Innovations from GROB
For over 110 years, the GROB brand has been a major driving force in the weaving sector.
We have compiled an overview of the most important GROB innovations for you here.
|
Year |
Innovation |
|---|---|
|
1889 |
Patent application for flat steel healds |
|
1901 |
Drop wires for all types of warp stop motions |
|
1927 |
DUPLEX flat steel healds with a double row of thread eyes |
|
1930 |
Flat steel leno healds with doup healds with thread eye, slot and double slot |
|
1935 |
Electrical warp stop motions |
|
1953 |
NOVO DUPLEX® flat steel healds – an essential improvement of DUPLEX healds for double rows of eyes |
|
1956 |
GROBAMTEX® flat steel healds for automatic drawing-in on Barber-Colman machines |
|
1967 |
GROBEXTRA® SOLOMIX® and INTERMIX® flat steel healds for double rowed DUOMIX® thread eyes |
|
1976 |
ALfix® heald frames in riderless execution with heald carrying rods riveted directly onto the frame staves |
|
1983 |
GROBTRA® and GROBTEX® FER+SYN® leno healds with synthetic lifting healds |
|
1993 |
OPTIFIL® thread eye for yarn friendly weaving |
|
1996 |
Mounting for heald carrying rods easyfix® |
|
2002 |
Healds and dampening-system for healds |
|
2003 |
TWIN C Power® aluminium heald frame reinforced with carbon fibres |