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The Textile Magazine
DECEMBER 2011
calender and wet finishing. With the
neXline spunlace, which includes
the Jetlace hydroentanglement sys-
tem, a dewatering unit, through-air
dryer, and twin embossing calender,
Andritz can provide a single-source
solution with high productivity and
very attractive energy efficiency to
produce state-of-the-art spunlace
fabrics. In order to customize spun-
lace fabrics and produce unique
webs, Andritz offers a full range of
patterning and aperture solutions us-
ing calenders or sleeves.
A further innovative development
by Andritz Perfojet is the spunjet
technology for spunlaid nonwo-
vens. This patented process entails
hydro entanglement of continuous
filaments, thus creating a new gen-
eration of nonwovens with superior
fabric properties as regards bulk,
softness, drape and tensile strength.
Weaving
STÄUBLI announced a new gen-
eration of dobbies, the newly devel-
oped rotary dobby family S3060/
S3260. The new evolutionary lock-
ing system principle – the heart of
every dobby – features enhanced se-
curity for the selection of the heald
frames and allows higher production
speeds and fabric quality.
As a main attraction on the
STÄUBLI booth customers wanted
to see the new Jacquard machine
SX, which is now also available in a
version SX V for production of vel-
vet fabrics. Further more drawing-in
machine SAFIR S80 - known for
high universality and faultless draw-
ing-in quality of weaving harnesses
- was of major interest to custom-
ers who want to further rationalize
weaving preparation.
New contacts were made and
many projects discussed, started or
reviewed. A most pleasing fact is
that an encouraging number of or-
ders were finalized during the show.
MALLEIN, a specialist of the
beam for warping and weaving, was
able to clear all doubts raised by the
customers. The entire integration of
its aluminium foundry and all of its
production facilities allowed MAL-
LEIN to respond to all specifics en-
quiries.
MALLEIN exhibited its new
range of aluminium canisters at
ITMA 2011 that are stronger and
manufactured with the greatest geo-
metric precision.
On ITMA, EBELMANN worked
very closely with its clients on how
to reduce waste on the selvedges
during the weaving process. In par-
ticular, special scissors made in car-
bide tungsten blades, in association
with polycrystalline diamond inserts
– a special knowhow of the compa-
ny – were closely studied by many
customers for such applications as
aramids, glass fibers, carbon fibers
and other high price yarns.
“New research in 3D and multiax-
ial weaving are very promising for
EBELMANN”, said Karine Ebel-
mann, CEO of the company.
Dyeing and finishing
ALLIANCE: Shown for the first
time in Barcelona, the ROTORA
Yarn & Fabric Machine was the
new advancement of the ROTORA
concept to dye a beam of cones in
rotation. It offers the possibility to
dye cones and fabrics simultaneous-
ly. One of the main advantages is to
obtain absolutely the same color in
clothes which are made with fabric
and yarn.
A sampling can be made without
draining the vessel, by means of a
door on the vessel. The rotation of
the beams inside the machine allows
adaptation of the quantity of bath to
the quantity of material and so to
dye in the most economical man-
ner. The ROTORA Y & F allows
economies up to 50 per cent com-
pared to the conventional machines
ITMA 2011