Newsletter No. 19 10 June 2016
From Russell O’Neill Every now and then a ‘Eureka’ moment strikes us and we ponder, now why did we not think of that? Richpeace have introduced wifi to their embroidery machines for uploading design files. Wifi is developing at an alarming rate and the new industrie 4.0, as it is known in Germany or also known as the 4th industrial revolution, is what is driving this technology. Richpeace pioneered various innovations to their embroidery machines such as the touch screen operator console and the usb simulator to replace obsolete 3.5 inch stiffy drives with a usb port. The problem with older machines is that the motherboard or control system can’t connect to a usb memory stick via it’s software. Richpeace developed a device to accept a usb memory stick input with a stiffy drive software output to allow design files to be loaded via usb on older equipment. The old stiffy drive is replaced with this simulator and those pesky plastic problem disks are a thing of the past. Now with them adding wifi to their machines the machine has an IP address and becomes part of the network thus loading design files is wireless and device less. O’Neill Electro CC are the agents for Richpeace in South Africa if anyone requires further information on these developments Obituary Joop de Voest It was with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Joop de Voest on Friday 03 June 2016. Joop had an extensive career in the clothing and textile industry from running a packaging company in Ezakheni, Ladysmith in the early 1980’s to branching out into starting his own consultancy business, specialising in the textile and clothing sector, amongst others. Joop was well known for the incredibly detailed pipeline production data in these reports from fibre to retail. He subsequently broadened his expertise to cover other regions in Africa from the East Coast to the West Coast and advised Governments and bodies such as US AID on developing their cotton based capabilities. On behalf of the President, Office Bearers and Councillors of AMSA, our deepest sympathies and condolences are extended to his wife Catriona and sons Rik and Mark. May you rest in peace. Paul Theron Act. Executive Director AMSA *****************************************************************************************************************************
Tricoteuse is French for “knitting woman.” During the French Revolution, a group of knitting women would sit beside the guillotine and knit through the executions. The Commune of Paris organized and paid these women to attend beheadings and tribunals “to greet death, to insult the victims, and to glut their eyes with blood.” They would jeer and shriek and knit as the upper class were led to the guillotine The first knitting pattern book of any kind at all was the 16th-century Modelbuch,which was a printed pattern collection specifically for embroidery and lace. By the mid-17th century, patterns specifically for knitting were emerging within some pages of pattern books. In 1761, Susanna Dorothea Kriegl published an early pattern book devoted exclusively to knitting, the Strikkemøstre (Knitting Patterns) **************************************************************************************************************************** To Advertise………………….. Click here to see fact sheet. Editorial Submission: Please remember to send me your news so that we can share it with all our readers in the weekly newsletter. Although editorial is neither guaranteed nor implied, suitable editorial for consideration may be submitted to:
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