Oerlikon Barmag will be showcasing its spinning and winding solutions for composites yarns at the forthcoming JEC show. The company will also be demonstrating its competence in the area of pumps for composite materials at the Paris show which is being held from 27-29 March.

Fibre composite materials are considered the materials of the future. They promise solutions wherever light, but nevertheless stable, structures are required. The materials are deployed in the automobile construction sector, in the civil aviation industry, in sports, in wind power systems and in architecture.

 In contrast to steel, composite materials – in addition to their considerably lower weight – excel in terms of their chemical resistance, higher resistance to pressure and greater tensile strength and their heat resistance. However, the production of the fundamental fibres is extremely complex and challenging.

Fibre composite material components are made up of two different primary constituents: the reinforcing fibre fabric and the embedding matrix. The fabric, which provides the rigidity for the components, can be either carbon fibres or aramid, whereas the matrix, that lends the component the desired shape, is made up by mixing resins with hardeners.

The Oerlikon Barmag portfolio includes the spinning and metering pumps for in-process requirements as well as a range of special yarn winders for the take-up of carbon and textile glass fibres and aramids.

Also exhibiting at the trade fair, are Oerlikon Group’s coating professionals Oerlikon Balzers and vacuum specialists at Oerlikon Leybold.

Oerlikon Group

Oerlikon is a leading high-tech industrial group specializing in machine and plant engineering. The company is a provider of innovative industrial solutions and cutting-edge technologies for textile manufacturing, thin-film coating, drive, vacuum, solar energy systems and advanced nanotechnology.

A Swiss company with a tradition going back more than 100 years, Oerlikon is a global player with around 16,500 employees at more than 150 locations in 38 countries and sales of CHF 3.6 billion in 2010.

 In 2010, the company invested CHF 239 million in R&D, with over 1200 specialists working on future products and services. Oerlikon says that in most areas, it ranks either first or second in the respective global markets.

Oerlikon Barmag

Oerlikon Barmag is a leader for spinning systems and equipment for manmade fibres, texturing machines and systems for the production of artificial turf, and – as a service provider – offers engineering solutions for the entire textile value added chain.

As a future oriented company Oerlikon Barmag’s research and development is driven by energy-efficiency and sustainable technologies. With the expansion of the product range to include poly-condensation systems and their key components, the company now caters to the entire process – from the monomer all the way through to the textured yarn.

The primary Oerlikon Barmag markets are in Asia. Correspondingly, the company – with its approximately 1,500 employees – has a worldwide presence in 120 countries as part of the Oerlikon Textile network of production, sales and distribution and service organizations. At the Oerlikon Barmag R&D Center in Remscheid and Chemnitz, highly-qualified engineers and technicians develop innovative and technologically-leading products for tomorrow’s world.