Despite the continuing market slowdown in China, the new Manmade Fibers segment joint venture Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering has recently signed an order with a Chinese filament yarn manufacturer for a 60,000 tons-per-year polycondensation system.

The system, which will already be commissioned in the Jiangsu Province in the second half of 2017, will be installed up-stream to an existing filament spinning system to covert it into a direct spinning system.

Demand for differentiated fibres

The new system caters to the high demand for differentiated fibres. To this end, yarns with bright, cationic dyeable, semi- and full-dull features can be produced, as can special polyester with flame-retardant, low-melting-point, high-shrinkage, water-soluble and anti-static properties, the manufacturer reports.

Such polyesters can also be deployed in the manufacturing of films, bottles and industrial yarns. Furthermore, the system is sufficiently flexible to process polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polytrimethylene terephthalic (PTT), according to the company.

Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering has experience in polycondensation systems concepts for differentiated polyester fibres. The company was one of the first suppliers to develop and manufacture the corresponding technology ten years ago.

Oerlikon Manmade Fibers

With its Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag brands, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment is the market leader in manmade fibre filament spinning systems, texturing machines, BCF systems, staple fibre systems, nonwovens and artificial turf systems.

The research and development at this division of the Oerlikon Group is driven by energy-efficiency and sustainable technologies. With the expansion of the product range to include polycondensation systems and their key components, the company now caters to the entire process – from the monomer all the way through to the textured yarn. The primary Oerlikon Barmag markets are in Asia.

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