The Carpet & Rug Pioneer CRP92 is a highly productive face-to-face carpet weaving machine.

The ergonomic design guarantees easy access to all the yarns. The insertion of the filling is done by rigid rapiers, guided on air cushions reducing the friction and the heat development. A three-dimensional cam, for an optimal cutting across the full width of the machine, drives the knife of the cutting motion. A powerful parallel reed beat-up produces at high speed a clean back and nice pile aspect.

On the CRP92, servomotors can drive the heddle frames for the tight warp while dobby rotors can drive the heddle frames for the slack warp. The weaver regulates the heddle frames timing of the tight warp and the heddle frames motion can be programmed. He has the possibility to change quickly the weave structure and switch between carpet qualities.

A compact Jacquard machine with simple selection mechanism without springs, pivot points and pistons allows to obtain, with only one solenoid per harness band, the positions for double and triple rapier carpet weaving. Only one flexible hook is moving making the system not sensitive to dust. As the solenoid is current driven, the selection is independent of temperature, guaranteeing a fault free selection in all conditions.

The pile yarns are levelled in layers, so the crossing point of the different colours is shifted. This increases considerably the weaving efficiency and produces a clean back with less incorporated pile yarn.

For weaving single rapier weave structures, the rapiers insert alternating a filling in top and bottom carpet. With the rapier switch-off system, only one rapier is inserted per cycle. The system, with a minimum of moving parts and no empty rapier, enters into the shed and increases the weaving efficiency. Alternatively, the filling scissors can be programmed for presenting only one filling per machine revolution.

Weaving with three rapiers gives 50% more production than the three shot weave structure on a double rapier carpet machine. The patented three rapier system gives other advantages: incorporated yarns stay stationary giving a clearer carpet back and less incorporated yarns.

The Hand Look eXplorer HLX93 is a three rapier weaving machine weaving carpets with back side like hand knotted carpets, this means, without visible warp yarns at the back of the carpet.

As this kind of carpets is made in a high reed density (mainly 700 dents/m) and with up to 8 colour frames, it becomes for an expert hard to see the difference between hand made and machine made carpets.

Further developments with the three rapier technique are the Universal Cut Loop UCL carpet weaving machine. It’s the only machine on the market that weaves two identical carpets with cut pile, soft short, long loops and flat weave effects. This kind of carpets with relief is getting more and more popular. Van de Wiele has developed an execution of this machine, the Universal Shaggy Loop carpet weaving machine, for weaving cut-loop carpets with long pile.

To cope with a growing demand towards carpets with high pile, Van de Wiele is offering the Shaggy Rug Pioneer SRP92 carpet weaving machine. This two rapier weaving machine can weave super shaggy carpets up to 2 x 70mm with the face-to-face weaving technique.

The Master in Axminster MAX91 is the first machine in history completely designed and developed for weaving Axminster carpets at a high speed.

The MAX91 has a stable basic machine with a robust ground frame. The pile yarn presentation is done through a non-reset system with individual stepper motors, giving the possibility to work with up to 16 colors. The knife bit carriers are driven by a servomotor programmed for a quick motion during cutting and with a slow return motion to reduce the temperature.

It is possible to weave with different tuft lengths.
The new patented gripper is made in one piece, without pivot point and without bearings.
This lightweight gripper is suitable for gripping thick and thin yarns, even mixed in the same carpet .

Van de Wiele has already sold the MAX91 in several countries like Belgium, Poland, Egypt, Malaysia, China, ...

For high quality contract carpets, the Advanced Wire Master AWM51 as well as the Carpet Loop weaving machine can be used.

The Van de Wiele We@velink software has been further developed for processing, networking and planning. A lot of new modules are available: planning, real time information, efficiencies, intranet,...