NEEDLE-PUNCHING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH A PENETRATION MEASURING DEVICE

摘要

The invention concerns a needle-punching machine for a textile structure consisting of a plurality of superposed layers (12) comprising a vertically mobile needle-punching table (10), a needle-punching head including s specific number of barbed needles (18) and arranged in line with said needle-punching table, and means for driving the needle-punching head to impart thereto a reciprocating vertical movement defining a maximum needle penetration low point, wherein are provided measuring means (36), arranged at said needle-punching head to measure the position of an upper surface of the textile structure at the maximum needle penetration low point. Said measuring means are preferably arranged in a median plane of the needle-punching head perpendicular to a forward moving direction of the textile structure.