SUREFAS®, Next Generation Fasteners IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 4234 New: Secure fastener with stretch function. Advantages: Easy to use, stainless steel Q-SNAP is like a normal press fastener with two additional parts: a ring underneath the cloth and a gentle hook on deck. Turns fastener into secured connection that won’t pop loose, while incorporating a [...]

Carlson Design IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 4342 New: Plotter/cutter for clean room environments. Advantages: Designed to run 24/7 in a clean room environment, marking and cutting carbon fiber, laminates and other composites. Stiffer frame rail accommodates wider machine widths. Larger steered cutting motor cuts thicker materials and rides on a steel track for smooth, clean, [...]

Forsstrom High Frequency AB IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 4904 New: TubeFlexx arched tube technology. Advantages: Tubeflexx reduces manufacturing time of arched tubes. Provides a tight seal that minimizes leaks when welded in a Forsstrom radio frequency welding machine. With TubeFlexx, an arched tube can be made from a straight tube using predesigned welding points. Minimizes [...]

Jack of the Americas IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 4167 New: Electronic pattern tacker with thread cut technology. Advantages: Jack T-2210 large-area programmable tacker uses patented IN3000 thread cut technology to maximize performance for light to heavy threads sizes #69 to #t-350. Large sewing area of 220mm-by-100mm achieves unparalleled versatility and power. Also features auto hook [...]

JTE Machine Systems IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 5063A New: Fast, portable grommet welder. Advantages: Take the welder to the product, rather than lifting heavy material to the welder. More stable and consistent than previous models. The result is a consistent, beautiful and strong grommet (or eyelet) welded into material. Unit enables manufacturers to increase the [...]

Optitex U.S.A. IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 5633 New: Software package for textile manufacturing. Advantages: Software package that lets you easily manage different sizes, colors and types of fabrics. May be used alone or in combination with Optitex Marker Nesting Queue to reduce time and labor of order planning, as well as fabric costs. Automatically creates [...]

Optitex U.S.A. IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 5633 New: Advanced automatic nesting application. Advantages: Intelligent algorithm for marker nesting optimization beats manual operation. Control the run time, obtain fast results and generate precise cost proposals for clients. Nesting queue generates complete, multiple nests automatically using unattended, overnight processing. Data is organized in spreadsheet format for comparison [...]

Optitex U.S.A. IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 5633 New: Pattern design software. Advantages: Intuitive and powerful software tools designed to work with patterns at every step of the production cycle. Draft pieces from scratch with drafting and editing tools, digitize existing hard-copy patterns with tools, and edit and finalize existing digital patterns, all within the same [...]

Prodim USA IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 5243 New: Portable digital measuring device. Advantages: Efficient and innovative tool for getting accurate dimensions on site. Digitize existing shapes and objects, edit, create shop tickets, get client approval, email results and more. Portable and lightweight, features include on-board CAD system, CAD/CAM compatibility and training and support. Measures up [...]

SMRE Engineering IFAI Expo 2013 Booth: 5063 New: Multiple-roll bonding and cutting machine. Advantages: Processes multiple rolls of technical fabrics in a continuous production cycle—the ideal solution for applications in which multiple rolls are bonded, then cut, for the production of end products of unlimited length. Custom software makes production simple and efficient. Production cycles [...]