Asteks’ unique 401-SF series of grinding machines, which are equipped with high efficiency and extensive automated capabilities, are being installed in an increasing number of spinning mills. Kaynak İplik and Grand İplik, two of Turkey’s top textile businesses, chose 401-SF for their cots grinding process.
Asteks, a leading provider of cots grinding and automation systems, continues to strengthen its position in Turkey and the global market with technology created via extensive R&D. The current generation 401 Series cots grinding machines offer significant benefits to yarn makers in cots grinding because to their high automation capabilities and higher efficiency, while also attracting attention with their sales numbers. The 401-SF and 401-SF&M models in the series have succeeded to grab the attention of yarn makers in both Türkiye and major textile areas of the Since their introduction to the market, they have had a global presence. Finally, at the ITM 2024 textile machinery exhibition held in June 2024, Kaynak İplik and Grand İplik, two of Türkiye’s leading textile manufacturers, also strengthened their cots grinding departments with new 401 models. Both companies underlined their trust in Asteks and Asteks solutions at the ceremony held at the exhibition.
Asteks Marketing and Sales Manager Sabri İlknur stated that they have strong ties with Kaynak İplik and Grand İplik, and that they carry out a comprehensive cooperation in terms of developing new solutions. He emphasized that the 401-SF series cots grinding machines, a product of Turkish engineering, offer many advantages to users with their advanced functional features. İlknur said:
The 401-SF series was created by our own R&D department in response to the requests and expectations of yarn manufacturers in cot grinding. As a result, we’re discussing a solution that’s geared for the future. It has characteristics that will help to reduce process failures, quality losses, and operational cost difficulties when more automation and digital processes are implemented. Without having to set many cribs, the grinding operation may begin by just putting them into the feeding chamber. In brief, the 401-SF cots grinding machines have become one of the primary choices among yarn makers today because to their smart feeding system with chamber, laser diameter monitoring system, and automated grinding system. We appreciate Kaynak and Grand İplik’s preference for Asteks and their faith in us.
Kaynak İplik increased production and found the cots grinding solution they needed in Asteks.
Kaynak İplik, a subsidiary of Kaynak Group located in Denizli centre and established in Uşak, produces yarns from cotton fibre with the latest technologies in high quality and offers them to domestic and international markets, in a highly quality oriented manner. The facility has a total area of 290 thousand m2; 90 thousand m2 of which is closed area, and also meets the needs of the towel, bathrobe, fabric and apparel factories within the group. Nearing the completion of its 9000-kW installed power SPP investment, Kaynak İplik invested in Asteks 401-SF for a more efficient and higher capacity of cots grinding solution in parallel with the capacity increase in their spinning facility.
Kaynak İplik Factory Manager Mehmet Hüsamettin İnal said that they decided to invest in the 401-SF cots grinding machine due to its advanced automation and high capacity features. İnal; “We have started the additional investment process for increasing production and quality as of the beginning of 2024. In this context, we started looking for a more efficient and precise cots grinding machine to use in our Kaynak 1, Kaynak 2 and Kaynak 3 factories that produce high- We needed high-quality compact and open-end yarns, so we acquired Asteks’ 401-SF machine and introduced it to our product range. All of the necessary aspects for a cots grinding machine have been researched and implemented, and as a result, we continue to benefit from both the operational and investment processes.”
Informing that there are 88032 spindles in total in 4 spinning factories and that they produce 36 tons of yarn with an average of Ne 40/1 per day, he continued his words saying; “Our high volume spindle number reveals our need for a continuously operating and efficient cots grinding machine. As a result, our collaboration with Asteks, which has been ongoing for many years through aprons and cots purchases, has become even stronger with the acquisition of the latest generation cots grinding equipment. In addition to the high automation and efficiency-oriented functional features of the machine, it is also very important to know that Asteks can always provide us complete support in terms of fast service and spare parts, in full. Before the purchase, we were also very impressed by the fact that the company officials visited our facility, inspected our operation and advised us to decide on exactly what we needed. I would like to thank them for this kind of technical supervision. I also must state the trust that Asteks provides by standing behind its machine with its service power, because the right partner is very important in a long-term investment. Asteks is the right partner for us.”
Grand İplik discovered a lucrative grinding method in 401-SF&M.
Grand İplik, an initiative of Grand Halı, was established in Gaziantep in 1998 and produces machine-made carpets in its integrated facility with a total area of approximately 78 thousand square meters; it started its operations in Şanlıurfa Eyyübiye Organized Industrial Zone in 2024. Grand İplik also addresses the market with its compact combed cotton yarn product range through its investment in cotton spinning and exports 95% of its yarn production to more than 60 countries.
Grand İplik Factory Manager Devlet Kayar said that they are efficiency and quality focused in the spinning investment they started based on their deep-rooted history in the industry. Kayar disclosed: “Cots grinding has an important role for quality and efficiency in yarn production. Regular and high-quality grinding process applied on to cots directly affect spinning efficiency and quality, and also reflects positively on operating costs. For this reason, we preferred Asteks’ 401-SF&M grinding machine. The compact structure of this machine, which offers all cots grinding solutions together, impressed us a lot While processing the small cots for ring spinning and roving frames on the first grinding head, we may simultaneously process the long cots for draw frames and combing machines on the second grinding head positioned on the other side of the machine. With 401-SF&M, we can grind two different types of cots at the same time in a rapid, practical, and lucrative manner, thanks to its independently operated two grinding units ingeniously constructed in one body.”
Kayar stated that with the 401-SF&M cots grinding model, the operators no longer have to manually feed the cots into the process one by one, and expressed that thanks to the automatic feeding system, time and labour are saved in the operation. He also drew attention to the fact that the standardisation in the process is maintained thanks to the auto rejection function by laser diameter measurement which is part of smart feeding system automation. Kayar stated, “Asteks, as a Turkish enterprise, has given substantial value to the sector by producing both local and national technologies. Furthermore, as compared to their local and global peers, they have produced a more cost-effective and technologically advanced solution. We have complete trust in Asteks, with whom we have been working for 20 years on rubber items such as aprons and cribs. All of these factors influenced our machine selection, and we picked Asteks as our partner.
He added that the 401-SF&M cots grinding machine that they added to their line, will meet the needs of approximately 24 thousand spindle ring spinning facilities in the first stage, and that it will meet the needs of a total of 60 thousand spindled spinning facilities once the second stage investment becomes operational