#Weaving

2022-05-05

PicConnect now available: the gateway to Picanol’s digital services

PicConnect, our fully digital platform, is now available for all Picanol customers. PicConnect offers you a wide range of features, from industrial IoT to service-related applications. Connecting your Picanol weaving machines to PicConnect will allow you to leverage the full extent of the machine possibilities.

Picanol cuustomers can now discover the brand-new functionalities, such as the applications for energy and production monitoring, the file management system, the style administration application, and the new webshop for Picanol Original Quality Parts: PartsLine*.

Picanol is proud to be “Driven by data”, and as such it has set itself the goal of tackling the next industrial revolution for its customers with the launch of PicConnect.

With PicConnect, a new fully digital platform, Picanol is offering a wide range of features, from industrial IoT to service-related applications.

PicConnect is a web-based application that can be accessed through a web browser on any device and it functions as the gateway to all Picanol’s digital services. The platform is cloud-based and it allows connecting the Picanol weaving machines to the platform in order to leverage its full extent of possibilities.

PicConnect enables weavers to quickly react to changes in the weaving room, and it will have an immediate impact on the performance of the weaving machines. It will not only change how weavers interact with their machines but also the way they interact with Picanol. For this reason, Picanol can boldly state that PicConnect is bringing weavers into the era of intuitive weaving.

You can read more about these functionalities via the following link:

https://www.picanol.be/machines-features/picconnect

Request your access

Are you interested in getting access to PicConnect? If so, then please contact your local After Market Sales Representative who will explain to you in detail what this can mean for your weaving mill.

Every Picanol customer enjoys free access to the PartsLine webshop* and a basic version of the style administration application and the file management system.

*Access to Picanol PartsLine webshop depends on the country you are located in, so please contact your local After Market Sales Representative for more information.

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