The airjet A9500EVO has already amassed important references, especially in medical, automotive and parachute applications.

The winning combination of two exclusive and unique Itema features – the shed geometry and the airjet weft insertion – makes the A9500EVO the airjet weaving machine which guarantees the highest fabric quality on the market, especially when the speed increases. Tested in real weaving environment during extensive Customers trials, the A9500EVO demonstrated in fact the capability to completely avoid the so-called snarls.

When it comes to weaving very high-density fabrics, dedicated devices ensure excellent results. The reinforced whip roller eliminates friction allowing an improved warp tension control and reducing warp stops.

Moreover, the longer dwell of the cam sley drive allows a longer weft insertion time, leading to a more efficient weft filling insertion and, when it comes to weaving the coarsest yarns, the Double Tandem Nozzles play a key role to effectively run at the highest speed.

Equipped with the Itema patented Powerleno system and an independent motor drive for the shedding motion, the A9500EVO i-LENO is specifically designed for secondary carpet backing applications.

The full-width Powerleno concept, optimized for the A9500EVO platform, ensures precise and stable leno formation across the entire weaving width, even under high warp tensions. The leno shedding group features a stress- and dynamic-optimized design with high-stiffness transmission shafts and maintenance-free bearings, guaranteeing long-term reliability and consistent fabric quality.

The A9500EVO i-LENO is a dedicated evolution of the A9500EVO air-jet loom, engineered to meet the structural, dynamic, and reliability requirements of secondary carpet backing production.

Technical features:

1) Best-in-Class Shed Geometry

Providing the perfect combination of long dwell sley movement and optimized position of the heald frames, the Itema Shed Geometry delivers the unsurpassed control of the fabric appearance while providing economic air consumption and leading to superior textile mastery.

2) BLC - Brush Lycra Clamp Nozzle

Dedicated solution to weave elastic weft yarns ensuring superior fabric quality and reliability, ideal for medical applications (i.e. gauze)

3) Low Blow Single Hole Relay Nozzles

New generation of nozzles to provide lower air consumption and requiring lower maintenance

4) Multiple Selvedge Formation Options

In addition to mechanical tuckers, melting devices and air tuckers are available; for cut and full-width reed, both side and central tuckers are provided, reducing style change set up operations

5) Multiple Leno Binding Options

• ELD – Electronic Leno Device

The Itema patented ELD is the ideal solution on high speed machines guaranteeing a perfect leno binding while significantly reducing operational costs thanks to its innovative design.

• RLD – Rotary Leno Device

In case of specific synthetic yarns, the RLD answers to the most stringent weaving requirements.

6) Multiple options of Back-Rest Roller

• Reinforced Back-Rest Roller

eliminating friction to allow an improved warp tension control

• Elastic Back-Rest Roller

ideal for warp tension compensation

7) Double Tandem Nozzles

Allowing to weave even the most coarse yarns at high speed

8) New Sley Cam Profile

• Longer weft insertion time due to longer dwell
• Reduced air-consumption

9) iREED®

Patented device to lower air consumption when weaving coarse yarns in narrow width

10) EVOConsole

11) New Front Cover with Integrated Pushbutton Panels

UniRap embodies versatility and provides endless weaving possibilities. Combining the advantages of a positive rapier weft insertion with the gentle yarns treatment ensured by the free flight transfer system, UniRap enables complex fabrics weaving with practically no limitation.

The absence of the weft exchange thanks to the positive rapier weft transfer featuring an open patented rapier system allows the weaver to process the widest range of weft yarns with maximum textile efficiency.

Ranging from high tenacity monofilament yarns, passing through the widest range of carbon-based yarns, up to polyester and polypropylene tape yarns, UniRap provides the possibility to weave complex technical fabrics.

Based on reliable and user-friendly electronic and mechanical platforms and providing excellent ease-of-use, UniRap clearly provides valuable benefits in terms of versatility, performances and reliability.

The insertion cycle is electronically driven, including the weft clamping settings and the flexible electronic architecture offers real-time management of the on-board automated devices.

Designed as an open platform, UniRap comes to the market in double version specifically developed for technical textiles weaving:

• The UniRap | P Weft Insertion System enables the effective insertion of carbon tapes and tape shaped yarns with no torsion up to 30 mm;
• The UniRap | G Weft Insertion System is ideal to weave the widest range of technical yarns.

What makes the two versions even more interesting is the possibility to switch the two weft transfers easily and quickly, thus providing weavers with two weft insertion technologies in one.

The Hercules reinforced machine structure, coupled with its textile flexibility, offers weavers the ideal weaving technology to producing the most demanding technical textiles, from extremely high density to finest fabrics.

One of a kind on the market, Hercules provides unbeatable textile flexibility thanks to its unique weft transfer system that enables the valuable possibility to switch easily and quickly from positive to negative rapiers, thus leading to superior textile efficiency when handling the widest range of weft yarns counts, from 20 up to 48,000 dtex, in single or multiple weft insertions configurations.

In the latest machine version, the shed geometry has been further optimized to maximize textile quality and to weave even the coarsest warp yarns. In fact, the sley stroke has been fine-tuned to assure a perfect control of the insertion even with high density fabrics.

Hercules is available in weaving width up to 6,200 mm and features a modular structure, customizable according to weavers’ textile needs. In fact, the basic machine structure is reinforced and can be equipped with different devices capable to reach a beating force up to 5.5 tons (depending on the reed width).

Moreover, Hercules is equipped with powerful motors designed to support the machine textile performances thus ensuring reliability and productivity.

Based on reliable and user-friendly electronic and mechanical platforms, the main machine’s movements are adjustable directly from the machine console.

The insertion cycle is electronically driven, including the weft clamping settings, and the flexible electronic architecture offers real-time management of the on-board automated devices.

Technical fabrics are the specialty of the legendary and unique P7300HP V8 due to the unparalleled versatility and reliability of its weft insertion system. The unmatchable uniqueness of the positive weft transfer consists in the single insertion driven by the projectile, which catches the weft and carries it directly with no exchanges, providing unmatched efficiency.

The P7300HP V8 continues to harness great interest from projectile weaving aficionados and represents an unbeaten and unbeatable benchmark for those looking to weave the very widest fabrics - up to 655cm weaving width - and high-specialty materials, such as agrotextile, geotextile and carpet backing fabrics. When it comes to weaving tape yarns, the Itema projectile weaving machine provides the highest performance compared to all the other insertion technologies in the market.

The projectile P7300HP V8 in its standard version is ready to weave a wide range of technical textiles.

Furthermore, the P7300HP V8 is available in RSP and R3 configurations, customized to weave high-end filter fabrics, heavy geotextiles and high-end conveyor belts. Reinforced to weave the most heavy textiles, the RSP version features a beat up force up to 11.000 N/m whilst the R3 version can reach up to 15.000 N/m.

The projectile P7300HP V8 guarantees unparalleled results when weaving specific, high quality technical fabrics, ensuring top fabric quality, significant cost savings and outstanding reliability.

Technical features:

• Unique Positive Weft Insertion System
• Sturdy machine structure
• No Weft and Warp Waste
• Adaptive Selvedges to minimize Yarn Wastage
• FPB - Fast Projectile Brake
• Reinforced Main Machine Drive and Sley Drive
• Reinforced warp tensioner versions
• Reinforced Warp let-off and take-up drives

The airjet A9500EVO has already amassed important references, especially in medical, automotive and parachute applications.

The winning combination of two exclusive and unique Itema features – the shed geometry and the airjet weft insertion – makes the A9500EVO the airjet weaving machine which guarantees the highest fabric quality on the market, especially when the speed increases. Tested in real weaving environment during extensive Customers trials, the A9500EVO demonstrated in fact the capability to completely avoid the so-called snarls.

When it comes to weaving very high-density fabrics, dedicated devices ensure excellent results. The reinforced whip roller eliminates friction allowing an improved warp tension control and reducing warp stops.

Moreover, the longer dwell of the cam sley drive allows a longer weft insertion time, leading to a more efficient weft filling insertion and, when it comes to weaving the coarsest yarns, the Double Tandem Nozzles play a key role to effectively run at the highest speed.

Equipped with the Itema patented Powerleno system and an independent motor drive for the shedding motion, the A9500EVO i-LENO is specifically designed for secondary carpet backing applications.

The full-width Powerleno concept, optimized for the A9500EVO platform, ensures precise and stable leno formation across the entire weaving width, even under high warp tensions. The leno shedding group features a stress- and dynamic-optimized design with high-stiffness transmission shafts and maintenance-free bearings, guaranteeing long-term reliability and consistent fabric quality.

The A9500EVO i-LENO is a dedicated evolution of the A9500EVO air-jet loom, engineered to meet the structural, dynamic, and reliability requirements of secondary carpet backing production.

Technical features:

1) Best-in-Class Shed Geometry

Providing the perfect combination of long dwell sley movement and optimized position of the heald frames, the Itema Shed Geometry delivers the unsurpassed control of the fabric appearance while providing economic air consumption and leading to superior textile mastery.

2) BLC - Brush Lycra Clamp Nozzle

Dedicated solution to weave elastic weft yarns ensuring superior fabric quality and reliability, ideal for medical applications (i.e. gauze)

3) Low Blow Single Hole Relay Nozzles

New generation of nozzles to provide lower air consumption and requiring lower maintenance

4) Multiple Selvedge Formation Options

In addition to mechanical tuckers, melting devices and air tuckers are available; for cut and full-width reed, both side and central tuckers are provided, reducing style change set up operations

5) Multiple Leno Binding Options

• ELD – Electronic Leno Device

The Itema patented ELD is the ideal solution on high speed machines guaranteeing a perfect leno binding while significantly reducing operational costs thanks to its innovative design.

• RLD – Rotary Leno Device

In case of specific synthetic yarns, the RLD answers to the most stringent weaving requirements.

6) Multiple options of Back-Rest Roller

• Reinforced Back-Rest Roller

eliminating friction to allow an improved warp tension control

• Elastic Back-Rest Roller

ideal for warp tension compensation

7) Double Tandem Nozzles

Allowing to weave even the most coarse yarns at high speed

8) New Sley Cam Profile

• Longer weft insertion time due to longer dwell
• Reduced air-consumption

9) iREED®

Patented device to lower air consumption when weaving coarse yarns in narrow width

10) EVOConsole

11) New Front Cover with Integrated Pushbutton Panels

UniRap embodies versatility and provides endless weaving possibilities. Combining the advantages of a positive rapier weft insertion with the gentle yarns treatment ensured by the free flight transfer system, UniRap enables complex fabrics weaving with practically no limitation.

The absence of the weft exchange thanks to the positive rapier weft transfer featuring an open patented rapier system allows the weaver to process the widest range of weft yarns with maximum textile efficiency.

Ranging from high tenacity monofilament yarns, passing through the widest range of carbon-based yarns, up to polyester and polypropylene tape yarns, UniRap provides the possibility to weave complex technical fabrics.

Based on reliable and user-friendly electronic and mechanical platforms and providing excellent ease-of-use, UniRap clearly provides valuable benefits in terms of versatility, performances and reliability.

The insertion cycle is electronically driven, including the weft clamping settings and the flexible electronic architecture offers real-time management of the on-board automated devices.

Designed as an open platform, UniRap comes to the market in double version specifically developed for technical textiles weaving:

• The UniRap | P Weft Insertion System enables the effective insertion of carbon tapes and tape shaped yarns with no torsion up to 30 mm;
• The UniRap | G Weft Insertion System is ideal to weave the widest range of technical yarns.

What makes the two versions even more interesting is the possibility to switch the two weft transfers easily and quickly, thus providing weavers with two weft insertion technologies in one.

The Hercules reinforced machine structure, coupled with its textile flexibility, offers weavers the ideal weaving technology to producing the most demanding technical textiles, from extremely high density to finest fabrics.

One of a kind on the market, Hercules provides unbeatable textile flexibility thanks to its unique weft transfer system that enables the valuable possibility to switch easily and quickly from positive to negative rapiers, thus leading to superior textile efficiency when handling the widest range of weft yarns counts, from 20 up to 48,000 dtex, in single or multiple weft insertions configurations.

In the latest machine version, the shed geometry has been further optimized to maximize textile quality and to weave even the coarsest warp yarns. In fact, the sley stroke has been fine-tuned to assure a perfect control of the insertion even with high density fabrics.

Hercules is available in weaving width up to 6,200 mm and features a modular structure, customizable according to weavers’ textile needs. In fact, the basic machine structure is reinforced and can be equipped with different devices capable to reach a beating force up to 5.5 tons (depending on the reed width).

Moreover, Hercules is equipped with powerful motors designed to support the machine textile performances thus ensuring reliability and productivity.

Based on reliable and user-friendly electronic and mechanical platforms, the main machine’s movements are adjustable directly from the machine console.

The insertion cycle is electronically driven, including the weft clamping settings, and the flexible electronic architecture offers real-time management of the on-board automated devices.