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Expanding role of humidification
and filtration systems
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The question “Where can we
save?” is obvious and is being asked
by all factory owners and mill man-
agers time and again. My answer
may disappoint you that there is
very little scope for further optimi-
zation or savings potential is left in
the equipment cost. Our state-of-
the-art equipment has gone through
numerous optimization processes in
the recent past and today has the best
possible cost-benefit ratio. However
this does not mean that there are no
possibilities for
future improve-
ments (for exam-
ple Luwa is devel-
oping a new space
saving Multi CF
Filter and ultra
efficient
axial
flow fans). Nev-
ertheless, there
is a much big-
ger potential for
improvements in
the way new and
existing plants are
being operated.
Biggest saving
potential
The question
“Where can we
save?” therefore
has the wrong
emphasis
and
should be formu-
lated as “How
can we manage to get the best result
from this plant?”
About 15 per cent of the total en-
ergy in a spinning or weaving plant
is used to recirculate huge air vol-
umes with the aim to create the opti-
mal environment for the textile pro-
duction process. We also know from
our experience what happens when
the humidification plant is switched
off – the production breaks down.
This means at one extreme, where
In spinning and weaving
factories, on an average
15 per cent of the ener-
gy, 8 per cent of the fac-
tory floor area and 8 per
cent of the investment
are for humidification
and filtration systems.
This is quite indispensa-
ble for the textile pro-
duction process.
Mr. Gottfried Abrell
Managing Director, Luwa Air Engineering AG
By Gottfried Abrell, Managing Director, Luwa Air Engineering AG
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The Textile Magazine
DECEMBER 2011