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Product Line: Accessories
Railway Systems
 Ideal
for seaming wide materials. The railway carriage
produces perfectly square seams and minimizes material
waste.
| Profiler™ Rail
System for Butt Seaming Textiles |
Merrow Machine is pleased to be introducing
its new Merrow Profiler™ Rail System for automatically
butt seaming fabric in a high production textile environment.
The butt seaming market is
one of our most important business sectors and arguably
what we are best known
for. Our new Profiler™ Rail System (trade mark
and patent pending) will strengthen our position in
that market and was designed based specifically on
input from our distributors and customers. And, it
will come at a price lower than other systems currently
in use.
The Profiler™ Rail System is
modular and a standard eight-foot version can be packed
in just two boxes capable of being shipped by any standard
courier like UPS or FedEx. Our approach has been to
keep the Profiler™ light in weight and based
on four-foot increments. Now, customers can invest
their money where it belongs: in the rail system, not
in the cost of shipping it.
Keeping the profiler modular also
allows the customer to buy added length when and if
they need it. If a customer owns an eight-foot version
of the Profiler™ and wants to step up to a 12-foot
version, all he need do is purchase a conversion kit.
There is no need for him to buy a whole new rail system
or to initially purchase more length than he needs “just
in case.”
Getting “Charged
Up” For The Future
The Merrow sewing head on the Profiler™ runs
on battery. One of the biggest frustrations that shop
personnel face when butt seaming is electrical cords
that are dropped from the ceiling or running along
the ground. The sewing head used on the Profiler™ operates
at standard speeds powered by a cordless motor and
a rechargeable battery pack. When the battery pack
runs low on power, the customer can easily and quickly
replace the battery pack with a battery kept in a charging
station. Or, the customer has the option of purchasing
a “trickle charge” unit that will automatically
re-charge the battery each time that the sewing head
returns to its “home” position. Spare batteries
are sold extra.
The use of a cordless motor makes the Profiler™ completely
mobile on the factory floor, easier to handle, and
is another way we have used real-world input to totally
re-think how butt seaming should done.
Safety First
U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
(OSHA) Regulations are a major concern with some rail
systems. There were too many pinch points. In designing
the Profiler™ Rail System we eliminated every
conceivable pinch point, with OSHA in mind. Our intent
is to also satisfy all requirements under Europe’s
CE statutes.
Not only have we eliminated pinch
points in our design, but you will notice that the
clamping
system on the
Profiler™ does not use pins of any type. Rubber
strips combined with pressure from the clamping bar
are sufficient to hold the fabric in place and they
also permit for easy adjustment of the fabric if necessary,
something that cannot be done when pins are involved.
The
elimination of pinch points on the Profiler™ also
removes groves and tracks where dust and debris can
accumulate. A simple wipe-down of the Profiler™ and
any dust, lint, and scrap is easily removed. At Merrow,
we still design machines with the end-user in mind.
Keeping The Price Down
With tight budgets in mind, the Profiler™ is
being offered at a special (not including required
sewing head). Combined with a Merrow MD3B2-P the total
price for a standard set-up is only $5,900.
Four-foot sections can be added for $975 each.
One important
point to note, is that the Profiler™ cannot
be used with previous MD3B2’s or 70D3B2’s.
Due to the use of a cordless motor on the machine head
the Profiler™ must be equipped with a specially
modified machine head, either an MD3B2-P or 70D3B2-P.
There will be no possibility of a conversion kit for
previously purchased MD3B2’s or 70D3B2’s,
and our experience has been that to encourage conversions
in the field would not be in the best quality and performance
interests of the customer.
General Specifications:
- Machine
Requirements: MD3B2-P or 70D3B2-P
- Motors: Cordless Motor
0.1 HP for Sewing Head and 0.75 HP Forward/Reverse
Drive.
- Power: Rechargeable Battery Supply,
Interchangeable Between U.S. and Foreign Electrics.
- Foot
Print: 96 in. L x 45 in. W
- Standard Seam Width Max:
80 in./2032mm adjustable as required.
- Additional Length
Increments Available: 48 in. Sections.
- Shippment Containers:
2 x UPS compliant corrugated boxes weighing less
than 75 lbs. Plus one UPS compliant
corrugated box for sewing head weighing 40 lbs.
- Adjustable
Stitches Per Inch.
- Table or Machine Mountable For Inspection
Systems or Batchers.
- For Use With Wet or Dry Goods.
- Easy
Installation and removal of sewing head.
- Special introductory
price: $3,500. With MD3B2-P sewing head (new sewing
head required) $5,900.
- Additional Length Increments:
$950 per 48 in. section.
Further Information and Production Schedule
The Profiler™ Rail System
will be in its final testing throughout the month of
October in a major
brand name textile mill. Our plan is to use the feedback
that we receive to make any final changes prior to
shipping production orders to the market by December
1, 2005.
For further information and
updates, please e-mail us at
info@merrow.com.
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