From 9 to 14 September, Melco International unveiled the new Melco Summit embroidery machine at an open house event at its headquarters in Steckborn, Switzerland. Customers and international distributors had the unique opportunity to experience live the new commercial embroidery machine on the market and to see for the first time the innovative Smart Workflow technology.
Designed for maximum performance, the Melco Summit has an embroidery speed of up to 1500 stitches per minute. Photo: Melco International LLC.
A fast colour change motor significantly reduces production times for complex multi-colour designs. With 16 needles and rugged construction, the Summit meets the demanding needs of commercial embroidery operations while offering unparalleled precision and efficiency.
"The Melco Summit is a further development of our modular embroidery machine system," explains Peter Niedermann, Managing Director of Melco Europe. "Our aim was to make embroidery production even more efficient and easier. The Melco Summit is the ideal tool for customers who want to produce both large and small runs profitably. With our web services, orders from web shops or platforms such as Etsy and Amazon can be automated and produced extremely profitably.
Smart Workflow for efficiency and error reduction
The Smart Workflow technology simplifies the work process thanks to a barcode reader that reads both 1D and 2D barcodes. The Melco OFM format allows machine settings such as thread colours, embroidery speed and thread tension to be stored when the embroidery programme is created, reducing operator errors, ensuring quality, minimising operator effort and reducing training time for new staff to just a few hours.
Acti-Feed technology for automatic thread feeding
The patented Acti-Feed technology, also used in the EMT16X, simplifies the embroidery process by automatically adjusting the thread tension. This setting can be saved directly in the embroidery file, ensuring accurate reproduction of each job and consistent high quality.
Ease of use and accurate positioning
The 10.1" screen allows easy colour matching and precise positioning of embroidery designs thanks to the positioning laser and new features. With 125 different hoops to choose from via the barcode reader, Melco is offering 100% accurate hoop placement. Laser positioning allows designs to be placed with millimetre accuracy and embroidery to be combined with other finishing techniques such as printing or laser engraving.