Automated Drapery Panel Machine

This is a very quick overview of a drapery panel machine we designed and built for Spear Systems in the late 1990s. It is a modified Series 1042 from the "Spear" line of equipment. It is AC motor powered and syncronized with VFDs, & control wiring is managed by a PLC, and operator controls are touch screen commands. Primary motion devices are pnuematically powered and are rod or cable driven. The spread function is screw actuated and AC motor powered.
Mechanical engineer: Mr. Blevins
Electrical engineer: Mr. Jones
Machine is equipped with 2 Pfaff (Pegasus TM625) sewing heads opposing each other to achieve simultaneous 2 side sewing... the machine can also be adjusted in width, (or spread), up to 30" at the touch of a button to accommodate long or short panels.
The hem formers are easily changed to allow for different hem sizes or style changes, and a roll-fed care label input system is installed to automate that process as well.
Upon hemming, the panels are chain stitched together, so a thread chain cutter is used to automatically separate the panels on-the-fly. The panels are then conveyed to the automatic unloader, which stacks the finished goods onto a table or wagon.
Special thanks to the other members of the build crew at Spear Systems including: Mr. Anderson, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Russell, & Mrs. Wilson... you guys rock!
Do you have a process you would like to automate? Let us help, we love this stuff!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Textile
• Automation
• Automatic
• Hemming
• Spear
• Systems
• Hemmer
• Blevins
• Jones
• Sewing
• Stitching
• Quilting
• Sheet
• Adjustable

[gtg2112]

nice vid and theme.

[jmcsissy1976]

Really cool