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Oerlikon Schlafhorst Express
A recipe for success:
quality and process automation
Melike İplik San. Ve Tic A.Ş. (Turkey)
winds with first linked Autoconer X5 system
Melike İplik
San. Ve Tic
A.Ş., based in
Gaziantep, is a
very new company that was only established
in 2007. Thanks to its consistent quality
orientation, however, the company has
already built up an outstanding reputation
for the production of chenille yarns. 12,000
tonnes of acrylic yarn are produced each
year, dyed in the company’s own dye shop
and 70% of this is processed directly in the
weaving mill belonging to Melike. 30% of
production is sold in Turkey and exported
e.g. to the USA, Spain, Egypt, Germany and
Greece. Each of the workforce numbering
around 150 is geared consistently to the
successful “Net-Quality” principle, and the
entire process sequence is oriented to this
too. No matter whether in regard to raw
material selection, continuous quality monitoring
of the entire process sequence or
bringing together the machinery required for
production, Melike demands the highest
standards in all areas. Also included in the
“Net-Quality” principle is the ongoing education
and training of its staff as a basic element.
Research and development as a whole is
targeted to consistent, rising product quality.
From the outset, Oerlikon Schlafhorst has
been the supplier of winding technology,
because the package quality of the Autoconer
is convincing. Up to this summer, 10
Autoconer 338, type D machines were
producing the packages for inhouse
downstream processing and for sale. Based
on the favourable experience acquired with
the Autoconer, the management of Melike
decided to opt for Oerlikon Schlafhorst
again in the capacity expansion planned for
mid-2010, this time choosing a linked
system. In June, nine brand-new Autoconer
X5, type V machines were delivered to
Melike. It was the first installation of this
new machine type worldwide. Mill director
Ergün Yilmaz justifies the decision in favour
of the Autoconer X5 linked system thus:
“With this highly automated system we have
the opportunity to meet the demands for
quality at a constantly high level even more
reliably while reducing labour costs.” After
the first few months in which the machines
are now working in full production, the feedback
on the new performance features is
entirely positive: “Of particular benefit to our
“Net-Quality” principle is SPID spindle identification.
Quality defects at the ring spinning
machine are detected at an early stage and
Customers & markets
can be eliminated in a targeted manner. The
quality monitoring is integrated directly into
the process sequence.” The reconfigured
material flow, the new doffer X-Change and
the process details and piecing cycles,
which have been optimised compared with
the Autoconer 338, also increase productivity.
The significantly reduced consumption of
energy and resources is a convincing factor
above all in the overall bill.
The employees are extremely satisfied with
the performance of the new linked system.
They like working with the Autoconer X5,
because it makes handling considerably
simpler, and operation can be limited almost
exclusively to monitoring functions. Investment
in future-ready machine concepts
such as those of Oerlikon Schlafhorst have
always been the top priority for the management
of Melike, because its plans for the
future envisage further expansion with
regard both to the production quantity and
the yarn spectrum. But the strict orientation
to the “Net-Quality” principle continues to
apply to this, because Melike’s claim and
recipe for success is to establish itself
successfully with top product quality and
consolidate its market position further.
Ergün Yilmaz (mill director of Melike, left) and Kemal Ay
(Customer Support Oerlikon Schlafhorst, right)
are very satisfied with the performance of the new Autoconer X5 linked system.