At the ITMA exhibition in Paris (1971), Picañol surprises the textile industry with the MDC, the world’s first electronically controlled fl ying shuttle machine. MDC stands for Mono Disc Control, referring to the electromagnetically controlled clutch-and brake unit which makes it possible to increase the speed of this 188 cm machine to 220 picks per minute. The MDC is also the first weaving machine with pushbuttons instead of levers.
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