Examples of Carpet and Rugs created with Automatic Robotic Hand Tufting System
The Multi Axis machine can not only match hand tufted quality, it can perform feats that are not possible with a hand gun.
- Can tuft continuous circles and spirals without stopping.
- Can switch from cut pile to loop pile on the fly dynamically
- Can vary the pile height on the fly to create three dimensional effects
Hitex who design and build the machines are themselves tufters of very long standing and use the Robotic system for their own production. All this experience and expertise is applied to their designs in a continuous improvement cycle.
Machine specification HPR6
| Robot | Available in 3 standard sizes. 6×4, 4×3, 3×2 m production area |
| Control | Electric cabinet with PC |
| Tufthead | Robot Tufthead including small tool kit |
| Frame | 1 moveable steel frame including holders |
| Creel | Hitex creel with 6 individual yarn sensors |
| 3D | Dynamic pile height device as standard |
| Cut/loop | Dynamic cut/loop function as standard |
| Pile heights | Cut pile: 14-45 U-tuft, 20-110mm J-tuft, Loop pile: 4-45mm. |
| Software | Hitex Operator Software, Hitex Design Software |
| A/C | Cooler for cabinet |
| Education & training |
5 days of installation and training on site. Training possibility in our factory in Svängsta & training is included. (Costs for travel and accommodation is not included) |
| Output | Output depends on a number of parameters such as design, density, material etc. MINIMUM output is 1m²/hour and MAXIMUM output is 7m²/h |
Technical information
| Outer demands and area requirements | ||||
| Building | Robot Size | |||
| 3×2 | 4×3 | 6×4 | ||
| Length | 7 000 | 9 000 | 11 000 | |
| Width | 4 500 | 4 500 | 4 500 | |
| Height | 3 000 | 4 000 | 5 000 | |
| Electricity | Main voltage 400V, 50-60Hz, neutral-main and Earth connection. Power 1kW, max fuse 3x16A | |||
| Compressed air | Air consumption approx. 300l/min, minimum working pressure 8 bar. Recommended basic power of compressor 600l/min, 10 bar | |||
| Required equipment | ||||
| Shearing | Shearing machine. Vacuum system. Pile preparing machine. | |||
| Backing | Primary backing fabric. We recommend the usage of woven polyester 60/60. | |||
