Run Designs with 1800 stitches/min on Fortron???

pd87 · July 1st, 2014, 02:33 PM

Hallo,
Just read an Article about Fortron embroidery machines in a German magazine. They interviewed two companies running their embroidery machines at 1800 Stitches per min every day for 14 hours and claim that they had no problems. Has anyone here experiences with Fortron? If yes, how fast do you run them? Any Maintenance issues? They have a good reputation but I can't believe that a speed like that remains without consequences....
I wouldn't buy one because of the price, but it is nice to watch a machine like this run on full speed

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Video:
http://youtu.be/-3XAp7Iqc7c

Article in German language:
http://www.tvp-textil.de/downloads/getfile.php?id=7134

minimalist · July 1st, 2014, 03:24 PM

That's impressive. 18 needles running at 1800 spm. It's entirely possible to run a sewing machine at that speed and if the engineer does their part it's reliable. I've always run our embroidery machine much slower than others because of my experience with regular sewing machines and speed issues. I've seen operators jam the pedal down and take their foot off as quickly. That doesn't translate to longevity so I put smaller pulley's on the motor to slow them down. I stopped having to replace parts as often at that point.

The Germans know what they are doing unlike the chinese so if they say it will do that then it most likely will. How much is the machine and are they single head only?

Robert Young · July 1st, 2014, 03:27 PM

I have no doubt the machine can do it.. but have needle and thread and bobbin technologies kept pace? not to mention the poor operators! trying to keep up, lol .

Robert Young · July 1st, 2014, 03:39 PM

also... many clients want a trim between each letter if they see ANY connecting thread... that really makes an 1800 stitch per minute machine useless.... color changes, trims, thread breaks, hooping times between runs, etc... there is a point in our world where it just doesn't make any sense to have a machine that fast.

BUT.. it means digitizers could take a 4.5mm per stitch fill and make it a 1 mm per stitch fill and you would never know! LOL

LogoAdvantage · July 2nd, 2014, 11:10 AM

I have followed Fortron for many years. There is actually quite a few of them in USA and the "Word On The Street" is there is more coming .

The first Fortron machine I saw in Germany was running at 1500 SPM flawless with perfect looking embroidery and tiny text. The last one I saw was running at 1800 SPM again flawless with perfect looking embroidery and again no thread breaks to speak of running at these speeds.

In Germany like most of the rest of the world they do not use Pre Wound Bobbins so it would be interesting to see how they handle running on the bobbins that are used here.

This machine running was AMAZING !
I stood in front of the machine for a long time and never saw it break a thread running at those speeds !
Quality of the embroidery was perfect.

Fortron is not a new comapny they have been around for many many years.

They have Multiple Single head machines.
Up to 18 Threads and up to 1800 SPM but not all models go that fast or have that many needles. You can pick what you want and of coarse what your willing to pay for. The highest speed and highest needle machines cost more of coarse.

They have a big following in Europe and for years it was mostly just on the single heads machines but now they make up to a 6 head machine.

The Multi Head machines max out at more normal speeds of 1000 SPM.

Fortron is one of the more amazing machines I have ever seen operating and personally I think the speed would pay off especially in America where payrolls are higher.