GRAZ - International technology group Andritz will present its latest nonwovens production and textile solutions at the upcoming Techtextil India, which takes place from 12-14 September in Mumbai.
The Andritz product portfolio encompasses technologies such as air-through bonding, airlaid, airlay, needlepunch, spunlace, spunbond, wetlaid/Wetlace, converting, textile finishing, recycling, and natural fibre processing.
Located at booth K12, Pavilion 2 & 3, the stand at Techtextil India will highlight technologies for wipes, textile recycling, needlepunch, and textile calendering.
Andritz will focus on its comprehensive technologies for all types of wipes including Airlace, Spunlace, Wetlace, and Wetlace CP. With the recent acquisition of Dan-Web, Andritz is also expanding its portfolio to include the well-known airlaid and airlace processes, offering its customers an even wider range of options.
As a leading supplier to the nonwovens industry, Andritz plays an important role in the development of sustainable products – such as wipes that are biodegradable and produced from natural or recycled fibres – all with the goal of reducing and eliminating plastic components and to reuse raw materials while maintaining the high quality of the desired product properties.
Moreover, customers have the opportunity to conduct trials and explore various options with the guidance of Andritz experts at the technical center in Montbonnot, France.
The centre is the world's first nonwovens test facility for wipes, featuring integrated pulp formation, the neXecodry energy saving system, and a new spunlace pilot line for natural and recycled fibres.
The spotlight will be also placed on Andritz's range of complete textile recycling lines for post-consumer and industrial textile waste, aiming to produce fibres for re-spinning and nonwoven applications.
With increased customer awareness and regulatory pressure, clothing brands are compelled to recycle their textile waste in their own products. The nonwovens industry can also use recycled fibres in various applications such as automotive upholstery, insulation, mattresses, filtration, and furniture felts. Andritz offers airlay technology capable of effectively processing recycled fibres, as a complete line with thermobonding, needlelooms, or alternative bonding methods.
Customers are welcome to conduct trials and compare the different options available in the technical centre for textile recycling, airlay, and bast fibre processes at Andritz Laroche in Cours, France.
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Also on show will be the Andritz needlepunch portfolio which is capable of producing a variety of different fabric characteristics ranging from market entry solutions to premium production lines; from very light (<70 gsm) to heavy (up to 4,000 gsm) fabric weights.
The exhibit will include the latest solutions in PTFE processing for filtration from raw fibre to the end of line.
Another focus will be ProWid technology for profile weight correction in the needlepunch industry, including both eXcelle crosslappers and the aXcess range of batt forming solutions for a wider, cost sensitive approach. This device optimises processes by ensuring a more regular product weight and providing a faster return on investment via significant material savings.
The ProWid system allows the carded web to be stretched to reduce its fibre weight so that the stretched web areas can be laid by the crosslapper on both edges of the fibre mat provided.
Its closed loop design is an advantage in constantly improving the CV%.
