The Presentation is intended to review the development of the new design “Total Motion Control” TMC Crosslapper recently introduced by Tatham to the Nonwoven Industry.

The paper summarises the development of this special design Crosslapper where the Quin ‘Camlinks’ design system was adopted for dynamically visualising the machine and creating the different motions. This data and information was then downloaded into the Quin Motion Generator to programme the electronic drives to establish the motor profile designs to achieve high performance combined with maximum smoothness of operation.

The principle of the machine, representing mechanical simplicity, is also reviewed together with other unique features.