International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order to supply a new jetlace nonwovens production line for Precot Meridian Ltd. of Coimbatore. The line will produce spunlace fabrics for the hygiene and medical industries and is scheduled to start up in the first quarter of 2013.
The scope of supply includes a complete ANDRITZ Perfojet jetlace line, a unit for production of customized fabrics with patterns and logos, as well as a high-efficiency filtration system designed for specialized fibers and fiber recycling equipment.
ANDRITZ is a global supplier of plants, equipment and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors, the steel industry, and the production of animal feed and biomass pellets. In addition, it offers technologies for certain other sectors like automation, pumps, machinery for nonwovens and plastic films, steam boiler plants, biomass boilers and gasification plants for energy generation, flue gas cleaning plants, plants for production of panelboard (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and torrefaction plants.
Headquartered in Graz, the group has more than 17,000 employees worldwide and operates over 180 production sites as well as service and sales companies around the world.
Precot Meridian has been present in yarn and fabric production for nearly five decades. Based on its expertise in the traditional textile market, the company decided to expand into the nonwovens sector.
This order underlines the leading position of ANDRITZ as full-line supplier for spunlace nonwovens.
ANDRITZ Küsters’ new calender technology for technical textiles
ANDRITZ Küsters, one of the leading suppliers worldwide of calender technology for the textiles, nonwovens and paper industries, has developed an innovative calender concept for technical textiles incorporating proven technologies from production of paper and nonwovens. The new teXcal trike technology (patent application is ongoing) will be available for customer trials in a pilot plant at the technical center of ANDRITZ Küsters in Krefeld, Germany, from the end of this year.
Due to an innovative 3-roll arrangement with two separately controlled system rolls, the teXcal trike calender provides outstanding productivity and flexibility in the manufacture of sophisticated technical textiles such as sailcloth, parachute silk, breathable outdoor clothing, sunscreens, filter materials, or protective clothing.
“Our customers have shown great interest in our new calender concept. We already have many inquiries to run test series, and several well-known textile finishers from many different areas of application have already invested in a teXcal trike calender,” says Tobias Schäfer, Sales Director at ANDRITZ Küsters.
ANDRITZ Küsters, a member of the international technology Group ANDRITZ, is the only manufacturer worldwide to combine three different deflection-controlled roll systems in its portfolio: the swimming S-roll, the piston-supported HyCon Roll, and the Xpro roll recently presented for the first time at the ITMA trade show.