You've Come A Long Way, Baby

Reduced scrap rates. Increased throughput of first quality material.  Product consistency. Increased productivity. Cost efficiencies. These are some of the requirements that nonwovens producers must meet as their customers increasingly demand high-quality, defect-free materials.  These days an increasing number of nonwovens producers are turning to automated quality control (QC) inspection systems to ensure that they can satisfy these demands.
QC equipment can reduce or prevent the cost of sorting and re-inspecting or re-packaging products as well as derail the costs of supplying a package of defective products to the consumer.

While there’s no argument that the systems are reliable, easy to use and easily integrated into the factory automation system, makers and users of nonwovens who are considering making an investment in these systems need to know what type of return on investment (ROI) they can reap.

Where’s The Beef?

To critics who argue that QC systems are more of a luxury than a necessity, Brian Heil, president of Isra Surface Vision said, “In the hygiene market, nonwovens producers are forced to have