benefits when using INH Quality Management:

  • Digital and sustainable needle documentation:
    Thanks to the fully digitalized documentation of needle changes, there is no need to stick needles on paper. This saves resources and enables environmentally friendly disposal of the needles.
  • Transparency and data-bases optimizations:
    The digital documentation of needle changes enables a data-based analysis of the needle consumption and reveals potential for improvement. Problems such as incorrect sewing machine settings can be identified and optimized.
  • Increased efficiency:
    The time required for needle changes and their documentation is significantly reduced. Downtimes in production can be avoided.
  • Reliable and standardizes processes:
    The standardized process for handling needles ensures that the right needle is always used on the right sewing machine.
  • Stronger customer relationship:
    The end-to-end process takes into account both internal requirements and the buyers’ compliance regulations. It is generally applicable.