The only comprehensive system for automated surveillance of Tufting machines

TUFTCAM 5320 checks the raw carpet just a few stitches after the needles. The machine stops automatically as soon as a fault occurs. A flashing light alerts the operator and the large dot matrix display indicates the fault position. The current fault type is shown on the graphical user display and is stored in the electronic production protocol.

TUFTCAM  5320 displays the current signal for the raw carpet during the normal operation of the monitoring device. This makes it possible to set the optimal machine stop switching level for any produced article. These values can be stored. If the width of the article is altered, the required monitoring area can be set accordingly (also with separating gap). The adjustable reaction time setting can optimise the fault recognition for a fault length as short as possible.

TUFTCAM 5320...

1. allows a flexible and efficient round-the-clock production and opens the door to multiple machine operation by only one person.
2. supports you to increase the quality of your production by avoiding faults or reducing substantially their length and consequences.
3. creates a fault protocol by an objective measuring, which serves as a certificate for customers and suppliers.

Missing thread
TUFTCAM 5320 detects the missing row of tufts in the carpet after a thread break has occurred. The thread break can sometimes be recognised by TUFTCAM 5320 even before the thread end has run out of the needle due to the reduced thread tension.

Double threads
Stop of the machine, when a thread has jumped into a neighbouring needle.

Needle deviations
An adjustable sensitivity makes it possible to recognise needles that are out of alignment. TUFTCAM 5320 can learn an accepted needle image and only deviations from this image will lead to a machine stop. Therefore, the visual inspection will still work, when the machine is not perfectly adjusted.

Pull-down and plucking at cut pile
The control for pull-downs, caused by wear or damage of the cutting blades, is carried out on the back of the raw carpet.

Stopping at end of primary backing
An additional sensor prevents primary backing from running empty.

Piece length and repair stop
TUFTCAM 5320 stops also automatically the take-up unit when the predefined piece length or the position for repairing a fault is reached.