Tufting machine
AssigneeN.V. Michel Van de Wiele
InventorGeert Debuf
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Abstract
A tufting machine comprises a needle bar and a needle bar drive mechanism for moving the needle bar towards and away from a backing material passed through a tufting zone by means of a backing material feed mechanism. The machine further comprises at least one controller and a cooling liquid system for cooling at least one controller, the cooling liquid system comprising at least one cooling member having a cooling liquid channel for the passage of a cooling liquid and being in heat transfer contact with at least a part of the electrical components of a controller.
Claims21
Tufting machine, comprising a needle bar and a needle bar drive mechanism for moving the needle bar towards and away from a backing material passed through a tufting zone by means of a backing material feed mechanism, further comprising at least one controller and a cooling liquid system for cooling at least one controller, the cooling liquid system comprising at least one cooling member having a cooling liquid channel for the passage of a cooling liquid and being in heat transfer contact with at least a part of the electrical components of a controller.
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