Teijin Aramid launches smartphone app for waste reduction
Smartphone tool for quantifying remaining running lengths on bobbins of aramid yarn
Arnhem, The Netherlands, June 9th 2016 – Teijin Aramid has launched a new smartphone app helping customers to reduce waste by quantifying remaining running lengths on bobbins of aramid yarn. The app optimizes the use of Teijin’s fibers by providing information on how much material is left on a bobbin of continuous yarn. Entire bobbins are rarely used in one production run and knowing how much material is left will help to reduce waste.
This easy service tool for smartphones allows Teijin’s customers to determine the remaining running length on a bobbin. In the following months, Teijin Aramid will work on similar apps to support customers who use aramid fibers on a daily basis with tools to improve their workflow and at the same time reduce waste, costs and environmental impact.
Otto Grabandt, Global Technology and Application Manager at Teijin Aramid says: “At a certain moment every customer needs an accurate estimate of the remaining running length. The app is a perfect and easy to use tool for our customers to reduce waste and plan ahead. Besides that, it is not only the perfect equipment to calculate the remaining running length of our aramid yarn but will also help with other fibers.”
Until now, most operators in factories have to use special tables printed on paper with estimates to determine the remaining running length. These sheets often perform poorly and do not have the latest information and product specifications. By entering the total weight of the bobbin into the smartphone app and selecting the right tube, yarn type and linear density the app is an easy to use tool that supports customers with calculating the exact remaining running length.
The app is available for iOS and Android smartphones.
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About Teijin Aramid
Teijin Aramid is a subsidiary of the Teijin Group and world leader in aramids. Its aramid products Twaron®, Sulfron®, Teijinconex®, Technora® and its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) Endumax® are renowned for their strength, sustainability, safety, heat resistance and low weight and are used in different applications and markets including automotive, ballistic protection, marine, civil engineering, protective clothing, ropes, fiber optic cables and oil & gas. These high performance materials are produced in the Netherlands and Japan. For more information: www.teijinaramid.com and www.teijinendumax.com.
About the Teijin Group
Teijin (TSE: 3401) is a technology-driven global group offering advanced solutions in the areas of sustainable transportation, information and electronics, safety and protection, environment and energy, and healthcare. Its main fields of operation are high-performance fibers such as aramid, carbon fibers & composites, healthcare, films, resin & plastic processing, polyester fibers, products converting and IT. The group has some 150 companies and around 16,000 employees spread out over 20 countries worldwide. It posted consolidated sales of JPY790.7 billion (USD 7.4 billion) and total assets of JPY 823.4 billion (USD 7.7 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. Please visit www.teijin.com.
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Saskia Verhoeven, Manager Corporate & Marketing Communication
Teijin Aramid BV
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