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25.10.2022

Zünd: Heat Sealing Module – HSM receives composites industry award

At the recent CAMX 2022 Composites and Advanced Materials Expo in Anaheim, California, The Heat Sealing Module – HSM from Zünd was recognized with an Unsurpassed Innovation Award. The HSM significantly facilitates the processing and handling of dry fiber materials with thermoplastic content. This new tool is Zünd’s answer to a demand in the composites industry for wider-spread use and easier processing of these types of materials.

The American Composites Manufacturing Association, ACMA, proclaimed the Heat Sealing Module – HSM the winner of the ACE Award for Unsurpassed Innovation in the “Manufacturing: Equipment and Tooling” category. This award is presented annually to equipment, tooling, a production aid, or software designed to improve manufacturing production, environmental sustainability, or product quality and performance in composites manufacturing.

At the recent CAMX 2022 Composites and Advanced Materials Expo in Anaheim, California, The Heat Sealing Module – HSM from Zünd was recognized with an Unsurpassed Innovation Award. The HSM significantly facilitates the processing and handling of dry fiber materials with thermoplastic content. This new tool is Zünd’s answer to a demand in the composites industry for wider-spread use and easier processing of these types of materials.

The American Composites Manufacturing Association, ACMA, proclaimed the Heat Sealing Module – HSM the winner of the ACE Award for Unsurpassed Innovation in the “Manufacturing: Equipment and Tooling” category. This award is presented annually to equipment, tooling, a production aid, or software designed to improve manufacturing production, environmental sustainability, or product quality and performance in composites manufacturing.

During processing, dry fiber materials are prone to fraying along the edges. Using hot air, the HSM seals the fabric along the cut path in advance of the Zünd Power Rotary Tool – PRT cutting it. Because of this sealing process, the cut can then be performed at full speed, in any direction, and produces both higher-quality parts and greater production efficiencies.

The HSM helps create clean, sealed edges when cutting fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites. It benefits not only the cutting process itself, but other production processes downstream. Cutting this way leaves behind no loose or uncut fibers and maintains a clean cutting surface and uncontaminated production environment. At the same time, it ensures that cut parts maintain their shape, and this increased stability makes them much easier to handle, especially in fully automated production workflows.

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(c) Zünd Systemtechnik AG
22.04.2022

Zünd@Texprocess 2022 – #LetsTalkWorkflow

Zünd präsentiert auf der Texprocess in Frankfurt Softwaretools für jeden Teilprozess des Textilzuschnitts im Zusammenspiel mit leistungsstarken, auf Effizienz ausgerichteten digitalen Schneidsystemen.

Ein digitalisierter und automatisierter Produktionsworkflow ist entscheidend für die wirtschaftliche und standardisierte Textil- und Bekleidungsfertigung. Dies unterstützt Zünd durch vielseitige Automatisierungslösungen, die der Schweizer Gesamtlösungsanbieter für den Textilzuschnitt auf seinem Messestand in Frankfurt vorstellen wird. Sie helfen, die Aufbereitung von Druck- und Schneiddaten zu automatisieren und zu standardisieren, unterstützen bei der Produktionsüberwachung und -analyse, steuern den Zuschnitt und vereinfachen die Entnahme von Schnittteilen und die Logistik.

Zünd präsentiert auf der Texprocess in Frankfurt Softwaretools für jeden Teilprozess des Textilzuschnitts im Zusammenspiel mit leistungsstarken, auf Effizienz ausgerichteten digitalen Schneidsystemen.

Ein digitalisierter und automatisierter Produktionsworkflow ist entscheidend für die wirtschaftliche und standardisierte Textil- und Bekleidungsfertigung. Dies unterstützt Zünd durch vielseitige Automatisierungslösungen, die der Schweizer Gesamtlösungsanbieter für den Textilzuschnitt auf seinem Messestand in Frankfurt vorstellen wird. Sie helfen, die Aufbereitung von Druck- und Schneiddaten zu automatisieren und zu standardisieren, unterstützen bei der Produktionsüberwachung und -analyse, steuern den Zuschnitt und vereinfachen die Entnahme von Schnittteilen und die Logistik.

Die modular aufgebaute Software MindCut Studio enthält alle essenziellen Funktionen für jede Prozessphase der Textil- und Bekleidungsfertigung. Die Software erkennt zuverlässig die Stoffmusterung und Materialverzug, kompensiert diesen und verschachtelt die Schnittteile platz- und materialsparend auf dem Textil. Angesichts steigender Materialkosten ist die maximale Materialausnutzung von zentraler Bedeutung. Die Software bietet flexibel die passsende Variante für den Musterabgleich, unabhängig davon, ob das Textil gestreift, kariert oder digital bedruckt ist.

Für eine effiziente Teileentnahme müssen fertig geschnittene Teile schnell und eindeutig identifizierbar sein. Projizierte Farbcodes und Teileinformationen unterstützen den Bediener beim Absortieren. Und schliesslich wird auch die Teileentnahme mittels Projektion und Monitoranzeige visuell unterstützt.  

Zünd Cutter sind fixer Bestandteil in integrierten Produktionsprozessen. Damit können Bekleidungs- und Möbelhersteller Prozesse automatisieren und gleichzeitig den Datenfluss optimieren. Das Resultat sind deutlich höhere Durchsätze, niedrigere Fehlerquoten und Arbeitskosten, was zu einer deutlich gesteigerten Wettbewerbsfähigkeit beiträgt. Dem Messepublikum stellt Zünd seinen D3 Cutter mit zwei Produktionsbalken vor. Die Balken können jeweils mit bis zu drei verschiedenen Modulen ausgerüstet werden, wodurch sich der Materialdurchsatz massiv erhöht. Die intelligente Cutter-Steuerung verteilt die Aufträge optimal und sorgt so für maximale Produktivität.

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Zünd: Automatic production monitoring for cutting with Zünd Connect (c) Zünd Systemtechnik AG
02.09.2021

Zünd: Automatic production monitoring for cutting with Zünd Connect

Zünd Connect compiles production data from integrated Zünd cutting systems into meaningful key performance indicators, such as cutter capacity, availability, and overall equipment effectiveness. Zünd Connect creates transparency and identifies areas in the digital cutting workflow with potential for optimization.

There are many ways to optimize digital cutting and ensure maximum productivity, which is the reason why Zünd now offers Zünd Connect, a monitoring tool that helps the user recognize this potential and increase productivity. Using Zünd Connect, the user can see at a glance when and, more importantly, why machine interruptions occur, how much time is spent in setup, and what the availability of each machine is.

Zünd Connect compiles production data from integrated Zünd cutting systems into meaningful key performance indicators, such as cutter capacity, availability, and overall equipment effectiveness. Zünd Connect creates transparency and identifies areas in the digital cutting workflow with potential for optimization.

There are many ways to optimize digital cutting and ensure maximum productivity, which is the reason why Zünd now offers Zünd Connect, a monitoring tool that helps the user recognize this potential and increase productivity. Using Zünd Connect, the user can see at a glance when and, more importantly, why machine interruptions occur, how much time is spent in setup, and what the availability of each machine is.

The web-based monitoring tool gives the user access to cutter- performance data at a glance, any time of day. Reliable key performance indicators are available at all times to help users maximize productivity. The system records productivity levels over a freely definable period using Zünd Cut Center – ZCC (Version 3.4 or later) as data source. Data monitoring provides information users need in order to make informed decisions. This comprehensive overview of production data reveals connections that are often overlooked. Zünd Connect supplies valuable key performance indicators for assessing how efficiently cutting systems are working. To be able to improve cutter efficiency, potential areas of improvement must be uncovered and recognized. This potential lies primarily in the technology but also in the way it is being used.

Zünd Connect is available in a "Monitor" or an "Analyzer" version.

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(c) Zünd Systemtechnik AG
09.06.2021

Automation made smarter - Zünd launches Cradle Feeder 100

Having undergone further development, the new cradle feeder 100 now offers more functions and is even smarter. The cradle feeder 100 comes with an integrated cut-off system, intelligent controls, and smart roll-off features that take textile cutting to new levels of productivity and automation.

Just like its highly successful predecessor, which was introduced in 2017, the cradle feeder 100 is capable of advancing stretch fabrics from rolls completely without tension and resulting distortions. The integrated unwind-control system continuously monitors the rate in which the material is fed onto the cutter and manages that process with even greater precision than the previous model.

Having undergone further development, the new cradle feeder 100 now offers more functions and is even smarter. The cradle feeder 100 comes with an integrated cut-off system, intelligent controls, and smart roll-off features that take textile cutting to new levels of productivity and automation.

Just like its highly successful predecessor, which was introduced in 2017, the cradle feeder 100 is capable of advancing stretch fabrics from rolls completely without tension and resulting distortions. The integrated unwind-control system continuously monitors the rate in which the material is fed onto the cutter and manages that process with even greater precision than the previous model.

At the heart of the technological advances that come with new feeder is the optional integrated cut-off feature. It slices through the material at the end of a marker even while the cutter is still busy cutting. This makes it possible to switch rolls and prepare for the next job without interrupting the production process. Especially for users who frequently need to process short markers, this translates into significant time-savings in job preparation and setup. The cut-off function can be initiated manually by the user or set to occur automatically in the cutter software.

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