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Hercules
Hercules

Offering both negative and positive rapier transfer systems, Hercules represents the perfect combination of mechanical sturdiness and textile efficiency ensuring the greater profitability in the market.

Hercules is the ideal weaving machine to easily produce any kind of technical fabric thanks to its superior ease of use and flexibility. The sturdy yet flexible machine structure ensures the maximum reliability leading to enhanced production capability.

One of a kind on the market, Hercules provides unbeatable textile flexibility thanks to its unique weft transfer system that enables the valuable possibility to easily and quickly switch from positive to negative rapiers, thus leading to unparalleled textile efficiency when handling the widest range of weft yarns counts in single or multiple weft insertions configurations.

Moreover, the take-up system skilfully handles both extremely coarse and super light fabrics.
Hercules, available in weaving width up to 6200 mm, effectively weaves even the heaviest technical fabrics.

Hercules detail
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Exclusive Positive and Negative Weft Transfer

Unique in the market, Hercules offers the advantage to have in a single weaving machine the benefits of the positive and negative weft transfert.

2

Exclusive Shed Geometry

Thanks to the experience gathered when weaving specific technical textiles, the shed geometry has been further optimized. The enhanced sley stroke guarantees higher beating force and the increased space for thick yarns leads to maximum fabric quality also in case of high density fabrics.

3

Powerful Beating Force

Hercules offers multiple machine versions according to the fabric structure. The beating force ranges from up to 3 tons in standard machine configuration to 5.5 tons thus allowing to successfully weaving even the highest density fabrics.

4

Multiple Options of Take-up Systems

Besides the standard take-up system, for fabrics with a high fabric tension or density to guarantee an optimal fabric grip the machine can be equipped with a dedicated take-up system composed by Twin Grip that ensures an excellent grip on both fabric’s sides and by Tinix that enables to achieve the maximum tension thus avoiding fabric’s slipping.

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Multiple Options of Back-Rest Roller

In addition to the standard back-rest roller, Hercules can be equipped with the ULTRA back-rest system to guarantee medium and heavy fabrics weaving (i.e heavy coating and filters) and to ensure high reactivity that is of primary importance to compensate the low elasticity of specific warp yarns. Furthermore, on request, the machine can be equipped with an additional deviating roller that, by adding a second passage for warp yarns, perfectly controls the warp tension.

6

Smart Weft Cutter

The Hercules weft cutter has been designed to reduce, as much as possible, the waste selvedge. Moreover, in case of 2 colors weaving, with specific weft yarns and dedicated accessories, it is possible to completely eliminate the LHS waste selvedge.

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Direct Drive Technology

The direct drive motor ensures reduced maintenance and maximum user-friendliness.

8

Armotion Independent Motor for the Shedding Machine

Thanks to Armotion, the second motor for the dobby or the Jacquard, the set-up of the shed closing timing is electronically adjustable directly from the machine console and machine’s vibrations are significantly reduced, thus providing time saving and enhanced textile efficiency.

9

Powerful Electronic Platform

Hercules features a new faster and powerful CPU with higher calculation capacity that ensures an improved control of the machine movements and devices. The electrical cabinet has a new, ergonomic arrangement to facilitate the operator.

10

Remote Diagnostics

The advanced remote diagnostics system Site Manager represents a real- time support for the weaver by allowing the Itematech technician to easily access the machine parameters no matter where it is installed in the world.

Textile Mastery
Textile Mastery
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Exclusive Positive and Negative Weft Transfer

2

Exclusive Shed Geometry

3

Powerful Beating Force

Performances
Performances
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Multiple Options of Take-up Systems

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Multiple Options of Back-Rest Roller

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Smart Weft Cutter

Easy Weaving
Easy Weaving
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Direct Drive Technology

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Armotion Independent Motor for the Shedding Machine

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Powerful Electronic Platform

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Remote Diagnostics

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