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Rotorcraft RoCoS to revolutionize
compact spinning
By Ganesh Kalidasan
Rotorcraft was founded
in Switzerland in 1973 by
the current Chairman and
President, Mr. Hans Stahlecker.
It has since become
a world leader in designing
and marketing innovative
spinning solutions.
Being aware of the fact that compact
yarns are more and more becoming
standard and that pneumatic
compacting systems are expensive
as far as investment and running
cost are concerned, Mr. Hans Stahlecker
and his team have been doing
extensive research in developing a
compacting system which does not
require air-suction, elaborate maintenance,
costly spare parts and everincreasing
cost of power. The result
of this research is the RoCoS compacting
system – the only one on the
market today that allows spinning
perfect compact yarn at no extra
running expense compared to the
spinning of regular yarn.
The second generation in compact
spinning, RoCoS (Rotorcraft Compact
Spinning) enabling spinning
mills to produce compact yarn at the
cost of a normal ring yarn, has been
well accepted by the industry.
Depending on the end use of the
yarn, RoCoS 1.21 opens up a new
50 | The Textile Magazine jANUARY 2012