Weavexx advanced loom technology installed in Starkville.Weavexx, Wake Forest, North Carolina Wake Forest is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. The population was 12,588 at the 2000 census. The town was the original home of Wake Forest University. The former Wake Forest campus is the current home to the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. , USA, is starting up the Huyperpunch-D loom in its Starkville, Mississippi Starkville is a city in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 21,869. It is the county seat of Oktibbeha CountyGR6. The campus of Mississippi State University is located in Starkville. , location. The loom is the second of its type in the world and the only diagonal punch needle loom (Weaving) a loom in which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle instead of by a shuttle. See also: Needle in North America. Weavexx's sister company, Huyck Austria, owns the only other equipment of this kind. The loom represents an US$ 8 million investment for Weavexx. Using technology developed by Huyck Austria, the Huyperpunch-D loom produces patented press clothing for the global pulp and paper industry The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries. , technology that uses diagonal-elliptical needle beam movement that travels with the felt during the needling process. Huyperpunch-D's exclusive diagonal-elliptical needling provides the most uniform pressing surface available in pressing technology, according to Weavexx. |
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