Luwa Air Engineering AG, Switzerland, a reliable partner to the Textile Industry for many decades, presented its revolutionary MultiCell Filter at ITMA 2011, which is based on the company’s proven filtration technology and incorporates
leading edge developments.
The response for the product was excellent, said Mr. Gottfried Abrell, Managing Director of Luwa Air Engineering AG. “Customers have shown great interest in our newly launched products. Decision makers visited and had detailed discussions with our team. ITMA in Europe is for us a most valuable platform to get in touch with our customers from all over the world”.
Luwa also showcased its new business unit “System Koenig” for industrial heat recovery and exhaust air cleaning systems, specially designed to cope with the tough and demanding requirements in the textile industry.
Mr. Abrell said: “An important highlight was the Multi CF – a new space saving compact filter with applications over the complete range of filtration in spinning and weaving mills. Our new product range for heat recovery systems in process houses also attracted many customers as there is huge savings potential. Another highlight was to see how we as Luwa are taking care of our customers across the regions, by talking the “same language”. Providing customers with air engineering solutions is not only a question of good products and systems – it’s as important to have competent and committed people who really care about customers”.
The new Multi CF Filter which is based on Luwa’s proven filtration technology and incorporates leading edge developments. Luwa’s R&D team carefully evaluated the latest requirements of textile producers and incorporated them in the new MultiCell Filter. This novel technology with modular and space saving filter cells, installed in a Compact Filter Units (CFU), is ideal for machine exhaust air cleaning of blow room and carding machines as well as in air-conditioning plants for the dust and fly filtration of the room return air.
The new Luwa MultiCell Filter opens up many opportunities to reduce the required floor space of air-conditioning and filtration plants in textile mills.
EasyHeat PLUS was the new addition to the product range of System Koenig. EasyHeat PLUS provides a 2-step energy saving generation of hot process water. The first step is a standard water to water heat recovery unit of the System Koenig product range. The second is an industrial heat pump in order to raise the hot water temperature. EasyHeat PLUS provides hot water of up to 75°C.
On the response from Indian customers, Mr. Abrell said: “Our entire sales team from Luwa India together with the complete team of our representative A.T.E. was extremely busy having discussions with many customers from India. We could demonstrate and explain our new developments to a big number of mill owners and decision makers in the industry. 2011 has been a very good year for Luwa India, even better than 2010 despite the slowdown in the second half year of 2011. In addition to the traditional textile sector, we could book good orders in the synthetic fiber and nonwoven sectors”.
In a live demonstration Luwa operated a Uniluwa system with Texfog for process air conditioning. The Uniluwa is supplying precisely controlled clean air to the new airjet spinning machine of Rieter on their adjacent booth. Control and monitoring of all parameters is accomplished with the superior Luwa Digi5 Control System.
On the Indian textile industry and its future growth prospects, he observed: “India’s textile industry will grow further and move on to be a more organized sector. This will happen in line with an increased focus on quality and productivity as labour costs are raising and getting good, skilled workers is more and more difficult. In line with these developments the humidification and waste collection plants need to be of the highest performance level at the same time must require low levels for maintenance. This is exactly where a Luwa plant with its proven efficiency and reliability comes in”.