With fashion and personalised clothing becoming increasingly popular, the garment industry has shifted to the “small orders and quick reorders” model. The tendency for quick responses in garment factories is inevitable. However, problems such as machines stuck, fabrics wrinkled, or needles or threads broken always happened to traditional overlock, especially when working on thick, thin, elastic, hard, and other mixed fabrics. The only way to respond to the new supply chain operation mode is through digitalisation, intelligence, and automation technology. A new generation of overlock machines was an urgent need for this industry. Under this context, Jack Technology decided to integrate AI technology with sewing equipment, and Urus was launched in China on June 16th, 2024.
After its successful launches in China and Vietnam, this revolutionary new generation overlock machine, Urus, was unveiled on 26th July 2024 at the Velan Hotel, Tirupur, the biggest knitwear centre of India. The honourable chief guests at the event were K.M. Subramanian, President, Tirupur Exporters Association, Tirupur, and Chairman, K.M. Knitwear Pvt. Ltd.; R. Balasubramaniam, Managing Director, MKM Group of Companies; N. Thirukkumaran, Chairman, Esstee Exports India Private Limited; V. Elangovan, Managing Director, S.N.Q.S. International Private Limited; and UM.Navamani, Managing Director, Cossmo Tex Group of Companies, Tirupur, with more than 600 customers.
The event started with an Indian traditional lighting ceremony, and Mr. Murali, VIP sales, welcomed the guest and explained about Jack Company. After that, Mr. Pradeep, branch manager in Tamil Nadu, gave a presentation of the Urus machine. He explained about the new technology used in Jack Urus, i.e., the pressure foot transformer and smart rhino feeding. A live demo of Urus was successfully conducted by a car-pulling activity, and the audience was surprised to see the performance of Urus. This activity shows the feeding capacity of URUS and the pulling power of new technology, “Smart Rhino Feeding.”
In the second activity, they had taken 10 layers of denim thick fabric, Coca-Cola cane, elastic fabrics, and thin fabrics to stitch them with 100% accuracy and with zero stitch error, stitch gap error, thread breakage error, and needle break issues. This activity shows the new technology “pressure foot transformer” used in Urus. Different fabrics with uneven surfaces always put the operator in trouble, but pressure foot transformer technology made it so smooth and easy.
In the third activity, a fashion show was organised with models wearing garments made with four different fabrics, like denim, thin fabrics, elastic fabrics, and thick fabrics with Coca-Cola cane stitched on the Urus machine.
Jack Technology displayed Urus performance during the launch event. This technology further strengthens the empowerment of sewing equipment automation and digitisation for the transformation and upgrading of the garment industry and to solve the difficulties of sewing adaptation caused by different types of fabrics.
Urus is equipped with an industry-leading AI full-speed feeding system, a key technology that enables URUS to break through all joints of the thick fabric, elastic fabric, and denim hard fabric. Even if the thickness of different joints varies by hundreds of times, it can pass smoothly at full speed without slowing down. Plus, it has a ‘super brain’. With a million-level pressure-to-feed ratio model library, the system could perform multimode intelligent detection of fabric thickness changes at a speed of 32,000 times per second. Once the fabric changes slightly, it immediately calculates to generate the best pressing force and feeding force parameters.
After the super brain completes calculating, the two-core technology of the Urus, presser foot transformer, and smart rhino feeding will start to execute commands based on the parameters. Presser Foot Transformer technology refers to the moment when the subtle changes in the fabric are sensed, the pressure transformation speed can be achieved by 0.00006 seconds, and the pressure distribution force can be adjusted immediately according to the different fluctuations of thick stems, thin stems, elastic stems, and hard stems. Smart Rhino feeding technology then accurately outputs the power distribution according to different fabrics, with an accuracy control of 0.01 Nm and a comprehensive torque of up to 9.2 Nm, achieving a perfect match between the pressure distribution force and the delivery force in real time.
The event had many industry leaders, experts, representatives of well-known garment factories, media, and online viewers to explore the opportunities and challenges of the Tirupur garment industry. The event sincerely embarks on a new journey of leading the garment industry towards digital upgrading and sustainable development of green energy.
During the launch event, Mr. KM Subramanian, President, Tirupur Exporters Association and Chairman, KM Knitwear Co. Ltd., said, “This is a very revolutionary sewing machine. I recently attended their world launch in China. It is a first AI in-build technology machine, which is very sturdy and heavy-duty with high productivity and low maintenance cost. It is a very useful machine and a need of the hour. Now Jack has been recognised by more and more people in India as the fastest-growing sewing machine brand, and I wish them all the best for Urus success in India, and I am sure that Jack will become the No. 1 sewing brand in the world.”
Mr. Balasubramaniam, MKM Group of Companies, Tirupur, said, “All the chief guests present here have been using jack machines and jack products for more than 3 years, and I am very happy with the performance of the machines, and this new machine will help the factories in improving efficiency and production. I wish them all the best.”
Mr. Thirukkumaran, Chairman, ESSTEE Exports India Pvt. Ltd., Tirupur, said, “Jack products are better now, compared to Japanese brands. Jack is one step ahead in technology among all the sewing machine brands. AI and new technology are very important for garment factories in Tirupur. We all need to support all you need to support their new machine, Urus.”
Mr. Navamani, Managing Director, Cossmo Tex Group of Companies, Tirupur, said, “Jack each year launches new technology machines, which are very useful for garment factories in Tirupur. Jack Company always gives first priority to us; that is why the first launch of Urus in India is done in Tirupur. So, all the best wishes to the Jack team.”
Since its establishment, Jack Technology has grown into a leading company in the world of sewing equipment, and the release of Urus once again highlights Jack Technology’s innovative strength and market influence in the field of sewing equipment. In the future, Jack technology will continue to promote the sustainable development and progress of the sewing equipment industry through AI technology, carry the banner of industry development, and inject new vitality into the clothing industry.
Established by Jack Technology in 1995, Jack Technology has grown as a global enterprise with the largest production and sales volume and the strongest comprehensive strength in the global sewing equipment industry. Jack Technology products benefit more than 160 countries and regions globally and serve many fields such as garments, shoes, luggage, furniture, leather, auto, and aviation. The release of Urus highlights the innovative strength and market influence of Jack Technology in the sewing equipment domain once again.
