Did you know that YKK offers a wide range of concealed fasteners for your furniture applications? Our lineup of hidden zippers, hook & loop products, and webbing adds both comfort and functionality to sofas, mattresses, and pillows. Check out our furniture fasteners here!
YKK is not only a fastening products provider, but also a fastening solutions collaborator for all of our clients. With the specific challenges of the furniture industry in mind, we take a constraints-oriented approach to help alleviate labor-intensive practices in highly skilled and repetitive areas.
The 2 Panel Sewing Machine (2PSM) allows the operator to effortlessly attach panels to zipper chain with an attachment that folds and guides the material through the sewing head.
With over 30 years of experience, YKK's Field Technology Center (FTC) provides a complete service structure to help develop more ergonomic and cost-effective manufacturing operations for our customers.
How Can I Improve my Furniture Production through Automation?
Automation is sometimes perceived negatively if considered a “replacement” for labor. But on the contrary, automation is a powerful tool to enable the operators’ tasks to be simplified, even to the point of requiring minimal-to-no input from the operator, possibly reallocating precious labor to a value-added process elsewhere in the production stream.