A high quality fabric is an essential requirement for any finisher who intends to ensure a consistency in quality and resource-efficiency. A particularly important quality criterion is fabric with straight weft and course. In order to achieve this in an optimum manner, the automatic straightening machine StraightLiner SL smart by Pleva offers an extremely high level of efficiency which makes it possible to correct distortions over the shortest length of fabric.

The straightening machine SL smart is designed particularly for knitted and light woven fabrics with a plurality of new design solutions. SL smart is customizable to directly fit the individual customer needs and all at efficient cost. According to Plevas many years of expertise in the textile industry, the focus of the product is on individual processes and fabrics with their specific needs. To optimally address these needs of the respective applications, several options for customization like fully-integrated accessories for tension-sensitive fabrics, Industry 4.0 applications and more are possible.

The heart of the SL smart system is the well-established advanced traversing camera technology which is unique in weft-straightening. The universal high-resolution camera captures up to 20 measuring points per meter of fabric width. Advanced evaluation algorithms ensure an ultra-precise distortion analysis which enable perfect straightening results in a blink of time. To get the most out of this ultra-precise distortion detection, Pleva also offers an innovative solution for the positioning drives. This enables customers to get perfectly straight results out of the fabrics.