Ancillary Equipment
MATTHYS Creeling solutions
Through the worldwide collaboration between LCM and MATTHYS GROUP, we are fundamentally rethinking creeling for tufting applications. Traditionally, creeling has been approached in the same way for decades — largely because "it has always been done that way." However, to increase capacity and improve efficiency within the tufting process, creeling must be reassessed and optimized. Together with MATTHYS GROUP, we have undertaken this analysis and developed a wide range of creeling solutions.
We offer both standard and custom-designed creels, including traditional creels, magazine creels, tufting from beam creels, creels with fixed positions, and creels with rotating positions. In addition, we evaluate solutions that allow yarn splicing during tufting production, ensuring that the tufting machine no longer needs to stop for creel changes.
Dedicated solutions are available for both carpet and artificial grass applications. Rather than adding new tufting machines, the focus is increasingly on improving the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of existing machines. Creel automation is therefore also a key component of the solutions we offer.
MATTHYS Primary backing inwinder
Unwinding unit with walkway (type VDPF):
- For fabric widths of 2,65m, 4,45m or 5,35m
- Pneumatic lifting device to unwind the fabric
- The maximum diameter of the primary backing roll is 900mm. The maximum lifting capacity is 950 kg at 6 bar
- Traction roller Ø139mm coated with anti-skid
- The traction roller is driven by a frequency regulator linked to the dancing roller
- Walkway of 600mm between traction roller and primary backing roll
- Side control with tracking
MATTHYS Inspection frames
Inspection unit (both fabric goes DOWN or UP after tuft machine are possible):
- Inspection before or after compensator system
- Inspection frame with 2 or 3 walkways
- For fabric widths of 2,65m, 4,45m or 5,35m
- Fabric goes up or down after tuft machine
- Compensator system with 2 or 3 jointly moving compensator rollers Ø125 (aluminium) mounted in a car
- Safety nets are foreseen at both sides of the compensator system
- All guiding rollers (steel) are made of tubes Ø139x4
- 2 passages with walkways of 800mm wide. Third passage possible with or without walkway of 800mm wide
- Handrail for mending gun above the walkway
MATTHYS Reroller
Winder with tipping gear:
- For fabric widths of 2,65m, 4,45m or 5,35m
- Frame with 2 rollers Ø355mm (for max. roll-up Ø1200mm) or Ø457 (for max. roll-up Ø1500mm). Both rollers are coated with anti-skid
- Pneumatic gear system to tip off the rolls
- 1 driven motor (Optional 2nd motor possible)
- With adjustable side guides
MATTHYS Lapping systems
Lapper after inspection unit:
- For fabric widths up to 5,35m
- The pulling roller in the lapper is made of a steel tube covered with plain anti-skid
- Horizontally moving carriage, motor-driven by a belt drive
- When the trolley is full, an extra button can be pressed to place the carpet over the edge of the trolley so that the operator can then easily cut the carpet
- Folding length of 1 to 2,3 m in the trolley (adjustable by shifting contacts)
TMS Knife grinder
TMS offers a dedicated knife grinder for the sharpening of tufting knives: the TMS 610 Knife Grinder. This machine has a capacity of approximately 600 knives per grinding cycle and operates in a fully automated manner, allowing a complete knife set to pass through the entire grinding process without any operator intervention.
The system is supplied complete with six cradles for the rotary table and six knife jigs. The grinding wheel is manufactured from borazon, ensuring high precision and long service life. The knife grinder is delivered as a complete, plug-and-play solution, ready for immediate installation and operation.
LCM Splicing range
With LCM, we offer a broad range of yarn splicing solutions. These solutions range from manual splicing devices and wrapping systems to beam splicers, available in both heat-based and air-based configurations. For all our customers, we are pleased to perform splice testing in order to identify and recommend the most suitable solution for their specific splicing requirements.
Splicer BSC: Available in both right and left handed versions with an integrated cutting knife for hassle-free manual cutting.
Splicer AIRBOND: The Airbond splicer joins a vast range of yarns and dtex's. It can join high- or low-twist, S-twist or Z-twist on one chamber. Because it is printed, its body is light and designed to work in confined spaces.
Splicer HS: Automatic cutting of the yarn ends · Interchangeable splice chambers · Dtex range: 500 to 6000
LCM Splicing range
Wrapping splicer: In some circumstances, pneumatic splicing just won't work — for monofilaments, braided yarn, very heavily-sized or coated yarn, and very high-twist yarn. Two yarn ends are overlapped, and a fine auxiliary yarn is tightly wrapped around them and bound to produce a joint of high strength.
Heat splicing: Heat splicing is applied when neither air splicing nor wrapping provides a suitable solution. This method is most commonly used in the artificial grass industry to join bundles of monofilaments securely.
LCM Splicing range
Heat beam splicing: Beam splicing solutions are used when tufting is performed directly from beams. This approach enables a very fast and efficient full splice-over. Using a comb system, the yarns are accurately spaced and spliced together using a heat bar, allowing all ends from a single beam to be spliced simultaneously in one operation. This splicing method is also applied in creel automation solutions such as Modra Creel MT. As a result, machine downtime is significantly reduced.
Air beam splicing: The Air Beam Splicing system from Airbond operates in a manner similar to a heat beam splicer. However, it is specifically designed for splice-overs between different polymer types. As of 2026, a new solution is available that further automates this process, allowing all yarns to be connected quickly and automatically in a single operation.
TMS Carpet mender
Mending Gun - Mk3: Market leading repair gun for the tufting industry · High pile version available for the Artificial Grass manufacturers · 5 needle sizes available to suit machine gauge · Cast Aluminium body giving great strength and weight benefits · Easy set pile height adjustment
Suspension Unit: Manufactured to fit all styles of inspection/lapping frames · Fast and effective retractable repair gun support · Quick, efficient, slide position across full sewing width · Elevated pneumatic connection to avoid trailing airlines · Operator Friendly
MODRA Sampling machines: Experience the future of tufted carpet sampling with the latest technology. Upgrade to the new generation of sampling machines with the Mtuft G2 by Modra Technology. This 8-needle machine is capable of complex patterns using a single package of yarn per colour (up to 8 packages of yarn) with software controlled gauge, stitch rate and pile heights.
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