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Addidas launches new yoga wear Novatec launches Nova Digi twin

from recycled ocean plastic
ovatec Inc. has introduced a real NovaWheel dryer
Nand its digital twin, projected onto big monitors,
didas has launched a yoga wear collection which to show off the company's sensor technology that can
Ais made up from recycled ocean plastic. The new predict failures before they happen. The company
collection is the third range of products that are infused calls it the DigiTwin. Novatec also is rolling out two
with recycled materials. An estimated 80 percent of technologies aimed at nylon and other sensitive
marine debris in the world's oceans is made up of plastic. materials in Orlando. Thermal+ on its portable
The German brand collaborated with Parley for the NovaWheels, and a process to self-generate nitrogen
Oceans, an environmental initiative, and Wanderlust, called NitroDry. Another new product, DryTemp+, brings
a yoga lifestyle brand to launch the entire range. the mold temperature controller inside a NovaWheel to
Collaborating with Wanderlust, a yoga lifestyle brand, and save space on the factory floor. Novatec is a licensee
Parley for the Oceans, an environmental initiative, the of a company called Prophecy Sensorlytics LLC, and
German brand has launched an entire range infused with the auxiliary maker offers sensors that, when placed
recycled materials. The 42-piece collection is inspired by in key areas of a machine, measure variables such as
graphic prints and pastel palette of muted greys, blues, vibrations, sound, pressure and temperature. Novatec
debuted the sensors at NPE2015 on a pump and a
central dyer.
This time around, at NPE2018, the MachineSense sensors
are outfitted on a NovaWheel and will coordinate
with machine controller data
and feed information to the
DigiTwin. Bessemer contrasted
Machine Sense with a traditional
machine controller that just
reports process conditions.
MachineSense, which can be
retrofitted or installed on new
Novatec machinery, uses sensors
and blacks. The collection features items such as crop billed as "wearable" sensors for
tops, leggings, shorts, onesies, bomber jackets, gym bags, industrial machinery. Novatec
and trainers. Each piece inspired by the power of the seas will put 14 total sensors on one
with graphic prints and a colour palette of muted greys, of its dryers — eight regular
black and varying shades of blue. Prices range between sensors for its controller and six MachineSense sensors.
£32.95 for a crop to £59.95 for yoga pants. “We know our The sensors, tied through the cloud to powerful
analytical software, diagnoses the data and predicts
community of women are extremely passionate about failure. On a Novatec dryer, the company is calling
environmental care,“ said Alison Stewart, senior director the sensor technology DryerSense. Information is
of Adidas Women's, in a statement.“Now, in our product displayed, dashboard fashion — red/yellow/green —
they can make a difference to their practice and the which can be viewed on a notebook computer, the
planet at the same time.” Last year, Adidas also launched desktop or a smartphone. It measures things like filter
a selection of trainers made from ocean plastic for its performance, the mechanics involved in rotation of the
desiccant wheel, and does several checks on blowers,
UltraBoost, UltraBoost X and UltraBoost Uncaged range.
both process blower and blowers for the regeneration
Each pair was made from 11 plastic bottles and the laces, process. Vibration and power monitoring are key
heel lining and sock covers were all made from other indications of potential problems with blowers, the
wheel rotation and other functions.
recycled materials.

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