TECSTYLE VISIONS PREVIEW: THE DIGITAL WAY FORWARD FOR CUSTOMISED MANUFACTURE

IMAGE CREDITS: KORNIT DIGITAL, TECSTYLE VISIONS

The next EXPO 4.0 incorporating TV Tecstyle Visions will be held in Stuttgart from 30 January to 1 February 2020. 

It will be an attractive framework programme with special technical shows, stages and lecture programme on 25,000 square metres of exhibition space, and optimal accessibility by plane, car, S-Bahn and train. 

TV TecStyle Visions 2020 will be held in the L-Bank Forum (Hall 1), the biggest hall at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre.  

Representing a strong selection of Digital Print Technology providers:. 

Mimaki Deutschland will be showing its latest print and cut machinery as well as sponsoring a Stuttgart Gin label design competition, all to be seen at  

Kornit Digital will be in in Hall 1, Booth D40 and the visitor will be able to learn all about their Avalanche Poly Pro!  

Kornit say that it is the smartest printing solution for polyester and the most cost-efficient, single-step process for polyester printing!  The visitor will also be able to see high performance digital printing using Kornit’s NeoPigment™ Olympia ink set and the ColorGATE RIP software solution. 

In a presentation on Sustainability: At the L-Bank Forum at Booth D22 in Hall 1, Theo van Bruggen, Sales Manager EMEA at Kornit Digital Europe, will place digital textile printing in the context of water pollution, energy consumption, inventory management and global sustainability goals as formulated by the United Nations.  

SwissQprint in Hall 3, Stand B20 will show the Karibu the roll-to-roll printer with swissQprint's DNA’  

Flatbed and roll printing up to 3.2 m in width, texture prints or creating 3D effects: all this will be shown by SwissQprint, Swiss manufacturer of large format printing systems’ 

Live demonstrations and a sample exhibition will be used to demonstrate the possibilities of large-format UV printing.  

The visitor will be able to see a complete range of Digital Textile Machinery and suppliers in the "Digital Textile Micro Factory" which will show how to make a polo shirt in one hour. 

The Micro-Factory  will take place for the first time at TV Tec- Style Visions, where HP Deutchland and Zund will work with the German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research (DITF)  to show the complete production of a polo shirt along the entire production chain: from 3D design to the finished product.  

The integrated showcase shows how technologies are changing the individualization and production of batch size 1 in the areas of corporate fashion and promotional wear and thus important target markets for trade fair visitors.  

The starting point of the "Digital Textile Micro Factory" is the "3D design area", where creative designs are processed with the help of 3D simulation for the identification of orders for cutting and assembly.  

Partners here are Assyst and Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences.  

With the support of the Cologne University of Technology, the designed products can then be viewed virtually on site and individually assembled in the virtual shop window.  

The multispectral color communication of caddon printing & imaging brings together the visual impression with exact measurements.  

In the next step, the designs are printed on transfer paper using sublimation printing  from HP Germany using the new HP Stitch Digital print machine.  

Thermofixation in the heat transfer calender supplied by Multi-Plot Gmbh ensures an optimal print result.  

The subsequent cut is detected with the help of integrated position markers, so that the material can then be cut fully automatically with a digital cutting systems from Zünd Cutting Systems of Switzerland.  

Finally, the individual components are made available for final assembly on Konrad Busche Juki sewing machines where the finished product will be finally completed using material supplied by Schoeller Textil.  

Guided tours of the Microfactory take place on all days of the fair at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. 

Around the show, the visitor will also be able to see the latest machinery and products from, Canon, Neenah Coldenhove, Roland DG Deutschland, Epson and SAI. 

The three trade fairs WETEC, TV TecStyle Visions, and GiveADays showcase new products and innovations in the areas of textile finishing, advertising technology and promotion.  

International exhibitors meet trade visitors mainly from Germany, Switzerland and Austria every two years in Stuttgart.  

The trade fair alliance recorded a total of 566 exhibitors from 28 countries and 13,700 specialist visitors from 41 countries.