Last year, the Italian government developed the transition plan 5.0 to promote the transformation of its country to Industry 5.0. Among other things, the support programme aims to increase energy efficiency in production: Companies that invest in innovation projects to reduce their energy consumption benefit from a tax credit. The reduction must be at least 3% for the entire production structure or 5% for specific processes.
After initial starting difficulties due to bureaucratic hurdles, easier access to the funding opportunities has led to increasing interest from manufacturers in appropriate machine and process solutions since the beginning of this year.
"Many customers are contacting us in connection with the transition plan 5.0. The number of requests for offers and orders has increased exponentially. Practically all orders in recent months have been in connection with the support measures it contains."
Warp preparation machines with energy-saving effects
The KARL MAYER warp samling machines are in particularly high demand: the MULTI-MATIC 32, MULTI-MATIC 64 and MULTI-MATIC 128.
The machines produce stencils and warps either of short or medium length in premium quality, which ensures outstanding fabric quality. They offer extremely flexible patterning and, above all, unrivalled productivity.
The speed and performance of the state-of-the-art machines result in significantly more output per hour compared to older models and therefore less energy consumption per metre warped. “In some cases, a MULTI-MATIC 64 or 128 can replace two or three machines from the previous version,” says Giuseppe Moretti. The result is an absolute energy saving, despite higher electricity consumption per hour due to the increased use of electric motors and automation solutions in the latest generation of MULTI-MATIC machines.
If a customer expands its capacities instead of replacing them, it can also save energy by using high-efficiency motors in the new machines.
These effects are also relevant for those interested in the NOV-O-MATIC automatic sectional warping machine and the PROSIZE sizing machine.
The PROSIZE also scores highly in terms of energy saving thanks to the new patented CASCADE steam condensate system. This innovation utilises efficient inline energy recycling to reduce steam consumption in the sizing process by up to 7%.
