Hammer-IMS, a well-known European company and brand for industrial quality control equipment, has opened a new office in Spartanburg, SC, from which it plans to optimize and distribute its flagship products for inline basis-weight and thickness control for the nonwovens industry. 

Only having sustainable products in its portfolio, Hammer-IMS provides solutions for inline quality and process control for carded nonwovens including, for example, the basis-weight measurement of a batt right after carding or a felt in-between or after entanglement or heating. Hammer-IMS also excels in providing intuitive visualizations and KPI’s such as 2D heat maps of the basis-weight topography, coefficients of variations, uniformity indices and many more. Furthermore, Hammer-IMS is pioneering in laser technology in the world of nonwovens to come to solutions that provide both thickness and basis-weight control. Hammer-IMS also provides innovative camera solutions for inline inspection of nonwoven variations or presence of foreign objects.

Hammer-IMS was founded in Belgium in 2016 and wth an initial focus on nonwovens. The list of international European nonwoven customers includes Dilo Systems, Heimbach, Groz-Beckert, Autins and many others. Hammer-IMS believes the wave of sustainable quality control also has potential in the USA nonwovens market, and therefore has opened up this branch in Spartanburg County. Contact Vice President of Sales Tony Lambright at (+1) 864 551 1495, or [email protected].