Thailand-based manufacturer of garment machinery Uzu has more than 30 years of experience working with the industry and addressing its problems through its automated and flexible sewing solutions. The company has recently expanded its production capacity and added a series of new machinery in its portfolio. “We have added two new series of automated machineries to our portfolio and got a good response from the Indian market as well,” claims Manpreet Singh Walia, Regional Sales Manager, Focus Garment Tech, who represents Uzu machines in India.
The UL-PL33 automatic placket machine is the topline machine to make centre plackets for both men and women. The machine comes with an option of preparing table, single bar stacker and flat bar stacker. The machine can stitch centre placket as well as hidden placket and can cut and sew in tandem as the knife is separately controlled by motor and is able to work in full cut or semi cut mode. The machine is programmable with touch screen monitor. The sewing head is driven by a servo motor while the carriage is powered by a stepper motor. Equipped with thread breakage detecting sensor and laser marking for accurate sewing, the machine reduces the skill requirement of the operator. The sewing width range from 4-40 mm and stitch length can be adjusted from 40-300 mm. To estimate the amount of bobbin thread, the machine has a bobbin thread calculating system.
The start and end of the stitch line can be back-tacked, condensed or standard stitched. With a sewing cycle of 5-10 seconds/piece depending on the length and type of fabric, the machine is value for money.
UZ-P28 series of automatic pocket welting machines, another of its highly versatile machines, are easy to operate with simple control panel. The machine can do back tack sewing, condense sewing and standard sewing at the start and end of the stitch line. The machine can adjust the pocket length electronically with 4 programs memory and automatic adjustment on flap position. Sewing length available is 40-210 mm with 25 mm option for tab knife cut. The machine is clamp operated and comes with options of 2 bar stackers and roller unit. Apart from this it also has a left and right dart holder.