Imagine walking onto the production floor during a pattern change The tufting machine is stopped. Four or five people are working through the creeling process. Cones are being handled and checked. Partial cones from the previous run are waiting to be identified, stored or reused.
| A CreelMT Case Study | Creeling has been part of carpet manufacturing for so long that its cost is rarely questioned. Labour, yarn packages, partial cones, machine stoppages, and inventory requirements are generally seen as unavoidable parts of production - not as connected opportunities for...