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nnovation meets tradition at
Dürkopp Adler. Dürkopp designed
his first sewing machine in 1861.
Over the next 20 years, the city of
Bielefeld became one of the most impor-
tant centres of the sewing machine indus-
try in Germany. By 1880, there were 19
sector-related companies operating in the
area, among them Dürkopp Adler. Today,
the company has a worldwide service and
sales organisation and is a global leader
in the sewing machine and automatic
sewing machine market.
Dürkopp Adler’s automatic sewing ma-
chines are much more than just sewing
machines. The high-tech automatic
machines feature state-of-the-art control
technology, multiple thread feeds and
automatic cutting systems which cut
through the fabric at lightning speed
after the buttonhole shape is stitched.
The shape and length of the buttonholes
are set on the operating panel of the
machine. The premium automatic double-
chainstitch eyelet buttonholer 581 is
equipped with a multiflex cutting system,
which allows different buttonholes to be
cut without changing knives. Festo solen-
oid valves VUVG are an important com-
ponent of these ultra-modern sewing
machines. They enable the fabric to be
handled and processed extremely quickly
and precisely, with the fastest variant for
making jeans having a cycle time of just
under four seconds.
Based on partnership
Festo has been a key pneumatic partner
of Dürkopp Adler for many years. The high
quality and performance of the solenoid
valves VUVG prompted the sewing ma-
chine manufacturer to intensify coopera-
tion with Festo during the redesign of the
automatic double-chainstitch eyelet
buttonholer 581 around two years ago.
Among the features of the solenoid valve
series VUVG that impressed Dürkopp
Adler was its wide range of variants.
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