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Andritz Nonwoven at INDEX 2014

International technology group Andritz will be presenting its latest nonwovens solutions at INDEX 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland that will take place from 8-11 April. Andritz Nonwoven will be showcasing its latest innovations with its leading companies Andritz Asselin-Thibeau and Andritz Küsters. During the show, visitors will have the opportunity to visit the state-of-the-art technical centre for spunlace at Andritz Perfojet and see a spunlace pilot line. In addition, process experts will give a detailed presentation of all the equipment forming the spunlace line.

12th February 2014

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Graz

Transport/​Aerospace, Medical/Hygiene

International technology group Andritz will be presenting its latest nonwovens solutions at INDEX 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland that will take place from 8-11 April. Andritz Nonwoven will be showcasing its latest innovations with its leading companies Andritz Asselin-Thibeau and Andritz Küsters.

During the show, visitors will have the opportunity to visit the state-of-the-art technical centre for spunlace at Andritz Perfojet and see a spunlace pilot line. In addition, process experts will give a detailed presentation of all the equipment forming the spunlace line.

Carding technology

The innovative carding technology from Andritz Asselin-Thibeau is one of the core components in drylaid technology. An important development is the Isoweb TT card for significant enhancements in CD tensile values, MD/CD ratios, and a commercial speed of 300 m/min.

The company offers a full range of solutions in spunlace with two line concepts. For highest capacities, the neXline spunlace eXcelle is the solution that combines the latest generation of TT card and Jetlace Essentiel hydroentanglement unit. This top-speed spunlace line is the best choice for commodity products like wet wipes, producing lightweight fabrics with less than 20 gsm at very high capacities, Andritz reports.

For medium capacities, the neXline spunlace aXcess is the right choice. This spunlace line is equipped with one Varioweb in-line card with three doffers in combination with the Jetlace Avantage hydroentanglement unit.

Needlepunch technology

In needlepunch technology, Andritz achieves good technical product characteristics by integrating the double carding Isoweb technology with proven ProDyn concept, the Dynamic crosslapper and A50 needlelooms into the neXline needlepunch.

According to the manufacturer, thanks to its brush concept, the SDV-2 needleloom produces excellent felts that have passed all resistance tests with 20 to 30% lower needling density than their competitors.

Through-air bonding

Another major development is the eXcelle card for through-air bonding, which is ideal for multi-layer products, the company reports.

Andritz believes it is increasingly successful with its sales of production lines for ADL hygiene products, in particular for top sheet products that have a combined drainage effect to enhance the ADL web properties.

International presence

In order to step ahead in nonwovens technology, Andritz has set up a technology platform with competence and service centres around the globe.

In three European Andritz sites, state-of-the-art technical centres have been installed with a focus on core competences: spunlace in Montbonnot, France; drylaid and needlepunch in Elbeuf, France; wetlaid/wetlace and calendering in Krefeld, Germany.

In order to customise the technologies to the demands of the Asian markets, Andritz has also installed a new technical centre and manufacturing site in Wuxi, China.

www.andritz.com

 

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