Technical Embroidery

Maximum of Automatization and Efficiency– Innovations of Technical Embroidery

With great expertise and experience in textile machine construction, ZSK has developed technical embroidery systems. These machines enable the free-orientated laying of fibres and wires in 2-dimensional space on flexible carrier material—even according to the distribution of forces within a structural component, known as Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP). 

Embroidery that Creates Connection Paths

With innovative applications like active wire and fibre supply systems, automatic pull-through systems for the carrier material or wire hit detection, our technical embroidery systems achieve a top level of automatization and efficiency. Our technical embroidery systems are designated to lay wires, fibres or tubes on fabric and place them in any shape required, e.g. sensors, heating systems, conductive paths, and structural reinforcement integrated with any textile structure. Some examples of applying this technology for Wearables, Smart Textiles, and E-Textiles are sensors (temperature, moisture, stretch) or heating systems and fine wire areas as connectors for electronics or signal transmission. 

Other technical embroidery technologies can be used to embroider conductive threads. Wearables, Smart Textiles, and E-Textiles applications include textile electrodes in different required shapes and structures or conductive paths or pads for connecting electronics and textiles. By using an attachment for functional sequin devices, sequins with LEDs can be automatically placed on fabric or garments, as well as on baseball caps. The contact of the LED sequin and connection paths will be done by embroidery of conductive threads.